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FOR MEMBERSBY MEMBERS
Notices for
January 2018
This Month’s MeetingThursday 4 January 2018
The Arkwright Society. The History of Cromford
Mills and Sir Richard Arkwright.
Next Month’s MeetingThursday 1 February 2018.
Graham Hayes. ‘Titanic’
The Ship of Dreams.
March MeetingThursday 1 March 2018.
Advance NoticeThe Group Fair will be at the
Pearson Centre next to RoundhillSchool and the Library from 10am to 12. Open to all so please bring
along friends and neighbours who may be interested in joining U3A.
Please remember to turn off your mobile phone.
Thank you.
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Please be aware that there is no First Aider on duty at this
Meeting. In line withNational U3A guidelines in the
event of a problem we will immediately contact the
emergency services.
MORE HELP NEEDED PLEASE
To stack away the tables and chairs after
this meeting.
Renewals are due on 1st May, so to spread the work load of renewing over 750
members, we will start to take membership renewals at the February meeting.
Due to our increasing membership we are able to reduce the membership fee to £12
If you have any alteration to your Gift Aid status, please contact Margot Gale at
[email protected] or inform her by post or at the open meeting.
Membership Renewal
If you can’t get to an Open Meeting, you can pay by post. Send your cheque for £12 payable to
Beeston U3A to:Membership Secretary Beeston U3A
Beeston Methodist ChurchChilwell Road
BeestonNottingham NG9 1EH.
Please enclose a SAE for your receipt and membership card to be posted to you.
Membership Renewal
Future MeetingsPlease Note:
In future there will be no break after the notices but we will pass straight on to
the speaker
Please let your Group Leader Know:
1. If you no longer wish to attend a Group. This will allow new members
to join a Group with a waiting list.
2. If you have a reason why you can’t get to Group meetings but still
wish to be a member. Four non-notified absences in a row will result
in your name being removed from that group and the place open to
someone else.
Not Receiving Any Emails From Us?If you supplied an email address, it may be
wrong now! Also Freeserve, Wanadoo and Orange email
addresses have been closed.Please let us know your new address!
Please email Celia Billau on [email protected]
to let us knowor contact a member of the committee.
Calling All New MembersCoffee morning on
Thursday 11 Januaryat the White Lion, Beeston at 10:30.
Meet members of the Committee and learn more about the Interest Groups.
New Email AddressesSue Blackley
Chair:[email protected]
Malcolm BrookbanksTreasurer:
[email protected] Billau
Communications [email protected]
Coffee at Group MeetingsIf you use the church’s coffee and tea facilities at a Group Meeting, please
remember you need to pay a contribution of 30p per cup per
person towards the church’s expenses .
The coffee and tea are not free.
Community Notice Board
Don’t forget to check what’s on the
Community Notice Board at Open Meetings
Beeston U3A Forum If you would like to propose a new
Group or would like to make a suggestion to improve the running of Beeston U3A, you can do this on the
website www.beestonu3a.org.uk. Look for the button Beeston U3A Forum on the home page.
Find us on Facebook We now have our own
Facebook Group:Beeston U3A
You can find a link to it on the home page of our
website, www.beestonu3a.org.uk
Special Events
Social Event date for your Diary
Barn Dance With Fish and Chip Supper
Christ Church Hall
Saturday 27th January 2018Tickets £10.00
Tickets on sale from Janis [email protected]
Visit to Southern Ireland.Cancelled due to lack of
support.
Hodsock PrioryWednesday 9 May 2018
Visit Hodsock Priory, near Blyth for a guided tour of the House followed by light
luncheon and the opportunity to see the bluebells in flower.
Cost - £29.75p per person. This includes coach fare, refreshments on arrival, tour of
House and light luncheon.Further details and booking forms available
at 7 December 2017 Open Meeting.
Visits - New Plans1. East Lancashire Steam Railway includes cream tea, miniature cake plus tea/coffee). Should allow us some time in Bury. Date to be confirmed.2. RHS Wisley - April 2018 3. Norfolk - 19th-21st June 2018 details from Lucy at January Open Meeting.
NEWS ABOUT
BEESTON
INTEREST GROUPS
Architecture GroupChange of venue as from November 7th (the first Tuesday of the month) we will now meet
at The Pearson Centre for Young People,
2 Nuart Road, Beeston NG9 2NH1030hrs for about 2 hours.
If you would like to join us please get in touch with D [email protected]
01159252353
'Between The Covers Book Group’
The Group now meets at The Pearson Centre, 2 Nuart Rd, Beeston,
Nottingham, NG9 2NH.
Interested in joining the Bowls Group?Meeting at Nottingham Indoor Bowls Centre, Beechdale Road, Bilborough.
We are now taking names for the next tuition session.
Contact Peter Noon for more information: Email: [email protected]
Tel: 9288131.
Bowls GroupBowl sessions are arranged for all Fridays at 10.30am lasting 2 hours - all members welcome.Numbers are gradually increasing and we had 8 persons attending which meant we had 2 lanes open.However, the other two weekly roll-up sessions are Mondays 12.30pm – 2.30pm, and Thursdays 2.30pm –4.30pm. U3A bowlers were invited to just turn up to these sessions, and play with their U3A friends.
History GroupFriday 12 Jan 2018 10am Guild Room
Raiders and Goods VansRichard Coupland
All Apologies to Georgina, please: (lyonscorner2 @ yahoo.com)
NB Contact list updated. Members should let Ron know if they are not getting a monthly notice.
Dates for 2018
Thursday, 25th January 2018Brittania Hotel
Organisers: Arnold & Brenda GoodliffeBook Today in the Main Hall
Wednesday, 28th FebruaryMiller & Carter (formerly The Priory)
Organisers: Shirley Cooper & Elaine DabellBook at the February Open Meeting
Thursday, 29th MarchTable 8
Two Lunch Group16th January 2018
Copper City Restaurant, Corner Market Street & Parliament Street, Nottingham NG1 6HX
Organised by Mary Coggins email [email protected] tel.07716 991963 and
Joan Shelton email [email protected]
15th February 2018Bistro Pierre, NottinghamOrganised by Margot Gale
[email protected] tel. 9167087 and Helen Hubert email [email protected]
Needles and Wool Group (Knitting and Crocheting)
A social group with a learning and sharing atmosphere.
Meetings: 3rd Thursday of the Month 2-4pm Venue: Chilwell Road Methodist Church,
Youth Room.For more information please contact Sheila
on Email: [email protected] there will be no meeting in December.
Quiz GroupFriday 19th January
10-30am.White Lion Beeston.
40 Easy General Knowledge Questions Plus Fun Quiz.
Come and Join US.All Welcome. Just drop in.
Recorder Group
The January meetings of this group are on Wednesday 10th and 24th at 2pm at the White
Lion, Beeston.Contact:
Elizabeth Le Marchant Brock [email protected]
Singing For Fun
Led by Margaret Johnson, we sing with enthusiasm and enjoyment. There are
no auditions. We meet the 4th Thursday of each month from 10am to
12 noon. For more information please contact
Elizabeth. [email protected]
Writing For PleasureShort Story Writing Competition 2017
The winner of the 2017 short story writing competition was Susan Daley
of Ilkeston U3A.Congratulations to Sue and to
everyone who took part.Why don't you enter our 2018
competition? Details to come.
Proposed
New Groups
Physical Geography Group
Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at Beeston
Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting
at 10am.
Jazz Appreciation Group
Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th
January at Beeston Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting
at 1pm.
Whist Group
Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at Beeston
Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting
at 11.30am.
Information from Chris ChaterGroups Co-ordinator
If you are interested in any of the above groups please come and join us on the date and time stated - we
look forward to seeing you.
Military History Group
This Group has previously met on 2 occasions if you are interested in
joining please come to the meeting being held on Tuesday 6th February 2018 at Beeston Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting
at 9.30am
Astronomy Group
Richard Dinsdale has spent a great deal of time and energy trying to get
the Astronomy group going. He would like the group to move forward and a
further meeting has been arranged for Tuesday 30th January 2018 at 10am in
the Wesley room at Beeston Methodist Church, Chilwell.
Information from Chris ChaterGroups Co-ordinator
If you are interested in the above groups please come and join us on
the date and time stated – would you please let me know that you will be attending by contact Chris Chater
Beeston U3A Group Coordinator on email [email protected]
We look forward to seeing you.
Games GroupA suggestion has been put forward to start up a
Games Group for members wanting to play board or card games of all sorts such as Upwords, Sequence, Dominoes and many more. If you are interested in a sociable morning/afternoon out and enjoy playing games why not think about starting up this group. Beeston U3A already have groups such as Canasta,
Rummikub and Scrabble.If you are interested in facilitating or joining, please
contact Beeston U3A Group Coordinator email [email protected] or telephone 07598713256 [do
not hesitate to leave a message].
BEESTON U3A NEEDS
YOUR HELP!
Beeston U3A Needs You
Without willing volunteers our
U3A would not be so
successful.
If you have benefited from the
work of our Group Leaders
please consider becoming one
yourself.
Links to Local UniversitiesPlease help us to establish links with
Nottingham Trent University.
They have asked us to help with 3
projects: engaging the older shopper in
the grocery shopping experience,
fashion for ladies over 55 and clothing
for people living with raynauds, diabetes,
or arthritis. If you would like to be
involved, further details are on our
website beestonu3a.org.uk, or from
Steve Austin by email:
NATIONAL AND CLUSTER NOTICES
Third Age Trust Legal HelplineTo access the free legal helpline:Call 0344 770 1040 and quote 'U3A Legal Helpline'.It is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Arc Legal Assistance in partnership with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors
Long Eaton, Ilkeston and Stapleford
U3AsFor any information concerning these
three U3As please look them up on the
Cluster Group Page on our website.
There you will see what they offer and
whom to contact.
We have agreed that we can join three
groups from each of our different U3As
as part of the cluster.
For Long Eaton please contact the
membership secretary on: 01332 987023