Reading Group

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For November we read “The Child” by Fiona Burton, which was the librarian’s choice. We all enjoyed this story which had a twist at the end.

We are planning our 2022 programme and we like to have a different genre of book each month; so once again I would be pleased to hear of any which you might like to recommend. The Library organised our December book which was a futuristic one; “How to Stop Time” is about Tom Hazard who looks like your average forty-something but actually has a rare condition that makes him age slower than the average human. So, he’s around four hundred years old!

We have decided not to hold a January Reading Group session but will share on line our comments on books we have read. In February we will be discussing “any book you read at school/college etc” which gives scope for a wide variety of books.

Weekenders

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The Weekenders January Newsletter will be sent out on 1st January. 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 Ruth Houldsworth on the 10th December, which was also our Christmas lunch. Again, an excellent lunch but a bit on the large side!

Eight of us also met up for Coffee Club Lunch on 18th December at the Nabb Inn.

Please note I have cancelled all Weekender events for the month of January. Hopefully we hope the increased Covid activity will soon be eased so that we can meet more socially “in house”. Meanwhile let us hope the new year will bring us better news.

Lunch Group

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The Christmas Lunch at the Albert Hall was much enjoyed on Wednesday, 15th December, despite Covid. There were only 24 of us but it was a lovely occasion, made even better by the high quality of the lunch and the friendliness of the staff. Sue Foss and Judy Pritchard won the Christmas Quiz and Alan Snape the Christmas Lucky Number.

In view of the increased Covid activity I have decided to postpone the January 26th lunch which was planned for The Nabb Inn. At least 26 members had put their names down for this event so please check your diaries and cancel this date.

I have booked the February lunch for the 23rd at The Shepherd’s Rest, Bagthorpe and this is now full also. Obviously we hope this will still go ahead but at the moment we are just planning month by month. Let us hope the rest of 2022 will be a much better year.

To contact Sandra, the group leader, please use the form below:-

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National Trust Visit Dates 2022

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Although the situation with Covid remains serious I have set the dates below for our National Trust visits for the period from March to October, 2022.

I will let members know the venues in February but I would like to visit places such as Kedelston Hall, Waddesdon Manor, which is owned by the Rothschild Family plus venues in Yorkshire and Warwickshire.

Dates in 2022
March – Wednesday 23rd
April – Thursday 28th
May – Tuesday 17th
June – Monday 13th
July – Wednesday 20th
August – Thursday 11th
September – Tuesday 13th
October – Monday 10th

Barrie

Litter Picking group

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Although the group members have been understandably busy with their own Christmas and New Year festivities, at the time of writing 29 bags of litter have been collected during December making a total of over 150 bags since the group was first formed at the end of August. That is a lot of litter removed from our environment and sadly there will no doubt be a lot more to come.

On December 30th a group pick was organised by Maureen Newton around the Butlers Hill tram stop. The photograph shows Maureen, Christine Eagle and Jean Dow committing 8 full bags of litter fittingly to the dustbin of History!

One more u3a member has joined the group which now stands at 21 members but there is always room for more. If you are interested in joining the group please contact me via the email address litter@hucknallu3a.org.uk

Finally I would like to say a big thank you to all members of the group for their continued help and support and wish them all a happy, healthy and productive 2022.

Val Gant