Category: Events

Nottingham Castle: Past, Present – and Future?’

Monday October 23rd –The John Godber Centre 2pm to 3.30pm
Nominal Entry Fee £1.00 payable on the door

An opportunity to join a special event as part of the:

The University of Nottingham History Festival 2023
We are pleased to have a guest speaker Dr Richard Gaunt, an Associate Professor from the Department of History at the university. The talk is ‘Nottingham Castle: Past, Present – and Future?’

Dr Richard Gaunt discusses his experience as Curator of Rebellion, working on the Nottingham Castle transformation project, in the context of the Castle’s 1000-year history as a Nottingham landmark.

The Social Sub Committee’s latest function was a Quiz Night on Friday 23^rd June at the John Godber Centre.

This was a catered event and  the evening started by maintaining our calorie intake with ‘Pie, Peas and Mash’.

There were 16 teams competing for the much coveted title of Hucknall and District u3a 2023 Quiz Winners.

Our Quizmaster and Quiz Setter for the evening was Bob McEwen.

Bob had put together an interesting mix of question types over several rounds and in the end it was a close run race for first place. A prize was also awarded for the best team name and for the strong team at the bottom holding up the rest.

At the end of the evening, when all the scores were in, the suspense was palpable.

The top 3 teams were:

1st	3 Pairs!!	98.0
2nd	Universally Challenged	96.0
3rd	Three cheats to the wind	94.5

Best name and Runners Up ‘Universally Challenged’

The winning team the ‘3 Pairs!!

The social sub committee wish to thank all helpers and participants for your good humour, enthusiasm and  contributions to this social evening.