M+S and the Arium

Posted on 7th May 2023 by sylvia adams

Didn’t we have a lovely day the day we went to Leeds last Wednesday?

35 of us first headed to Marks and Spencer Archives in the grounds of Leeds University, where we all enjoyed a cuppa and heard about how Mr. Michael Marks met Mr. Tom Spencer who, together, started their penny bazaar and the rest is history.

After lunch in the city we made our way to the ‘Arium’, an amazing plant nursery, one of the largest in the country, and operated by Leeds city council.

We started off with an interesting guided tour of the greenhouses and were then escorted to the restauraant where we were treated to a sumptuous never ending afternoon tea, then groaning with over indulgence and complete with doggy bags we headed for home.

Ramblers blow the cobwebs away

Posted on 5th May 2023 by marken86

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7 of the ramblers took a very windswept hike yesterday from Abbey Village to Darwen Tower, a climb of 1100 feet and just under 9 miles distance. Starting from the Hare and Hounds pub ( always good to begin ( and end) at a pub) we walked across a very well made path to Rake Brook, the first of the three reservoirs in the area. Pausing to watch the antics of a spaniel, who clearly covered at least 50% more ground than its human companion, we descended into woodland which forms part of the Witton Weavers Way, a long distance route we have walked many times in the past. Continue reading →

Flicks and Friends – Advance Notice

Posted on 4th May 2023 by janejones

On Tuesday 16th of May Age Concern will be presenting ‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ as their Flicks and Friends Film of the month. Please click on the image to get more information.

Fabulous finished pottery

Posted on 3rd May 2023 by mbirchall

Here you see the results of 12 of our art Appreciation group members visit to Eden Galleries, Newburgh on Saturday 22nd April.

An enjoyable, relaxing morning in a great venue followed by tasty lunch in the cafe upstairs. If you have never been to Eden Galleries now is the time as a Strawberry exhibition is in full swing.

Arch for Fun and Wine Tasting as at 03/05/2023

Posted on 3rd May 2023 by George Birchall

Current places available as follows

Wine Tasting 23/5/2023 – 4 places available

Victoria Baths (see post) 08/09 4 places available , please see George if you have not chosen sandwich for lunch

Kent Wine Tour 01 -05/10/2023 – 2 places available

Please see George or John at Architecture for Fun / Wine Tasting desk

Tuesday Notices 02.05.23

Posted on 2nd May 2023 by janejones

Family History Group

Due to polling this group will not be able to meet on the 4th May, so the next meeting will be on the 11th May at 2:00 pm at Lydiate Village Centre. Our speaker will be Kate Hurst who has been to our group on a previous occasion and whose talk then met with great enthusiasm by the group.

On the 11th her talk is entitled ‘Gamekeepers and Innkeepers’ and is a story of the gamekeepers and innkeepers in Kate’s family, who travelled from Suffolk to Nottinghamshire (via Essex, Yorkshire, North Wales and Lincolnshire) between 1800 and 1930. Her talk will consist anecdotes of not only how her ancestors lived but how their employers lived as well. It promises to be an informative tale of ‘how the other half lived’ and more.

Appley Bridge to Burscough

Posted on 27th April 2023 by thomas kelly

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Fifteen stramblers met at Burscough Bridge Station and caught the train to Appley Bridge last Thursday (27th). We made our way to the canal bank and took the towpath back towards Burscough. This was the anniversary of the original Canal Walking Group reaching Leeds in 2018, with ten of that group present today. We passed Appley Lock and Continue reading →

Van Gogh to cost more!

Posted on 27th April 2023 by mbirchall

Our Van Gogh immersive experience on May 19th has to be extra £4 due to so many unexpected cancellations due to illness and increased coach cost.

We will still need to give a donation to St Michael le Belfry Church..

Hope this is acceptable. Will you come in asap to pay the extra please.

Pottery painting display

Posted on 27th April 2023 by mbirchall

We are showing our wonderful Art Appreciation Pottery Painting
at the weekly coffee morning on Tuesday 2nd May.

I’m sure you will all be as impressed as last time by the talent we have in our Art Appreciation Group. I am so please with all the group efforts, watch this space for pictures when available. We all look forward to seeing you there – Maureen

T& S does SP

Posted on 27th April 2023 by philcdav

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.

Maghull and Lydiate U3A

U3A third age learning social