The Hucknall u3a Social Committee invite you to an afternoon with Robin Bailey on Monday, 30th January, 2023 from 1.30 – 3.45 pm at the John Godber Centre.
Pub Quiz
The November Pub Quiz was attended by 30 members, which was astonishing considering the weather was awful that day. Admittedly the Quiz this month was a bit harder than usual but we turn up to learn something new rather than to win and more to enjoy the company and the food! At £1 entrance it must be the cheapest way these days of having a bit of fun!
The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 12th December, at The Nabb Inn at 12 noon. All welcome – we can always add another person to a team if you would like to attend but haven’t got a team of your own. And here’s a Christmas themed quiz to keep you occupied.
CHRISTMAS QUIZ – All the answers start with the letter on the left!
H What do the Scots call Christmas?
A What’s the name of the period leading up to Christmas?
P What do we get fed up of sweeping up at Christmas?
P Another name for Christmas Pudding?
Y Where mistletoe grows?
C Traditional Christmas songs?
H Another name for frost on the grass?
R And another name for frost hanging from the trees?
I What is the other name for the holly plant?
S What some of us look forward to on January 1st
T We decorate the tree with this?
M Another name for the Three Kings?
A An ingredient for Egg Nog?
S Traditional ingredient in the Christmas Pudding?
F Where traditionally we hang our stockings?
R In which city is eel the traditional Christmas Eve meal?
O Which city always donates a Christmas tree to Britain annually?
M A subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas:
S Another name for Christmas angels?
A Where we could hang baubles on this Christmas animal?
N “God Jul” means Merry Christmas in which language?
D Another subject of one of the 12 Days of Christmas?
R First name of author of “The Snowman”?
A Who started the custom of “wassailing”?
Reading Group
November’s Reading Group book was “The Silent Patient” by David Johnson which we will be reviewing in December. And, in December also, we grannies are possibly going to give Hogwarts a go!
We plan a Christmas fuddle on Wednesday, 7th December.
Weekenders
The Weekenders December Newsletter was sent out at the end of November. Once again, many thanks to Margaret Whilde & Lindsay Smith for printing off copies for those members not on email and for delivering them on their morning walks.
We had a Broomhill Birthday Lunch for June Flint on 25th November and we had a lovely outing to one of our favourite places, Blue Diamond at East Bridgford, on Monday, 21st November where we always enjoy the Singing Penguins and spending our Christmas cash!.
The end of November found the Coffee Club having an early mince pie or two on 26th November. We also plan a Broomhill Birthday Lunch for Ruth Houldsworth on 9th December and then back to Broomhill for our Christmas Lunch on 16th.
No December Coffee Club as it would fall on New Year’s Eve.
Lunch Group
On 23rd November we visited The Nuthall (which used to be called The Broxtowe Inn) for our lunch where 27 of us were seated in the Conservatory.
The Christmas Lunch looks to be a very enjoyable one with more diners than last year – 38 of us. As usual we shall be going to the Albert Hall on Wednesday, 21st December. For those of us with mobility problems, you can enter by the back door which is close to the traffic roundabout at the bottom of Derby Road, rather than walking around the corner and negotiating all the steps down into the Albert Hall. We are always made so welcome there and our regulars always look forward to this event.
We kick off 2023 on January 25th when we plan to dine at Arunothai Thai Restaurant just off Farleys Lane, Hucknall. Names now being taken with deposits please.
Then on February 22nd we plan to go to Miller & Carter at Wollaton. More details later.