FOR MEMBERS BY MEMBERS

FOR MEMBERSBY MEMBERS

Notices for

January 2018

This Month’s MeetingThursday 4 January 2018

The Arkwright Society. The History of Cromford

Mills and Sir Richard Arkwright.

Next Month’s MeetingThursday 1 February 2018.

Graham Hayes. ‘Titanic’

The Ship of Dreams.

March MeetingThursday 1 March 2018.

Advance NoticeThe Group Fair will be at the

Pearson Centre next to RoundhillSchool and the Library from 10am to 12. Open to all so please bring

along friends and neighbours who may be interested in joining U3A.

Please remember to turn off your mobile phone.

Thank you.

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Please be aware that there is no First Aider on duty at this

Meeting. In line withNational U3A guidelines in the

event of a problem we will immediately contact the

emergency services.

MORE HELP NEEDED PLEASE

To stack away the tables and chairs after

this meeting.

Renewals are due on 1st May, so to spread the work load of renewing over 750

members, we will start to take membership renewals at the February meeting.

Due to our increasing membership we are able to reduce the membership fee to £12

If you have any alteration to your Gift Aid status, please contact Margot Gale at

[email protected] or inform her by post or at the open meeting.

Membership Renewal

If you can’t get to an Open Meeting, you can pay by post. Send your cheque for £12 payable to

Beeston U3A to:Membership Secretary Beeston U3A

Beeston Methodist ChurchChilwell Road

BeestonNottingham NG9 1EH.

Please enclose a SAE for your receipt and membership card to be posted to you.

Membership Renewal

Future MeetingsPlease Note:

In future there will be no break after the notices but we will pass straight on to

the speaker

Please let your Group Leader Know:

1. If you no longer wish to attend a Group. This will allow new members

to join a Group with a waiting list.

2. If you have a reason why you can’t get to Group meetings but still

wish to be a member. Four non-notified absences in a row will result

in your name being removed from that group and the place open to

someone else.

Not Receiving Any Emails From Us?If you supplied an email address, it may be

wrong now! Also Freeserve, Wanadoo and Orange email

addresses have been closed.Please let us know your new address!

Please email Celia Billau on [email protected]

to let us knowor contact a member of the committee.

Calling All New MembersCoffee morning on

Thursday 11 Januaryat the White Lion, Beeston at 10:30.

Meet members of the Committee and learn more about the Interest Groups.

New Email AddressesSue Blackley

Chair:[email protected]

Malcolm BrookbanksTreasurer:

[email protected] Billau

Communications [email protected]

Coffee at Group MeetingsIf you use the church’s coffee and tea facilities at a Group Meeting, please

remember you need to pay a contribution of 30p per cup per

person towards the church’s expenses .

The coffee and tea are not free.

Community Notice Board

Don’t forget to check what’s on the

Community Notice Board at Open Meetings

Beeston U3A Forum If you would like to propose a new

Group or would like to make a suggestion to improve the running of Beeston U3A, you can do this on the

website www.beestonu3a.org.uk. Look for the button Beeston U3A Forum on the home page.

Find us on Facebook We now have our own

Facebook Group:Beeston U3A

You can find a link to it on the home page of our

website, www.beestonu3a.org.uk

Special Events

Social Event date for your Diary

Barn Dance With Fish and Chip Supper

Christ Church Hall

Saturday 27th January 2018Tickets £10.00

Tickets on sale from Janis [email protected]

BEESTON U3A TRIPS OUTORGANISED BY LUCY BEARDSLEY

[email protected]

Visit to Southern Ireland.Cancelled due to lack of

support.

Hodsock PrioryWednesday 9 May 2018

Visit Hodsock Priory, near Blyth for a guided tour of the House followed by light

luncheon and the opportunity to see the bluebells in flower.

Cost - £29.75p per person. This includes coach fare, refreshments on arrival, tour of

House and light luncheon.Further details and booking forms available

at 7 December 2017 Open Meeting.

Visits - New Plans1. East Lancashire Steam Railway includes cream tea, miniature cake plus tea/coffee). Should allow us some time in Bury. Date to be confirmed.2. RHS Wisley - April 2018 3. Norfolk - 19th-21st June 2018 details from Lucy at January Open Meeting.

NEWS ABOUT

BEESTON

INTEREST GROUPS

Architecture GroupChange of venue as from November 7th (the first Tuesday of the month) we will now meet

at The Pearson Centre for Young People,

2 Nuart Road, Beeston NG9 2NH1030hrs for about 2 hours.

If you would like to join us please get in touch with D [email protected]

01159252353

'Between The Covers Book Group’

The Group now meets at The Pearson Centre, 2 Nuart Rd, Beeston,

Nottingham, NG9 2NH.

Interested in joining the Bowls Group?Meeting at Nottingham Indoor Bowls Centre, Beechdale Road, Bilborough.

We are now taking names for the next tuition session.

Contact Peter Noon for more information: Email: [email protected]

Tel: 9288131.

Bowls GroupBowl sessions are arranged for all Fridays at 10.30am lasting 2 hours - all members welcome.Numbers are gradually increasing and we had 8 persons attending which meant we had 2 lanes open.However, the other two weekly roll-up sessions are Mondays 12.30pm – 2.30pm, and Thursdays 2.30pm –4.30pm. U3A bowlers were invited to just turn up to these sessions, and play with their U3A friends.

History GroupFriday 12 Jan 2018 10am Guild Room

Raiders and Goods VansRichard Coupland

All Apologies to Georgina, please: (lyonscorner2 @ yahoo.com)

NB Contact list updated. Members should let Ron know if they are not getting a monthly notice.

Dates for 2018

Thursday, 25th January 2018Brittania Hotel

Organisers: Arnold & Brenda GoodliffeBook Today in the Main Hall

Wednesday, 28th FebruaryMiller & Carter (formerly The Priory)

Organisers: Shirley Cooper & Elaine DabellBook at the February Open Meeting

Thursday, 29th MarchTable 8

Two Lunch Group16th January 2018

Copper City Restaurant, Corner Market Street & Parliament Street, Nottingham NG1 6HX

Organised by Mary Coggins email [email protected] tel.07716 991963 and

Joan Shelton email [email protected]

15th February 2018Bistro Pierre, NottinghamOrganised by Margot Gale

[email protected] tel. 9167087 and Helen Hubert email [email protected]

Needles and Wool Group (Knitting and Crocheting)

A social group with a learning and sharing atmosphere.

Meetings: 3rd Thursday of the Month 2-4pm Venue: Chilwell Road Methodist Church,

Youth Room.For more information please contact Sheila

on Email: [email protected] there will be no meeting in December.

Quiz GroupFriday 19th January

10-30am.White Lion Beeston.

40 Easy General Knowledge Questions Plus Fun Quiz.

Come and Join US.All Welcome. Just drop in.

Recorder Group

The January meetings of this group are on Wednesday 10th and 24th at 2pm at the White

Lion, Beeston.Contact:

Elizabeth Le Marchant Brock [email protected]

Singing For Fun

Led by Margaret Johnson, we sing with enthusiasm and enjoyment. There are

no auditions. We meet the 4th Thursday of each month from 10am to

12 noon. For more information please contact

Elizabeth. [email protected]

Writing For PleasureShort Story Writing Competition 2017

The winner of the 2017 short story writing competition was Susan Daley

of Ilkeston U3A.Congratulations to Sue and to

everyone who took part.Why don't you enter our 2018

competition? Details to come.

Proposed

New Groups

Physical Geography Group

Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at Beeston

Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting

at 10am.

Jazz Appreciation Group

Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th

January at Beeston Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting

at 1pm.

Whist Group

Initial meeting is taking place on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at Beeston

Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting

at 11.30am.

Information from Chris ChaterGroups Co-ordinator

If you are interested in any of the above groups please come and join us on the date and time stated - we

look forward to seeing you.

Military History Group

This Group has previously met on 2 occasions if you are interested in

joining please come to the meeting being held on Tuesday 6th February 2018 at Beeston Methodist Church Chilwell in the Vestry room starting

at 9.30am

Astronomy Group

Richard Dinsdale has spent a great deal of time and energy trying to get

the Astronomy group going. He would like the group to move forward and a

further meeting has been arranged for Tuesday 30th January 2018 at 10am in

the Wesley room at Beeston Methodist Church, Chilwell.

Information from Chris ChaterGroups Co-ordinator

If you are interested in the above groups please come and join us on

the date and time stated – would you please let me know that you will be attending by contact Chris Chater

Beeston U3A Group Coordinator on email [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you.

Games GroupA suggestion has been put forward to start up a

Games Group for members wanting to play board or card games of all sorts such as Upwords, Sequence, Dominoes and many more. If you are interested in a sociable morning/afternoon out and enjoy playing games why not think about starting up this group. Beeston U3A already have groups such as Canasta,

Rummikub and Scrabble.If you are interested in facilitating or joining, please

contact Beeston U3A Group Coordinator email [email protected] or telephone 07598713256 [do

not hesitate to leave a message].

BEESTON U3A NEEDS

YOUR HELP!

Beeston U3A Needs You

Without willing volunteers our

U3A would not be so

successful.

If you have benefited from the

work of our Group Leaders

please consider becoming one

yourself.

Links to Local UniversitiesPlease help us to establish links with

Nottingham Trent University.

They have asked us to help with 3

projects: engaging the older shopper in

the grocery shopping experience,

fashion for ladies over 55 and clothing

for people living with raynauds, diabetes,

or arthritis. If you would like to be

involved, further details are on our

website beestonu3a.org.uk, or from

Steve Austin by email:

[email protected]

NATIONAL AND CLUSTER NOTICES

Third Age Trust Legal HelplineTo access the free legal helpline:Call 0344 770 1040 and quote 'U3A Legal Helpline'.It is operational 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Arc Legal Assistance in partnership with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors

Long Eaton, Ilkeston and Stapleford

U3AsFor any information concerning these

three U3As please look them up on the

Cluster Group Page on our website.

There you will see what they offer and

whom to contact.

We have agreed that we can join three

groups from each of our different U3As

as part of the cluster.

For Long Eaton please contact the

membership secretary on: 01332 987023