Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 10:00 at the Maghull Baptist Church, Hall Lane on the 16th of May 2023.  All  members are invited to attend and we are really hoping that we can match or even top the great attendance figure of last year!!  Please ensure you bring your current membership card with you as this will be needed to gain entry.

Sadly, we did not receive any nominations for new Committee Members which means that the responsibility for the u3a will remain with the current Committee.  We had hoped to bring new blood to our team this year and it causes a degree of worry as regards the future of our u3a.  In two years time (and it’ll soon fly) nine members of our Committee will have to take a year’s break leaving us with a non functioning Committee unless new members come forward.  We were in a precarious position in February 2022 and I would hate to find us in a similar position again.  Please think about what you can do to help secure our u3a’s future; you can join the Committee at any time during the year. No need to wait for the next AGM!  We really need you.

Our renewals programme is going well with over half of our members already having renewed.  We are hoping that all members will have renewed by the 31st of March as their current membership will no longer be valid from that date and they will not have the protection of the Third Age insurance policy.

I’d like to thank all the members who have given their time to helping out with renewals during the past few weeks, without you we could not have done so well. From the table setters, the scribes, the counters, the Treasury team and the tea ladies, who kept us supplied with coffee in an initially cold Sanctuary, to you the members who came and showed us your commitment to our u3a;  together we made a great team.

Jane Jones

Membership Renewals

Thank you to all those who have renewed via their groups.  Individual membership renewals will start next Tuesday in the Sanctuary. If you have printed and completed your form please bring it with you.  Please bring a cheque made out to Maghull and Lydiate u3a for £12.00 if you can. We do accept cash but cheques are a bit easier to keep track of.

Age Concern Monthly Movie – on the 7th of March the movie ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ will be shown at the Plaza Cinema in Crosby. Entry is free but they are always glad of any donations.  Doors open at 12:15 and the film starts at 13:00

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Advance notice that a six day break to Dorset will be available for booking next Tuesday.  Look out for the relevant information and flyer in the next few days.

Membership Renewals – Membership renewal information and form have now been sent out to all members who have email.

Age Concern Film Show

Don’t miss The Duke which will be showing next Tuesday 7th of February at the Plaza Cinema.    This very funny film tells the story of one man’s battle to find common sense in the world.  Jim Broadbent stars as the man who took things into his own hand with hilarious consequences.

Doors open at 12:15 and the film starts at 13:00. Click here to see the poster.

Theatre Group

A ticket is still available for Mother Goose at the Empire on 1st of March at 14:30. Cost is £34.50

Place are available at Matthew Bourne’s production of Sleeping Beauty at the Empire on 11th March at 14:30. Cost is £37.00

A new show – The Commitments  – is on sale. Tickets are now available for the 20th of April at the Empire. Cost is £36.00

Those members using the mini bus transport to New Brighton for The Verdict on 11th February should meet at 13:00 at Maghull Station.

Theatre News

One ticket has become available for ‘Mother Goose’ at the Empire on Wednesday March 1st for the 14:30 matinee. Please contact the Theatre Group by email (see the Group listing) or at the desk next Tuesday.

Tickets are also still available for the Matthew Bourne production of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at the Empire on the 11t of March starting at 14:30.

On the 24th of January Age Concern is putting on a free showing of “Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”, at the Plaza Cinema Crosby.  This feel good movie might be just what you need to brighten a January day.

Click on the poster for more information.