Weekenders

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The Weekenders April Newsletter will be sent out on 1st April. Once again, many thanks to Margaret Whilde and Lindsay Smith for printing off copies for those members not on email and for delivering them on their morning walks.

We had a Broomhill Birthday lunch for Kay Burton in March and plan similar lunches for Margaret Whilde, Pam Farrell and Jean Martin on 1st April.

We had an Outing to Dobbies at Chesterfield and East Midlands Designer Outlet on 18th March and our Coffee Club session was again at Forge Mill Tearoom on Saturday, 26th March. We hope to plan an outing for April – any suggestions?

Lunch Group

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The March Lunch was enjoyed by twenty of us at the Ramsdale Golf Club on the 23rd. April’s lunch will be on the 27th at The Bromley at Fiskerton for which I am taking names. The menu is below:

1 Course £9.95
2 Courses £12.95 – Starter & Main OR Main & Desert
3 Courses £16.45

STARTERS
Soup
Mushrooms on Toast
Cajun Breaded Brie
Duck Liver Pate

MAINS
Roast of the Day
Ham Egg Chips
Steak and Ale Pie
Battered Haddock
Scampi
Mediterranean Vegetable Linguine

DESSERTS
Crumble of the day
Steamed Sponge pudding
Lemon Cheesecake
Strawberries & fresh double cream

On Wednesday, May 25th, we are dining at The Magna Charta at Lowdham; the menu will be available in April. Then on Wednesday, 22nd June, we will be at The Thorn Tree at Woodlinkin (a “George’s” restaurant).

Singalong

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We went back to the sixties at our last session, and the music brought back memories for many of our members – amazing how we can remember the words to those songs but not to the songs we hear now!

Here are our plans for the next few sessions:-

April 19th – Novelty Songs
May 17th – Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee- details to follow!
June 21st – Folk Music & Country & Western.

Any new members are welcome to come along.

Liz & Philip

History Group

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The History Group always welcomes all U3A members. Our usual meeting place is Central Methodist Church: time 2 pm – 4 pm (ish)

Our next meeting is on April 20th, 2022, when we visit Cromford Mill. We will have a guided tour of the buildings plus the Arkwright Experience. Leave Hucknall 12 noon – leave Cromford 4.30 pm to arrive Hucknall 5.30 pm (ish)

The next indoor meeting on Wednesday, May 18th, was to have been a presentation by Stephen Flinders but he is unwell at present and won’t be able to come. It means I am looking for a replacement or you will have to manage with something I can put together. In any case it will be a surprise???

At the next main meeting Kath and Kathy will be taking bookings for our much delayed visit to Doddington Hall in June – price £22.

I have also contacted Kieran about the Bennerley Viaduct History tour as suggested at the last meeting and he would like to know how many of us to expect. I will be taking names at the next main meeting for what is likely to be an evening visit and probably a coach journey would be best

Bye for now – Maureen

Hucknall’s Heroes – Book Launch and History Day

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HUCKNALL HERITAGE SOCIETY
Are proud to present a

BOOK LAUNCH & HISTORY DAY

Saturday, 9th April, 2022 from 11 am to 3 pm
at East Side Methodist Church, Bestwood Road, Hucknall.

Free Admission. Refreshments available

NEW BOOK – HUCKNALL’S HEROES.
When the Great War began in 1914 the town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, had a population of around 16,000. During the following five years, over 3,000 Hucknall men enlisted into the armed forces to fight for King and country. Over 400 of them never came back. Of those that did return, many suffered for the rest of their lives.

After two years of research, Andy McKinnon has found over 2,600 of those men. This book tells their story.