July has been an interesting month! Members elected to visit The Flight Test Museum which was recently opened on a site off Watnall Road. It is totally staffed by volunteers some of whom are Hucknall U3a members. It was a good day weather wise and we filled a car park without realising there was one slightly nearer.
We were treated to a short talk some video film and then let loose to wander round the site by ourselves, although there were volunteer helpers around to explain how things worked. All the land on what was Rolls Royce site has been sold and it seemed strange after all the years to discover we need to call the area by a different name. The volunteers on the museum site were Am-A-Zing and we thank them all for an interesting visit.
Next month, August, we are going to Nottingham University Museum. Please be there by 10 minutes to 1pm for us to get settled before the talk by Dr. Pickersgill. If you would like to go earlier there are other things to do such as exhibitions and decent cafe’s for refreshments and of course the tram stop for Nottingham University is ideal. If you are not sure that your name is on the list please check at the main meeting at John Godber.
For the September meeting we are back inside at Central Methodist Church when David Skillen will be telling us about Belper.
TTFN Maureen Newton