On Friday, 12th April, members enjoyed a lively evening with the singer and entertainer Johnny Victory.
In his first session Johnny went through his repertoire of songs from the 40’s and early 50’s. The audience responded by dancing or singing along with the chorus lines from many of the songs which were obviously well known to most of us.
After the BYO buffet break, he moved into the 60’s and also taught a few dance steps along the way. He was lively and energetic ensuring that a good time was had by all.
Several of the audience dressed for the occasion sporting some interesting outfits.
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On Friday 19th April members of the science group together with a few colleagues from National Trust and History made an all day visit to Oxford.
Oxford is an interesting city with impressive buildings, the Oxford Colleges and several museums.
The main aim was to make group visits to the Natural History and Pitt Rivers museums which were pre booked for the afternoon.
On arrival outside the Ashmolean Museum, following a photo opportunity the group dispersed to explore. Many found their way to the History of Science Museum, the Ashmolean, and the Radcliffe Camera, the Open Bus Tour, cafes and a Wetherspoons named The Four Candles.
It is an eye-catching building next door but one to Oxford University’s history faculty. It was originally the city’s High School for Boys, which opened in 1881. The comic actor Ronnie Barker was a former pupil and later one of the Two Ronnies. Probably their best-known sketch was ‘Four Candles’. Barker walks into a hardware store and asks for and gets ‘four candles’. However, he really wanted fork handles – ‘andles for forks’. Thanks to everyone for navigating the city and meeting up on time for the booked visit.
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Although April has generally been quite cold and wet members of the litter picking group have been out and about and collected a total of 15 bags of rubbish which is mostly deposited in council litter bins and collected by the local council.
However, still on the theme of litter, concerns have been raised about the possibility of plans by Notts County Council to create ‘super tips’ which could reduce the number of tips in Nottinghamshire from 12 to 3 and possibly put sites such as Hucknall under threat of closure. Fly tipping would then no doubt be substantially increased.
