Thorley U3A Newsletter · Blues, Bottleneck Guitar... It’s Blues that seems to be her best love....
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Thorley U3A Newsletter AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE No. 43 Around 140 members of Thorley U3A and the Herts & Soul Community Choir got together to dance the night away to Big Band music at the end of June. The fabulous Umbrella Big Band is made up of 15 musicians who were joined by two singers. They started off the night with popular melodies from the 1940s – probably the sort of songs our parents danced to! But it was all tremendous toe- tapping stuff and the dance floor at the Herts and Essex High School was soon heaving with dancers. After a half-way Hog Roast supper, the band widened their repertoire to include some newer numbers and the dancing became even more enthusiastic... few of us could resist! A big thank you to Maggie Bennett of Thorley U3A and Chris Humphrey of Herts & Soul who organised the evening. More pictures on page 6 A big night with a Big Band OUR MEETINGS If you would like to join us, please come along to a meeting – you will be very welcome Monday August 5 Val Wiseman "The Joys of Jazz Singing" By the twice winner of the Best British Jazz Vocalist award. Monday September 2 Fran Sandham "A Solo Walk Across Africa" A critically acclaimed author and speaker took up the challenge of walking 3,000 miles on her own. Monday October 7 Ian Keable "One Hundred Years of Deception in the 18th Century" By a professional magician – with a bit of magic mixed in. Meetings take place at the St Barnabas Centre, Church Lane, Thorley CM23 4BE. Doors open at 1.30pm. DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Sep 3 New Members Coffee Morning 10.30am at Coach & Horses in Thorley Street. All new members welcome. Sep 9-13 Holiday to West Sussex & Brighton Organised by Stansted U3A with spaces for Thorley U3A. Nigel Johnson. 01279 816426. [email protected] Sep 14 Defibrillator Training 10.00am-12.00pm at the Emmaus Centre, Thorley. All welcome. Contact Linda Ketteridge, [email protected], 01279 465702 Sep 16-21 Holiday to Sidmouth Organised by Bishop's Stortford U3A. Rose Anderson. 01279 831277 Dec 5 Tutankhamun & the Roaring Twenties Day Trip to London. (Full – waiting list only) Liz Happer, 07947 590432, [email protected]. Dec 9 Christmas Lunch – Details to follow Garden visit Page 6 Strolling in the fields Page 4 Registered Charity No. 1182852 INSIDE
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Thorley U3ANewsletter
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE No. 43
Around 140 members of Thorley U3A and the Herts & Soul Community Choir got together to dance the night away to Big Band music at the end of June.
The fabulous Umbrella Big Band is made up of 15 musicians who were joined by two singers. They started off the night with popular melodies from the 1940s – probably the sort of songs our parents danced to!
But it was all tremendous toe-tapping stuff and the dance floor at
the Herts and Essex High School was soon heaving with dancers.
After a half-way Hog Roast supper, the band widened their repertoire to include some newer numbers and the dancing became even more enthusiastic... few of us could resist!
A big thank you to Maggie Bennett of Thorley U3A and Chris Humphrey of Herts & Soul who organised the evening.
More pictures on page 6
A big night with a Big Band
OUR MEETINGSIf you would like to join us, please come along to a meeting – you will be very welcomeMonday August 5Val Wiseman "The Joys of Jazz Singing"By the twice winner of the Best British Jazz Vocalist award.
Monday September 2Fran Sandham "A Solo Walk Across Africa"A critically acclaimed author and speaker took up the challenge of walking 3,000 miles on her own.
Monday October 7Ian Keable "One Hundred Years of Deception in the 18th Century"By a professional magician – with a bit of magic mixed in.
Meetings take place at the St Barnabas Centre, Church Lane, Thorley CM23 4BE. Doors open at 1.30pm.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARYSep 3 New Members Coffee Morning 10.30am at Coach & Horses in Thorley Street. All new members welcome.
Sep 9-13 Holiday to West Sussex & Brighton Organised by Stansted U3A with spaces for Thorley U3A. Nigel Johnson. 01279 816426. [email protected]
Sep 14 Defibrillator Training 10.00am-12.00pm at the Emmaus Centre, Thorley. All welcome. Contact Linda Ketteridge, [email protected], 01279 465702
Sep 16-21 Holiday to Sidmouth Organised by Bishop's Stortford U3A. Rose Anderson. 01279 831277
Dec 5 Tutankhamun & the Roaring Twenties Day Trip to London. (Full – waiting list only) Liz Happer, 07947 590432, [email protected].
Dec 9 Christmas Lunch – Details to follow
Garden visit Page 6
Strolling in the fields Page 4
Registered Charity No. 1182852
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Message from our Chair
Gosh it's a busy time of year!The amount of things going
on has given me a bit of a challenge.... how to squeeze in all your pictures and articles into this issue. But what a wonderful problem to have!
As I write this, many of you are enjoying the U3A holiday to Normandy and I'm told that the outing organised by Sylvia Poole to Fiddler on the Roof was a wonderful night out. The U3A Singers' summer concert was on one of the hottest nights, but was great fun nonetheless.
Please keep sharing your photos and reports about the activities you are doing with Thorley U3A. The next deadline for the Newsletter will be September 3 and I'm looking forward to hearing from you.
Carmen Konopka [email protected]
All material published in the Thorley U3A Newsletter, including adverts, editorials, articles and all other content is published in good faith. However the Newsletter accepts no liability for any errors or omissions and does not endorse any companies, products or services that appear in the publication.
The publication of the advertisements in this Newsletter by Thorley U3A is in good faith but without legal responsibility as to the adequacy of the contents of the advertisements or the quality of any work or services provided by the relevant trade/organisation.
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Hello again.I hope you are all coping with the
hot summer weather. I tend to get everything done first thing in the morning, then draw all the curtains, shut the windows and hibernate until late afternoon, when I start the plant-watering regime.
We have had another couple of months of interesting outings and events with various groups.
The outing that especially stands out for me was the trip to the Savill Gardens at Windsor with their stunning rhododendrons. We are very lucky to have such wonderful places to visit.
Unfortunately we are struggling with some groups, either through lack of support or difficulties in finding leaders.
Please, if you want these groups to survive, support them in any way you can. Like the old saying: "Use it or lose it!"
We are coming up to the main holiday time so I expect some of you will be off to pastures new or helping with grandchildren. Whatever you are doing, have a lovely time and I'll look forward to seeing you at the monthly meetings in the coming months.
Linda Ketteridge
Editorial
NEW MEMBERS COFFEE MORNINGFollowing on from the success of the New Members Coffee
Morning in February, it has been decided to hold another one.All new members will be welcome to come for coffee at
10.30am on Tuesday, September 3, at the Coach & Horses pub in Thorley Street.
Around 30 people came to the last event, giving them an opportunity not only to meet committee members and others from Thorley U3A, but in some cases also to link up again with lost friends from their past – some even from school days!
DISCOUNT TRAVEL CARDS FOR MEMBERSPremier Travel is offering Thorley U3A members Partnership
Cards which will give up to £100 discount on new holiday bookings, subject to a minimum spend. The discount can't be combined with any other Premier Travel offer or discount.
Cardholders will also receive preferential rates on foreign currency from the firm, with no minimum spend required.
Premier Travel is a privately-owned, independent travel company with 18 branches, including one in South Street, Bishop's Stortford, which is providing the discount cards to our members.
Cards will be available from Sylvia Poole, who hopes to be able to bring them to our next meeting on August 5.
July's talk: From Milton Keynes to MississippiSinger and song-writer Saffron Summerfield shared stories of her travels with her guitars
Saffron Sunshine (aka Summerfield) took us through her life as a performer and, dear Members, the time just flew.
The young Saffron, in the then village of Milton Keynes, decided she wanted to become an acoustic guitarist, starting with
classical training at the Guildhall School of Music. She gave us a snippet of that world, the gentle “Wilson’s Wilde”, but it was other guitar genres that drew her.
Starting with the Cellar Folk Club in Soho, she entered circles that took her as far as New
Zealand and included the great and the good of many different musical styles: Harry Secombe, Joan Armatrading, Long John Baldry, (who was VERY tall and was half of the inspiration for the stage name of Elton John) and so many others, including Cream on occasion. All the big names need support acts and accompanists, and Saffron had the inclination and ability to acquire the guitar skills to fit all those bills. We were treated to examples of Folk
(British and American), Pop, Blues, Bottleneck Guitar...
It’s Blues that seems to be her best love. When Long John Baldry invited her to join the Hoochy Coochy Men, she just put her UK affairs in order and
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went off to Mississippi.And we learned all about
Bottleneck Blues. It’s a slide guitar style, originally using the long glass neck, broken off a beer bottle and fitted over the little finger.
Nowadays, guitar bottleneck slides are commercially made by Pyrex... but it’s still a lovely, mournful noise.
We had a beautiful afternoon. Thank You Saffron!
Tom McNeeney
THREE MENOPAUSALMAIDS IN JUNE
In June, we welcomed three local ladies who are becoming stalwarts of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Carol Parradine, Sue Last and Lesley-Anne Webb delivered some of their recent sketches of life as you reach a certain age.
With costumes ranging from Disney Princesses to Ladies that Lunch, they were as entertaining as they looked.
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Difficult to photograph a group without someone closing their eyes or having a joke! Here we are on a path across a field, carefully sprayed to mark our way. Hadham Hall was also visible from here.
Rain held off for the Strollers as they checked out part of the building site of Stortford Fields – I call it "WAS Stortford Fields" as there's not much countryside left there now. We found that, thankfully, Hoggate's Wood still survives.
Returning via Wickham Hall and Hadham Park, we also noted the soon-to-change area where a roundabout for the new bypass is to start. Thank you John Newman for leading once again! Liz Roper
Strollers head for the fields
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U3A SINGERS IN CONCERT
It was one of the warmest nights of the year for the U3A Singers' summer concert on June 29, but the choir put on a great show despite the heat.
The Singers continue to grow in number and there are now 33 of them, drawn from both Thorley and Bishop's Stortford U3As.
Their 'Golden Memories' themed
programme this year included songs from musicals as well as gospel and popular music. And, as always, the audience got the opportunity to join in too, with well-known songs like Que Será, Será and Yesterday.
The choir is under the musical direction of Sue Hickman and is accompanied by Susie Savage.
The Singers also performed for residents of Premier Court in July and will be singing at Holy Trinity Church on the evening of September 14.
The U3A Singers with choir director Sue Hickman (right) and pianist Susie Savage (below)
DEFIBRILLATOR TRAININGOur chair Linda Ketteridge has organised a
session for people to learn how to use defibrillators, the equipment that can help save people's lives if they have a heart attack.
It will be held at the Emmaus Centre at the back of the Barnabas Centre in Church Lane, Thorley on Saturday September 14 from 10am-12.00pm.
All are welcome to attend.
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DANCE NIGHTPictures: Nick Ambrose & Carmen Konopka
GARDEN GROUP 1AT DOCWRA MANOR
Garden Group 1 enjoyed a brilliant sunny day when they visited the gardens of Docwra Manor at Shepreth, near Royston.
A big thank you to Carol Waters and Barbara Jacobs for organising the trip to the property which mainly dates back to the 17th century.
Liz Happer & Kim Shaw
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Podiatry & ChiropodyLewis Slater DPodM MChS
HPC Registered Podiatrist
Tel: 01279 506216
The PhysiotherapistJulie Herbert MCSP BSc (Hons) AACP
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Tel: 01279 504247
REGISTERED OSTEOPATHSCatherine J Walters DO FLCOM Patrick Pearce B.Ost (Hons) CSCS
Tel: 01279 655052
C WALTERS ~ P PEARCE
Meet more of our Meeters & Greeters
Val Chinsky (left) and Anne Mayes (right) are two more of our Meeters and Greeters who help to make Thorley U3A so friendly.
Wearing sashes so they can easily be recognised, they stand by the entrance to monthly meetings to welcome new members and help them at their first meeting.
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VISITING THE SAVILL GARDENS
Garden Group 1 organised a coach trip to the Savill Gardens on the edge of Windsor Great Park when it was full of colourful rhododendrons, azaleas and hydrangeas.
Many of the group came back with beautiful examples of the plants from the garden centre. The visit was followed by a boat trip from Runnymede, past Windsor Castle, with a delicious cream tea. Pictures: Liz Happer & Linda Ketteridge
STANDON MORRIS IN SEPTEMBERCultures and Customs has invited Standon
Morris to its meeting on September 23 at 7pm at the Emmaus Centre. They will demonstrate Morris dancing, talk about its history – and you may get a chance to have a go yourself!
Cost is £8 each, to include a light ploughman's supper.
Book with Jim Hook, 01279 505138 [email protected]
The first London Walk this year had a different flavour. Instead of walking and looking at lots of places, we visited two interesting buildings which you can only see as part of a group guided tour, or in September as part of Open House London weekend.
There are 110 Livery Companies in the City of London. About 40 still have their own halls. Many were destroyed in the Great Fire in 1666 and many more were destroyed in the Blitz of the Second World War.
Of the remaining 40, several can be booked for guided tours. The Carpenters – properly the Worshipful Company of Carpenters – was our first visit of the day. The archivist gave us a fascinating talk about the history of the carpenters and allied skills like furniture makers.
She told us about their role today, charitable activities and a lot more about the City of London.
I should add that we ended the tour with excellent coffee and biscuits, as well as a free booklet.
Off we then went back to Liverpool Street Station and Spitalfields for lunch. The idea was to walk around the area and take in some more history.
Our next visit to Sandys Row Synagogue proved equally interesting. The building itself started life in 1766 as a Huguenot Chapel. The plan was to spend about 45 minutes here but this visit lasted for 1½ hours. The warden told us about the history of the area, with all the changing communities over 200 years, and a lot about Judaism as well.
Although we did not have any time to see Christ Church, a Nicholas Hawksmoor church, and the streets of Huguenot houses close by, that could be another day out in London as the area is so close to Liverpool Street Station.
Dave Willett
Carpenters and a synagogue
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The group at Carpenters Hall with Carpenters coat of arms – the compasses are a tool used in carpentry, and the jagged chevron represents a saw.
Family History GroupThe Family History Group
would like to say a big thank you to Mike Norris who has led them for many years. He has now moved away to Suffolk. His knowledge and expertise will be much missed but we hope to see him on his occasional visits back to Bishop’s Stortford.
The group continues to meet at the Emmaus Centre, from 2.00-4.00pm, on the last Friday of the month.
Some members will be giving talks about their own research – volunteers only, it’s not a condition of membership!
We also plan to have occasional genealogy speakers as well as workshops to share resources and help one another progress further.
Sue Swan and Barbara Jacobs are co-ordinating the group. Please contact them if you are interested in joining.Sue: [email protected]: [email protected]
***********It's not just the Family History
Group who will miss Mike and his wife Ireen...
Mike also led the Ten Pin Bowling Group at Harlow every Wednesday. This has now been taken over by Peter Ellis – [email protected]
Meanwhile Ireen ran the Cribbage Group. This too has a new leader: John Glazebrook – [email protected]
We hope Mike and Ireen will be very happy in their new home. And many thanks to those who have taken over the running of their groups.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN A BOOK GROUP?Do you enjoy reading books then discussing them
with a friendly group over a cuppa? If so, you may be able to join Book Club 2, which has space for a couple of extra members. They meet once a month
on the second Tuesday of the month. Contact the group leader Kim Shaw at [email protected], 01279 501362, or Groups Co-ordinator Rosemary Hoskins at groups.thorley [email protected].
On a sunny day in July, 15 walkers car-shared to the station at Wrabness. With only one train an hour this is not a commuter station. What it does have however is a community-run general store. The staff were happy to let us have use of the toilet and Frances felt obliged to buy a large bag of lemon sherbet sweets to sustain us.
We were soon at Manningtree ready to walk the nine miles back to our cars. After a detour around the building site for the station car park extension and being guided by a man and his two dogs through the new housing estate, we reached the waterfront of the River Stour estuary.
We passed the remains of a Robert Adams church and read a notice about the historical activities of a local man, Matthew Hopkins the Witchfinder General.
We then followed the Essex Way inland through
lovely countryside to reach our lunch stop in a Community Centre area with picnic tables by a playground. Richard had a go on the swings; no one ventured on the zip wire.
After lunch we followed the Essex Way through a large field of onions where we had to dodge the vast jet of water that was irrigating the field. We reached the waterfront again to find the tide was in and the water glistening in the sunshine.
We eventually left the Essex Way to walk uphill past Grayson Perry’s House for Essex to return to our cars. Then back to the community shop for ice creams!
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TOP BLOOMSThe Photography Group has
started a regular competition, which began with the subject of 'Flowers'.
Ten people entered three photos each and the 12 members at the meeting were given the chance to act as a judges and score the photos.
The categories for scoring were: Initial Impression, Sharpness and Clarity, Exposure, Composition, Artistic Merit and Creativity.
Nick Ambrose won both the first (top) and second awards with Gerry Sumpter third (below).
Nick Ambrose
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Walking to WrabnessWalkers in front of Grayson Perry's House for Essex
All about our groupsInterest Group Meeting details Leader Phone Email
Art 2nd Friday 1.00-3.00pm3rd Friday 10.30am-12.30pm
Baptist Church, Twyford Road
Linda Baker
Maureen Coe
503434
659555
Bird Watching 2nd Friday morning of the month Normally at the back of Sainsbury Car
Park, 10.00am
Maggie Clarke 01279 501150 [email protected]
Book Club 1 2nd Tuesday 10.30am Pam Wilde
Linda Ketteridge
834317
465702
Book Club 2 2nd Tuesday of the month atBaroosh Coffee Shop 2pm
Kim Shaw 501362 [email protected]
Bridge Thursdays at 1.45pmRhodes Centre Coffee Shop
Susan Smith
Sue Lake
501038
504364
Calligraphy
2nd & 4thTuesday from 10.00-12.00am 21 Proctors Way
A three-month course
Maureen Batt 653848 [email protected]
Coffee Club Baroosh Coffee ShopThursdays 10.30am
Drop-in Group [email protected]
Cribbage 1st & 3rd Thursday at 1.15pmRhodes Coffee Shop
John Glazebrook 501530 [email protected]
Cultures & Customs Meet for events Jim Hook 07391 580466 [email protected]
Family History Last Friday of the month,Emmaus Centre (adjoining the
Barnabus Centre) 2-4pm
Sue Swan
Barbara Jacobs
506123
655578
Fitness Pilates Thursday 11.00amBishop’s Park Community Centre
(by Tesco)
Mandy Springham 07713 272664 [email protected]
French Beginners & IntermediatePhone Catherine for details - full,
waiting list only
Catherine Blunderfield
651092 [email protected]
Garden Group 1 4th Thursday at 9.30am Carol Waters
Barbara Jacobs
841276
655578
Garden Group 2 3rd Monday of the month 10.30am Beryl Davies
Val Fenwick
01279 898413 01279 73077007971622617
Garden Group 3 2nd Wednesday 10.30-11.00amrear of Thorley
Sainsbury to car share
ContactLinda Maxwell
659466 [email protected]
Golf Lessons for Ladies Manor of GrovesEvery Thursday 12noon
Maureen Coe 659555 [email protected]
Golf Society As arranged by Society Ken Eastlake 01279 659931 [email protected]
History Society 2nd Thursday at Thorley Christian Centre 7.30-9.30pm
Sue Cranston 725344 [email protected]
IT Every month 3rd Friday 2-4 pm David Aitken 501423 [email protected]
Knitting 2nd Wednesday at 33 Mayfield Park,Thorley from 2.30- 4.30pm
Anne GibsonBarbara Robinson
834144832208
Interest Group Meeting details Leader Phone Email
LUNCH GROUPS
Tuesday Lunch Group Every 1st TuesdayPam Archer
Chrissy Thear
659260
507845
[email protected] Wednesday Lunch Club
3rd Wednesday of the month Linda Ketteridge
Pam Wilde
465702
834317
[email protected] Thursday Lunch Group
2nd Thursday of the month Kathy Smith
Jean Windus
842505
653614
[email protected] Mahjong 2nd & 4th Monday of the month 10.30am
1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month 10.30am
Rhodes Centre Coffee Shop
Pam Archer
Nancy Stott
659260
01279 505109
Nature Walking
Various days Nick Ambrose 0794 1636028 [email protected]
Photography 3rd Wednesday of the month7.30-9.30pm
Nick Ambrose 0794 1636028 [email protected]
Play Reading Group 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 2.00-4.00pmPremier Court's Café room
Barbara King01279 832485 [email protected]
Recorder Group Contact Kathryn for venueThursday 4.30pm
Kathryn Aitken 501423 [email protected]
Rummicub Last Thursday of the month, 10.00amRhodes Centre Coffee Shop
Pam Archer 659260 [email protected]
Scrabble 2nd Thursday of the monthRhodes Coffee Shop 2-4pm
Pam Wilde 834317 [email protected]
Short Mat Bowling Every Monday & Thursday 4-5.30pmHatfield Heath Village Hall
Georgina King 722603 [email protected]
Spanish Various days Suzanne Williams 07776 183696 [email protected]
“Spirals” Keep Fit Every Monday 11.30am Thorley Community Centre
Mandy Springham 07713 272664 [email protected]
Strollers - walks 1st Tuesday of the monthSee walk programme for details
Linda Ketteridge 465702 [email protected]
Supper Club Wednesday, mid month Judi Burdett 07976 566025 [email protected]
Table Tennis Group 1 The Village Hall, Great Hallingburyevery Wednesday:
Weeks 1,3,4,5 - at 3-5pm Week 2 - at 4.30-6.30pm
Jim Barrie 724490 [email protected]
Table Tennis Group 2 The Village Hall, Great Hallingburyevery Tuesday from 10am-12 noon
Norman GrovesDavid Hoskins
73075607719 304186
[email protected]@gmail.com
Table Tennis Group 3
The Village Hall, Great Hallingburyevery Thursday from 2-4pm
David Herbert 653091 [email protected]
Ten Pin Bowling Every Wednesday at Harlow 2pm
Every Wednesday at Braintree 10am
Peter Ellis
Derek Pike
307202
504613
[email protected] U3A Singers Every Thursday 2 pm
Havers Community CentreSylvia Wilde 508350 [email protected]
Walking See website & notices at monthly meeting
Richard Masters 72308807986 531640
Yoga Tuesday 1.45-3.00pm & Wednesday 1.45-3.00pm
Bishop’s Park Community Centre
Astelle Dennis 07762 792864 [email protected]
Zumba Gold Tuesday 10.00-11.00amBishop’s Stortford Rugby Club
Adriana Potts 07956 667434 [email protected]
NEW GROUPS: Please contact the following if interested
Art Appreciation
Science & Technology
Scrapbooking
Rosemary Hoskins
Lesley Higham
Suze Cousins
657174
32425907951 168212
If you have any updates or amendments for groups, please email them to [email protected]
Chair: Linda [email protected] 465702
Vice Chair & Newsletter Editor: Carmen [email protected]
01279 653091
Business Secretary: David [email protected] 506578
Treasurer: Ken [email protected]
Your U3A committee
Membership Co-ordinator: Anne [email protected]
01279 771564
Groups Co-ordinator: Rosemary [email protected]
Speaker Co-ordinator: Maureen [email protected]
07504 724746
Minutes Secretary: Pam [email protected]
All of the activities and groups in Thorley U3A are entirely dependent on the wonderful people who run them.
It's very rewarding and not too difficult to be a group leader – and you can get lots of support
and back-up if you need it from your committee.If you have an interest or a skill that you would
like to share or explore with other members, please contact Groups Co-ordinator Rosemary Hoskins at [email protected]
Vice Chair :Jenni [email protected]
07796 603223
YOU CAN NOW PAY SUBS BY BACS...
As we reported in the last Newsletter, your committee has decided to reduce membership subs to just £13 from September.
And to make life even easier, you can now pay your subs electronically from your bank account (Bacs).
If you want to pay by Bacs, the payment should go to: HSBC Sort code: 40-12-03 Account: 11623761
As the reference, please put your membership number (and name too if you have room).
Only subs can be paid by Bacs. Please do not make any other payments in this way.
If you pay by Standing Order, please remember to change your payment this year to £13.
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