History Group

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The History Group always welcomes all U3A members especially new ones. Our usual indoor meeting place is Central Methodist Church: time 2pm – 4pm ish – on the third Wednesday of the month. Meetings are now in the Church Room which it is hoped will be much better for those members who have hearing problems. I have asked for us to continue with this booking. We have had some problems with visual images and sound which I am attempting to overcome.

The autumn season commenced on September 21st, 2022 when Denis Hill who is a brilliant speaker told us about ‘Victorian Housing Conditions’ which is a century or so before most of the bureaucracy and health and safety rules came into being. It would no doubt cover the lifetimes of our great grandparents and even maybe some of our members who didn’t live in towns.

Kath Hurt was presented with a winter flower arrangement in a planter to say a sincere ‘thank you’ for all she has done for the group in the past.

Our October meeting is Wednesday 19th when we have a re-arranged visit to The Derby Museum of Making. We leave Hucknall at 1pm and leave derby at 5pm. If you have any queries about the visit please contact Kathy William or Sue Knight

November 16th, 2022 Trevor Lee is coming to talk to us. He usually provides us with mind pictures of entertainers; sometimes even their voices. Lots of reminiscing at this meeting.

Bye for now – Maureen

Gardening Group

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A select and intrepid group of gardeners met last month for the final Gardening Group trip of the year to Newby Hall in Yorkshire. We were not disappointed with all that the Gardens had to offer, and enjoyed a lovely day out with good weather. Some viewed the gardens by boat and by train as well as on foot and others also visited the Hall which has a very interesting history. Newby Hall is well worth a visit if you are ever in the area.



Our next two meetings are at the John Godber Centre, from 1.30 pm to 3.30 pm, in the room downstairs. Please note the time! October’s meeting on the 18th is entitled ‘A Plethora of Plants’, followed by the usual refreshments.

We are an open group and all are welcome, especially new members, even if you do not have a garden. The NGS website still has interesting gardens for you to visit online and in person, and to enjoy what other people have done with their gardens this year.

Anne

Grumpy Old Men – Ambergate

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Excursion to Ambergate

Members of our Grumpy Old Men group were out and about again at Ambergate recently. They visited the ‘Great British Car Journey’ exhibition, which displays around 150 cars, all made in the UK, mainly up to the 1990s.

There were also a number of large banners which portray some of the advertising of the period, often quite stylish. The commentary which visitors can listen to narrated a lot of the history of the industry, and its ups and downs, of which there were quite a few over the decades.

Earlier cars, such as the Austin 7, looked very small, but some of the bigger cars of the 1960s and 70s were sometimes surprisingly large.

It is also possible to go for a drive in an old car around the site, but by this time it was approaching lunchtime in the conveniently sited café!

We always have room for more Grumpies, just use the email which is listed in the Newsletter or use the form below:-

    Flower Arranging Group

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    The Flower Group is coming on in leaps and bounds. Everyone is enjoying taking home lovely creations and learning new skills. Best of all, we have fun!




    Siobhan

    Pub Quiz

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    The September Pub Quiz was attended by 25 members. The next Pub Quiz will be on Monday, 10th October 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.

    Here are the answers to the September newsletter quiz:
    1 A large, powerful horse used to pull heavy loads – Dray or draft horse
    2 Source of a dark blue dye from a tropical plant of the pea family – Indigo
    3 2,025.37183 yds in what? Nautical mile
    4 Another name for dyspepsia – Indigestion
    5 Fourth largest planet in the Solar System – Neptune
    6 A type of rich, strong-flavoured Italian cheese with bluish-green veins – Gorgonzola
    7 A plant of the figwort family, with showy two-lipped flowers – Antirrhinum
    8 Former province of South Africa – Transvaal
    9 What is a testudo graeca? – Tortoise
    10 One of the principal characters of the Italian commedia dell’arte – Harlequin
    11 Mountain conquered on May 29, 1953 – Everest
    12 Yellow-flowered plant of the daisy family that is a common weed of grazing land – Ragwort
    13 Charles Dickens’s second novel – Oliver Twist
    14 A British female singer regarded as a household name in late-1950s – Yana
    15 Another name for Granny’s Bonnet plant – Aquilegia
    16 Another name for the Mona Lisa – La Gioconda
    17 Where is The Bodleian Library? Oxford
    18 In which country is the monument Cristo de las Sierras? – Argentina
    19 The largest and most popular city of Pakistan – Karachi

    And the October quiz is as follows:
    1. Which American dramatist wrote The Crucible?
    2. By what name is nacre popularly know?
    3. What name is given to a stand or support for pans before or on a fire?
    4. Which British naval explorer landed at Botany Bay in 1770?
    5. What sort of creature is a Gila monster?
    6. Of which organ is the medulla oblongata a part?
    7. What sort of creature is a trogon?
    8. Which motoring organisation agreed to pay £20 million after it was caught plagiarizing Ordnance Survey maps?
    9. What name is given to a Hindu of the highest caste?
    10. With whom did Queen collaborate on the 1981 UK hit “Under Pressure”?
    11. In which New York City street are the majority of the leading theatres situated?
    12. Which King of England was nicknamed The Lionheart?
    13. In which English county is the port of Plymouth situated?
    14. Which element used in atomic bombs is represented by the symbol Pu?
    15. With which musical instrument is the Russian born musician Isaac Stern associated?
    16. Which British civil engineer if best known for his construction of the suspension bridge over the Menai Strait?
    17. Which silvery white semiconductor is represented by the symbol Te?
    18. In which European country can the Arlberg Pass be found?
    19. What is the longest nerve in the body?
    20. Who succeeded his grandfather Edward III as King of England?
    21. What is measured using the Beaufort Scale?
    22. Who played Hyacinth in the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances?
    23. Which rock n roll legend had a top ten hit in 1964 with No Particular Place To Go?
    24. Who starred in the title role of Crocodile Dundee?
    25. In Greek mythology who was the goddess of love and beauty?