Please remember we have no meeting in May.
Wednesday 5th June 2.30 – 4.30 at Kensington House
We will continue to look at some fiendish puzzles and find that they are not so scary after all.
It’s easy when you know how!
All welcome. Entrance £1
More info from Wanda Leach 284 8454 or
wleach099@gmail.com
Easter break
No coffee morning next Tuesday 23rd April
Practical Gardening Group
The next meeting of this group will be on Monday 13th May due to the previous Monday being a Bank Holiday
Danube Cruise September
A cabin remains available for this cruise – please contact Jane
Cornwall gardening trips holiday
There will be a meeting about this break on 30th April at 11.15 in the main room at MBC
Philosophy
Wednesday 18th April 2.30 to 4.30 at Kensington House. Topic: Aspects of Eastern Philosophy – all welcome
Last Wednesday Edna Harrison gave an excellent presentation on microbiology, with a fascinating look at the history and the folk behind the advances in the science. She included her background, with some anecdotes to lighten the topic. Well done Edna.
May topics:
08 Lignite in the Latrobe valley
22 Rayon at British Enka, Aintree
Caligraphy this new group will meet on Wednesday afternoons once a venue has been found. Please put your name on the notice board list – or pass your name to Jackie in our coffee room kitchen (or Brenda McKenzie on group support).
Danube Cruise September – a cabin has become available for this holiday , unfortunately through illness. Please contact Jane Jones for more information
Garden visit to Biddulph Grange 10.4.19 – meet tomorrow at Maghull Square; the coach will leave at 9.15 prompt. Don’t forget to bring your National Trust card if you are a member
BBC Gardeners World trip 14 June – if you have booked on this trip please pay now if you haven’t already
Archaeology for Fun meet 12 April Kensington House 2.30 to 4.30
Theatre – new comedy at the Playhouse 7th June ‘Cooped.’ See theatre desk
Sponsored Marathon run to support Dementia Revolution – Wanda passed on her sincere thanks to our members who have now sponsored her daughter Maria by a total of £1020
Law for Fun
This group is now full
Two proposed new groups
Calligraphy and Guitar – let Brenda (McKenzie) know of your initial interest. We will have more information after renewals are completed
Membership renewals
These are in the Sanctuary 2nd April and next Tuesday the 9th from 9:45 to 10:45 am. Cheques are preferred if possible, or if cash please use a £5 note and only one £1 coin to assist the Treasury team transporting the money to the bank.
Walking groups
Both out on Thursday this week. Easy walkers 5 mile walk on Wirral way. Meet at Maghull station to catch 9:46 train. (Please note trains are running early due to the National being on)
Ramblers: 8 miles in Douglas Valley. Meet at Baptist church car park to leave at 9:45. Appropriate footwear for both walks.
Full details are on the noticeboard.
Local History
Tuesday 2nd April 2pm to 4 pm Mr Stuart Harrison will give a talk on Moss Side Hospital and the war hospital using slides. The group meet at Lydiate Village Hall
‘Serving the Nation’ – This book was written by our member Cliff Duncan and relates Cliffs’ experience of National Service during the 1950s in England, Libya and Sudan. A copy of the book can be downloaded from the internet or a hard copy can be borrowed from Cliff (please see Cliff at coffee morning).
Strategies for SUDOKU, KAKURO and other fiendish puzzles.
We take a light-hearted look at all the fun stuff they never told you at school!
We meet at Kensington House, Station Road, from 2.30 to 4.30
No stress. Lots of laughs.
All welcome Entrance £1
Why not come and join us for a fun-filled couple of hours? More information from Wanda Leach 284 8454 or wleach099@gmail.com
We are sure you will leave with a smile!
Thank you, thank you, thank you, to all our members who have so generously sponsored Maria Mullin to run in the London Marathon at the end of April to raise money for Dementia Revolution.
So far you have raised £960 to fund research to help fight this dreadful disease.
She will be running in memory of her grandad George who enjoyed many happy years in our U3A before he died.
If you would still like to help you can donate online here. For offline donations please see Wanda & Brian Leach at Tuesday coffee mornings.
Thank you again to all our members who have so generously sponsored Maria Mullin to run in the London Marathon in April to raise money for Dementia Revolution.
So far you have raised £818 to help fund research to fight this dreadful disease.
She will be running in memory of her grandad George who enjoyed many happy years in our U3A before he died.
If you would still like to help you can donate online here. For offline donations please see Wanda & Brian Leach at Tuesday coffee mornings.
We had a very enjoyable afternoon today discovering links between Newcastle and Valencia, Madrid and New York, Tokyo and Adelaide, and Montevideo and Cape Town.
Our voyage around Latitude and Longitude revived some long forgotten facts about circles and angles, and having tackled time zones and the International Date Line, we think we now all know our place in the world.
We welcomed some new members, and started with warm-up ice-breakers such as:
A family gathering had a mother, father, daughter, son, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, brother, sister and cousin. If there were only 4 people there, who were they?
If you can’t work it out, ask one of the maths group or come along and join us next time, Wednesday 3rd April at Kensington House at 2.30 when we will be looking at Strategies for Sudoku, Kakuro and other fiendish puzzles.
Thank you to all members who have sponsored Maria Mullin to run in the London Marathon in April to raise money for Dementia Revolution.
So far you have raised £713 to help fight this dreadful disease.
She will be running in memory of her grandad George who was a member of our U3A for many years before he died.
If you would still like to help you can donate online here. For offline donations please see Wanda & Brian Leach at Tuesday coffee mornings.