This weeks topic was ‘action’ and some really great images delivered.
June 5th is an ‘open‘ subject so lets see what you can do.
Digital cameras – Action
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H4F – The French Revolution
On Friday 16th June we will be hearing about the French Revolution. David Ward will be presenting at Kensington House from 2.30 pm.
Day trips do Cumbria
A full complement promptly hit the road to Cumbria on Wednesday morning. What promised to be a cool and overcast day turned out to be glorious with warm sunshine until our return. We arrived in Kendal for 10 am and had a 2 hour stay. More than enough time for coffee, a spin around the outdoor market and lunch.
Tech & S – June
Upcoming topics:
May 24 AI – What’s it all about ?
June 14 RADAR with Eric
June 28 Radio astronomy history and science
Philosophy in May
This month we will look in a little more depth into Simone Weill, the 20th century French philosopher. We also hope to start a relook at Plato, in particular his REPUBLIC and how this may or may not relate
to present day society.
Remember philosophy is just what you do when you sit and think about things. No expertise needed. All welcome.
Wednesday 17th May 2pm. at Kensington House
Contact Tony Snape 0151 526 3146
T& S does SP
12 members of the Technology and Science group visited the Scottish Power control centre in Prenton last Wednesday. We were given a most excellent presentation by Jon and Sue that covered topics including the generation, power distribution networks, outages and call centre activity.
We were then shown around the ‘control room’ and given a close display of the Maghull area network by Kevin, who fielded all our questions.
We finished with Sue and a Q+A session regarding outages and their effects.
Thanks to all the staff and to Bill for organising the day.
We hope to visit a local factory in Knowsley in early June so watch this space.
Any ‘quizzers’ out there?
Liverpool u3a are running a quiz and are looking for attendees. Are you interested?
I am, David Coss, the chairman of the Liverpool U3A.
I am writing to you regarding the Network Fun Quiz which we are holding in the Adelphi Hotel on Wednesday, 24th May at 1:30pm. We are charging only £4 admission and this covers the tea and coffee refreshments, the prize money for the winning table and the hire of the room.
It is going to be run along the lines of our previous Network Quizzes which were held before Covid struck. They proved to be very enjoyable afternoons and gave all the members of the neighbouring U3As the chance to meet, chat and get to know what great ideas might be knocking about which one U3A is using to their benefit, while others haven’t even known about – a benefit to all U3As and, in the end, to the organisation as a whole.
Will you please pass this information on to your members and ask, those of them who are interested in attending the quiz, to either phone Marion Carson on 0151 427 0175 or email her at marioncarson2010@hotmail.co.uk by the 10th May, as she has to give the hotel a fortnights notice so they can ensure that everyone present will be comfortably seated and, of course, there will be enough refreshments to go round.
Thanking you in advance – David.
Digital cameras – Wildlife
Future dates and subjects:
08 May Bank Holiday
22 May ‘Action Shots’.
05 Jun ‘Open Subject’,the last meet before the summer break.
Tech and science – Update
April 26 – SP Energy Networks visit
We have a party of 16. Meet at Kensington House at 13:00 for car sharing to the site.
If your NOT on our list but wish to be included please contact Colin or Phil asap !
Here are the topics for May
10th – Nuclear Fusion with Wanda
Putting the sun in a bottle
24th – Artificial Intelligence with Phil
Intelligence demonstrated by machines
Practical gardening in Crosby
A miserable day for visiting any outdoor event but a lovely garden, friendly folk and great cake made up for the cold and miserable drizzle in the Ashton’s garden.
Thanks to Margaret and Bill for the visit and Wanda for the photos. Well done