On September 21st we completed a linear walk of 4.8 miles from Larch Farm to Linby village via Newstead Abbey.
We decided to support the 141 bus service by catching the 10.11 am bus outside the Horse and Groom alighting at Larch Farm.
It starts as a woodland walk through Hagnook Wood to the Abbey – where we made use of the cafe and toilet facilities.
It then followed the familiar track to Papplewick and onto Linby.
Our next walk is on Thursday October 19th
David Rose
Our latest social event took place on Saturday 23rd September. The theme was music mainly from the 60’s performed by the group ‘Rocks and Frocks’. They have an excellent sound and their playlist had the dance floor bouncing all night.
Some members delved deep into their wardrobes and were barely recognisable in the colourful 50’s and swinging 60’s period outfits. A special guest was a Mr Elvis Presley and his notorious manager Colonel Tom Parker.
Our next events are:
Monday 4th December 12.30 pm to 4 pm
Christmas Meal and Social
A two course meal, tea/coffee and a mince pie followed by:
Live musical entertainment by some of our talented members and to complete our afternoon a Christmas Singalonga
Friday December 8th 1.30pm to 4.45pm
Part 1: An illustrated talk about Eric Coates the Hucknall born composer by
Maureen Newton .We will also hear some of his music.
Part 2: An audio visual video with music and songs by original artists compiled by Christine Vincent which features several of our Interest Groups.
To finish our afternoon 2 entertaining live performances by ‘Fun With Languages’ and the Cycling group.
For more details please see the posters on this website.
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Your Invitation to a special event on Monday October 23rd at the John Godber Centre, 2pm to 3.30pm
Nottingham University History Festival is from October 23rd to 27th. Applications were invited for organisations to ‘bid’ for a speaker to deliver a presentation.
Hucknall u3a were successful and we are pleased to have guest speaker Dr Richard Gaunt.
Dr Gaunt is an Associate Professor from the Department of History and is ‘highly recommended’ by our History Group Leader, Maureen Newton.
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.
Nominal Entry Fee £1.00 payable on the door
A happy group enjoying the benefits of chair based exercise which is a low impact way of getting exercise into daily life.
The use of scarves as well as hoops and beanbags is a fun way to improve flexibility, strength and coordination as this group shows.
Our group is open to men and women and meets once a month though many continue to practise at home and incorporates fall prevention exercises, the use of resistance bands for improving muscle strength and a series of movement to music routines while seated.
We use a variety of music genre for inspiration and singing along while working out is not uncommon. We can’t ‘stop the clock ‘ but we can sure slow it down.
Well the weather is getting wetter, windier and colder, now that we have passed the Autumnal Equinox on September 23rd. Trust you will all remember to put your clocks back on Saturday night the 28th October. I always remember whether to put the clocks back or forward by using the American word for autumn being fall, Hence we have Spring forward and fall back (one hour)
We had many say how good a talk our September speaker was on Grace Kelly (quite a naughty lady) – very clear and precise.
Hopefully our October speaker, Dr Steven Wallace, talking about the Sherwood Observatory & Space Discovery Centre and The James Webb Space Telescope, will be really interesting.
The 50s & 60s night went very well on 23rd September, we didn’t quite manage to sell 100 tickets, but almost made it. The group ‘Rocks and Frocks’ were very good and kept us all well entertained with a variety of songs, getting many up on their feet and dancing the night away.
We will be selling tickets for our next social activity on Monday 4th December, a Christmas meal with u3a entertainment (see the poster for more details). Many thanks to our Social Sub Committee for all their hard work.
After much confusion a date has finally been sorted for our normal alternative December meeting, and this is now on Friday 8th December. Again, more details later and apologies for the mix up on the dates. This will be a free event.
We are still looking for committee members, especially a Vice Chair, open for all men and women, along with a couple of other committee members.
The Rotary community day on the market place went very well, we had excellent weather, possibly one of the hottest days of the year. Our stall was well staffed and we had quite a bit of interest with several folk showing enthusiasm for joining our u3a.
The entertainment for the day was varied and enjoyable, a lot of clubs having put a lot of work into their performances. A dancing group, kick boxing, ukulele band, choir, among others. Other stalls were very diverse and interesting. It was good to see what Hucknall has to offer, there was something for everyone.
We still have quite a few members who don’t belong to any activity group, I would strongly recommend that you do, as you make great new friends and find new interests. Talk to myself or Sue Tedstone if you need any help.
As always I look forward to seeing you all at October’s monthly meeting, please try and remember to wear your name badges so that all know who you are, and of course don’t forget to sign out if you leave early.
Melvyn Francis, Chair