Christmas Zoom Film Show

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Christmas Zoom Film Show – Thursday December 17th at 1.30pm

‘Miracle on 34th Street’, American comedy film, released in 1947, that has become a perennial family favourite at Christmastime.

Natalie Wood portrayed Susan Walker, a precocious little girl whose well-meaning mother (played by Maureen O’Hara) has raised her not to believe in Santa Claus. When their lives intersect with that of Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn), an elderly man hired to play Santa at New York City’s famous Macy’s department store, Susan begins to suspect he may be the real St. Nick. After a jealous fellow employee frames him for an assault, Kringle is placed in a mental hospital. At the ensuing sanity hearing, Kringle and his attorney attempt to prove that he is indeed Santa Claus.

Although the movie was released in the summer, it became a box-office hit and ran in theatres through the holiday season. Its legacy is such that it is regularly aired on television right after Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, and the store has frequently decorated its windows during the Christmas season with displays based on the film. The popularity of Miracle on 34th Street is due in part to the performances of Gwenn, who won an Academy Award, and Wood.

Film Show via Zoom

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November Film – Wednesday 25th at 1.30pm

Running Time 1hr. 28 min
Dead End
Directed by William Wyler. With Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie. The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum. The story of one day in a slum area of New York. Noted gangster, Baby Face Martin, who grew up in the neighbourhood, decides to come home to visit his mother and the girl he left behind.

Bring your own and

Mid-length Walking Group

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We had a good Zoom Meeting on Monday; it’s always great to ‘see’ everyone’s faces. We can’t wait to see people in real life again but for now, this is the best we can do.

A big thank you to Greg and Angela for compiling and presenting a 15 question general knowledge quiz. It was very difficult but no-one else knows your score!! Congratulations to Chris West, this month’s winner; she impressed us all by scoring over 10!

It was good to hear where people had been walking and before you knew it the 40 minutes had gone. We don’t normally walk as a group in December but those present wanted to meet on Zoom again on December 21st.

I hope that you are all well and managing to get out for a few strolls.

Best Wishes
Sue

Fun with Languages

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Our meeting in November went well and we continued with the Ma France course revising directions and places in France; also completing a crossword on French place names. It is great to see many of you zooming but there is always room for more!

Our next meeting of Zoom will be on Thursday 10th December at 10.30 am when we shall continue with Ma France and also play the guess what? xmas items the group are preparing to share. On the 10th December also at 7.00 pm we are having a Zoom drinks and nibbles session for an hour with a game so we can wish each other a happy Christmas. Sadly, you will have to provide your own drinks etc on this occasion!

If you are not into Zooming or are unable to join us, we still wish you and yours a happy and safe Christmastime. We hope we can meet some time during 2021, but we shall have to see how things work out.

Love Liz and Ann xx

Weekenders’ Group

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We had a couple of informal garden meet ups but the weather is now making it more difficult. However, our members are going for walks around the local area, including the Misk Hills and keeping in contact with one another, offering support and laughs, both by phone and by the newsletter. I saw this on line and thought it was doing its best to be uplifting!