Guest Speaker – ‘What we owe to Einstein’ – All welcome

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An open invitation to Zoom talk entitled ‘What we owe to Einstein’ on Friday 19th February at 10.00 am

Guest Speaker, Professor Turner, FRS, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, was a founder member of Beeston u3a, the first Group Co-ordinator and Science Group leader for many years.

The talk lasts 45 minutes and is designed for a ‘lay’ audience. There are two elementary pieces of science and quite a bit of history.

A link to join this talk will be sent out to all members on Wednesday, 17th February, 2021. All are welcome.

Fun With Languages

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January 2021 – Here we go zooming again! This time our meeting was a little chaotic as my share screen was not always happy to share! However, we soldiered on and got there in the end. It was lovely to see lots of people and share our French session on jobs and communications.

Our next Zoom on February 11th at 10.30 am will be our last French of this session.

In March we shall revert back to pick up some Spanish. We shall recap the a day’s work listening to people’s contributions and then go onto our magazine article on Celine Dion.

I hope as many as possible will make it! Keep safe. Ann and Liz.

First Aid Talk on 13th January 2021

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On Wednesday, 13th January 2021, as part of our normal monthly Zoom meeting we had a really interesting talk and demonstration on the initial principles of First Aid, targeted for the older person. The talk was led by Maria Matthews, who is a professional First Aid Instructor covering the Nottingham and Chesterfield area.

The itinerary of the talk was:-
1. Principles of First Aid
2. Unconscious, breathing casualty
3. Unconscious, not breathing casualty (including CPR and defibrillation)
4. Chest pain: Angina and Heart attacks
5. Stroke
6. Choking
7. Burns
8. Falls (prevention, steps to take, injuries)

Maria then answered questions from the members ranging from the recovery position to blood thinner medication.

The day was very well attended with about 80 people logged into the meeting and talk, which was well worthwhile and very instructive. Several members commented afterwards that it was an excellent talk, one experienced 1st Aider saying it was the best First Aid course they had experienced; very trainee friendly.

Many thanks to Maria for leading and to all those who took part.

Melvyn Francis
Vice-Chairman

Recycling Spectacles

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Recycling Spectacles

Many of you have donated your unwanted old specs to a charity via member Terry Moult. Terry informs me that unfortunately the charity can no longer pass them on. However Specsavers and other opticians do accept unwanted pairs, broken or otherwise, so please recycle this way.

Driving Licence Renewal

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Driving Licence
Christine Vincent would like to share her recent experience and advises us to check our licence expiry dates (otherwise time in Wormwood Scrubs beckons….). She writes:

Just a thought! Whilst rummaging through my persnal effects I realised my driving licence had expired…….2 years ago. This was a shock to me and I was ashamed! However several of my friends have also had the same experience, including those who are really on the ball. I think the problem is that we have no reminder that we need to send off for another one. As no reminders go out to folk around our age do you think a mention in the Hucknall u3a newsletter would be in order?

And here is a useful link: Information can be found here:
https://www.theaa.com/driving-advice/driving-licence-renewal

David Rose