Nostalgia

With thanks to Alan Carr for this find:

A poem to which we can relate *

I remember the corned beef of my childhood, 
And the bread that we cut with a knife,
When the children helped with the housework,
And the men went to work not the wife.

The cheese never needed a fridge, 
And the bread was so crusty and hot,
The children were seldom unhappy,
And the wife was content with her lot, 
well, maybe, maybe not

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Family history @ library

Maghull/Meadows Library we will be introducing a Family History Help Desk to give members of the public some support when they are researching their own family history. Initially it will be two sessions, Thursday 14th  and 28th April.

We will be pre booking thirty minute slots for the public beginning at 10:15 -12:15.

They can email or ring us on 0151 288 6727.  Jayne

Flicks and friends at Plaza

Next ‘Flicks and Friends‘ film at the Plaza on Tuesday 26th April.

12.30 for 1pm start. Free entry – donations welcomed.

Operation Mincemeat Based on a true story, during WW2, two intelligence officers use a corpse and false papers to utwit German troops.
It’s 1943. The Allies are determined to break Hitler’s grip on occupied Europe and plan an all-out assault on Sicily, but they face an impossible challenge – how to protect a massive invasion force from potential massacre. It falls to two remarkable intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmonderley (Matthew MacFadyen), to dream the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war – centred on the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.

 

Easter break

On the April 19th we will not be holding our usual U3A Coffee Morning.

In line with our tradition, of many years standing, the meeting which directly follows Easter will not take place.

We will be back on the 26th as normal and look forward to seeing you then.

Notices – 05/04

Gentle yoga – Easter break 8th and 15th April

Singing for fun – Monday 10-12 LVC

Walking netball – Maricourt, Wed. 20th April

Architecture4fun – Birmingham trip 14/4 7.45am from Square

Theatre group – London 12-14 July. Globe and legal tours