Please come along you will be very welcome .
Burscough Canal Cruise 28th March 2024
I have 1 place available on the 12 noon trip , boat 1 , coach leaves Maghull Square at 11.30 , be at square by 11.20
Return coach travel from Maghull Square
90 minute canal cruise with Prosecco / Afternoon Tea and Tea/coffee
Cost per member £35
First caller to George on 07826 048379 will secure the place
Walker trip. April 11th new info
Hi all
it may be that we have to postpone this event due to strike action in Museums and Galleries. The industrial action affects NML’s seven sites, including the Museum of Liverpool, the World Museum, the International Slavery Museum and the Maritime Museum, the Walker Art Gallery, Sudley House and the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Hope it will be resolve by April 11th, I will keep you posted,
Regards
Maureen
Wine Tour to Conwy 23rd September 2024
Detail for trip now confirmed. Cost is £729 with a £99 single supplement (Flyer and booking form now available with £75 deposit)
We will stay at the Celtic Royal Hotel in Caernarfon for 3 nights/4days on a half board basis (breakfast and evening meal)
We will visit 3 vineyards for a tour and tasting at each , Pant Du , Gwinllan and Vale vineyards
Included will be the following visits to Plas Newydd house and gardens (NT , non members will pay £11.40 entrance fee) , Llanfair PG (the station with the longest name in UK) , return train trip to the top of Snowden , Portmeirion Village , Conwy and Caernarfon , Bethesda , Betws Coed and Capel Curig
Please visit the Wine Tasting desk to obtain a “flyer” and a “booking form”
Chatsworth 30th May 2024
PLEASE NOTE CONFIRMED DATE FOR THE ABOVE
Please visit George and Jeff or text George on 07826 048379 if you have added your name to the “trip list” to advise if this date is unacceptable
Peaky Blinders Tour
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE FOR THE ABOVE , NOW 2ND MAY 2024
Will include visits to certain streets in Toxteth , (not previously seen) , National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port , Plaza Cinema Stockport (soup and sandwich lunch here) and other sites
Costs to be confirmed shortly
Please see George and Jeff to confirm places or to add names.
Bowls for Fun – New Group starting 2nd April
A new Bowls for Fun Group starts on 2nd April at Oakhill Bowling Green, Lydiate.
The season runs from April to September.
The group is currently open for members of all standards, including complete beginners. We currently have 20 members already registered.
If you are interested, please contact Chris Chua-Short on 07780 765235 or email chriscs2201@gmail.com for more details including costs.
If any U3A members have any old or unused bowls to donate to the group please let Chris know.
Cornwall art trip 22/ 25th March
Due to illness a place has become avaliable on above art trip. Sharing a room with one of our lovely ladies
Contact Airedale Tours asap if interested.
07561 113089. ask for Stephanie
Good luck
Maureen
Theatre Group
A Night at the Opera at St George’s Hall on Sunday 2nd June at 5.00 pm. Tickets £26.00. A night of popular Arias from Puccini, Rossini, Verdi and Mozart.
We have only been given a very short time to advertise this and would be grateful if you could come to the theatre desk tomorrow 12th March to book your seat.
DAY TRIPS NEW TRIP
We will start our day with a visit to Holker Hall, Cark in Cartmel, which is a beautiful, comfortable family home, owned by the Cavendish Family. You can touch, sit and generally explore, even play the piano if you are so inclined. When you have finished admiring the House, there is the Food Hall which prides itself on selling local produce, the Cafe & Courtyard, Gift Shop etc. Then into 25 acres of splendid, landscaped gardens, a Deer Herd, sunken garden etc. and one of the top 50 British trees. A 17thC Great Holker Lime with a girth of 7′ 6″. This is a good month for their Rhododendron display. Plenty of time to explore and admire. THEN we are off to the family owned Bay View Garden Centre set on the shores of Morecambe Bay. Just the right time to be looking at buying your plants for the season. Plenty to see including their Cafe which overlooks the splendid views across Morecambe Bay to the Lake District.
WHEN? Wed.15th May 2024. Dep.9am Ret.6pm. Price: £25 Inc.Holker Hall/Gardens. Seats will be on sale at our table on Tuesday 12th March 2024.