50’s and 60’s Night with Johnny Victory
History Group
The History Group always welcomes all u3a members especially new ones. Our indoor meetings take place at Central Methodist Church on Baker Street: time 2pm – 4pm. It is always on the third Wednesday of the month – in February it is the 21st.
Peter Amour came in January to tell us how he was Wandering in and Around Wiltshire. We went with him to many National Trust buildings and gardens and English Heritage sites as well as on a photographic tour.
In February we have one of our favourite speakers Stephen Flinders with us again. This time he is coming to bring an original film and tell us about a wartime engingeering factory called ‘Stanton at War’.
At the February meeting, Kathy and Sue will be collecting bookings and money for our visit to Pleasley Pit on 17th April. Cost is £10.
Maureen Newton
Vegetarian Cookery
The meeting this month will be on Monday, 26th February, at 10.30 am , at St Peter and St Paul’s church hall on Ruffs Drive.
I have three delicious recipes for you to taste and then to try cooking them at home. We have a few spaces in the group so please contact me if you are interested. The aim of the sessions is to give you an alternative menu, not to turn you into vegetarians!
Anne Wilkinson
Gardening Group
February 20th is our first meeting of the new year and we welcome Rachel Barrowcliffe, a garden designer. We meet as usual at the John Godber Centre from 1.30 to 3.30pm . We are an open group so everyone is welcome.
On March 19th we meet again in the John Godber Centre for an NGS online talk. We will be taking names and monies for our trips this year at our group meetings, and it will be on a first-come first-served basis as the coach we use will be a limited size.
There are some NGS gardens opening this month that you may be interested in –
11th February – The Dower House at Melbourne, Derbyshire.
18th February – Oak Cottage, Swadlincote, Leics.
18th February – Church Farm , Retford .
18th February – Norwood Park, Southwell.
18th February – 10 Chestnut Way, Repton, Derbyshire.
Enjoy,
Anne
Fun with Languages
Our first German session of introduction began well in January. It was lovely to see some familiar faces return to the group also. There is still room for more if you want to have a go at learning basic German. We enjoyed New Year nibbles also and had a quiz which opened the eyes of many to facts about Germany as a country.
Our next session will be on Thursday 8th February at JGC at 10.30 am till 12 noon in the Byron suite, when we shall continue to explore more basic German. We hope to see you there!
Auf wiedersehen, Liz and Ann xx