U3A Kettering Newsletter October 2013

Kettering U3A October 2013

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15th October 2013

Kettering U3A Year 10 Newsletter 04

www.u3asites.org.uk/kettering

(Registered Charity No. 1108614)

Next Month

19th November 2013

The Work Of A Magistrate

Wendy Curtis

From the Chairman

Many thanks to Mary for “holding the fort” last month. I was visiting the

USA and Canada “celebrating” a BIG birthday! The speaker, I understand,

continued the high quality that we have become used to this year so far.

Thanks must go to all concerned for their hard work in finding such good

people. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip with around 30 others and not

surprisingly found other U3A members from other parts of the UK in the

group, just as I had done on an earlier trip to France. One man, whose wife

was the U3A member, commented “U3A seems to be a really good

organisation and I can’t wait to retire and join it – they do so much!” This

made me stop and think about our U3A and how we very often take it all

for granted. Our tenth Anniversary celebration will (make sure you’ve got

your ticket), hopefully, remind us of the benefits of belonging to such a

thriving group and the commitment to making sure we continue to be

successful. We can’t do it, however, without the support of our group

leaders, membership, and a strong Committee. New members are

essential to all organisations so please “spread the word”, think about

joining the Committee or help in any way you can. Let’s make sure the next

10 years are as successful as the last! Cyril Young

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Today

An Exceedingly Short History Of England from 1066 to Present

Tony Boullemier


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Members & Group Leaders Information

Monthly Meeting

Dates & Speakers

17th December 2013

Christmas Party with The Seagrave Singers

21st January 2014 18th February 2014 18th March 2014 15th April 2014 20th May 2014 17th June 2014 15th July 2014 19th August 2014 16th September 2014 21st October 2014 18th November 2014 16th December 2014

Refreshment Rota

Terry Young is our refreshment organiser and she will keep the contents of the refreshments up to date. There is no need to bring milk and biscuits. There is no washing up! If your group is assisting please be there by 1.15pm to help set-up

This month it is Country Matters/Churches

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November - Musical Circles 2 December - Christmas Meeting January - February -

Normal charges are:-

TEA/COFFEE with biscuits 50p

SQUASH (on request) 30p

Trainee Newsletter Editor

I deleted “trainee” from my title as I’ve got the hang of it now. We are still unable to get a reasonable cost to produce a colour print version, so if anyone can get a cheap colour printing deal, please contact me. Remember you can view and download in FULL

COLOUR on the Internet. A big thank you to all group leaders who sent me their reports, photo-graphs and news items in plenty of time. Please send your contributions via e-mail to [email protected] by the deadline 10 days before the monthly meet-ing.

Our next meeting at the Fuller Church, Gold St. Kettering

Format of the meeting:-

1.30pm Hall open

Tea/coffee & biscuits available

Time to browse the groups and sign up

for a visit.

2.15pm - 2.30pm U3A notices.

2.30pm—3.30pm Speaker

3.30pm (approx.) another opportunity to sign up for a visit and time to renew membership.

3.45pm Meeting ends.

Newsletter

Tresham send their apologies that last month’s news-letter was poorly printed and stapled. There was not enough time to get it re-printed before the monthly

meeting. BUT AS ALWAYS you can view the

newsletter in glorious colour on the internet at

http://www.u3asites.org.uk/kettering

and a fully interactive versions are there too at http://issuu.com/u3akettering/docs


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Your Kettering U3A Committee 2013-2014

Chairman Cyril Young 01536 392 065 [email protected] Vice Chairman Mary Wildman 01536 741 222 [email protected] Treasurer/Membership Sec. Maggi McGuire 01536 392 716 [email protected] Secretary Marian Tucker 01536 510 354 [email protected] Outings/Groups Co-ordinator Maureen Curd 01832 732 361 [email protected] Speaker Secretary David Clayton 01536 520 965 [email protected] Newsletter Richard Boyles 01536 744 753 [email protected] Committee Member Vacancy

Welcome To New Members

Greta & John Knibbs, Sue Hart, Val Plowman, Elizabeth & Brian Toseland, Jean Hazard, Rachel Terry, Chris Dickinson, Rose Northover,

Sandra & David Bennett

We hope that you will enjoy making new friends and participating in the activities of the Kettering U3A

Don’t forget that if you can’t get to the meeting you can:

♦ collect a Newsletter from either the Library or Tourist Information counter at Kettering Museum.

♦ use our postal service, cost £4.25 for half year. Ask the membership secretary for details.

♦ download the newsletter from the web site, www.u3asites.org.uk/kettering and click on Links.

To All Group Leaders From the Committee Please check that any member of your group is actually a member of the U3A. This is important because of insurance implications.

Group Leaders know the Post Code of your venue. The emergency services will ask for it in order

to despatch an ambulance without delay.

Group Coordinator Message

In a previous newsletter I did ask for invitations to visit your groups and would very much like to visit so please advise me if/when you would welcome a visit from me. In the meantime any help or advice I can give please call me on 01832 732 361. Maureen Curd.

Web Master If you wish me to put additional information and/or photographs relating to your Groups on the

Kettering U3A Website, please let me have this either via email to [email protected] or by letting me have hardcopy. It would also be useful if I could have your permission to quote your email address. There is not only a list of Groups on the Website, but each Group also has its own page for the purpose of displaying both information and photographs. At present I have been able to include photographs for some Groups, which is due to the efforts of their Group Leaders. Freda Smith - Kettering U3A Web Master

News Letter Editor Copy deadline 10 days before monthly meeting: Saturday 9th November 2013 Members photos, drawings, cartoons etc. are all welcome. I will publish if space permits. Please e-mail reports, information, photos etc. to Richard Boyles [email protected] or call 01536 744 753

To All Members If you are aware of anything affecting one of our members, such as an important birthday, anniver-

sary, illness, etc. and feel that a card from U3A would be appreciated, please contact:- Joan Rolfe 01536 521 531


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Visits and Events As many of you are aware a NON REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT is required for you put your name down on any of the arranged trips. Theatre tickets are payable in advance as theatres will only hold a group booking for a limited period. Should you wish to cancel after you have confirmed a booking it is your responsibility to find a person willing to take your place and reimburse you accordingly. In some instances, if we have a waiting list for example, we will put you in touch with someone who has shown an interest.

ALL COACH FARES ARE SUBJECT TO NUMBERS In many instances we are unaware of final numbers so we cannot confirm the cost of the coach until this is ascertained. We now include a gratuity amount in the costing to include coach drivers and where applicable site guides. If we need to cancel through lack of support then those who have paid will get a full refund. Cheques should be made payable to U3A Kettering No. 2 A/C Thank you for your forbearance in this matter. Maureen.

Trips & Visits 03 Nov 2013 The Glen Miller Orchestra. Cancelled due to lack of support. Christmas Shopping visit to Trentham Village Thursday 07 Nov 2013. Coach now £22.00 pp. We do need more numbers to support this trip! The Royal & Derngate Wednesday 13 Nov 2013 The Buddy Holly Story Matinee 2.30pm. Seats held. Six people took tickets, the rest were cancelled. The Royal & Derngate Monday 20 January 2014 Don Quixote the Moscow City Ballet evening seats held @ £28.00 payment due to reserve seat. I am still holding tickets but they must be reserved and paid for at this meeting.

PLEASE NOTE: We have introduced a new system for trips and theatres whereby a non refundable deposit will be asked for when you put your name down. This arrangement has been introduced as we lost quite a lot of money due to cancellations and this measure has become necessary to prevent further losses.

Our trip to the Poppy Factory The journey to Richmond was full of traffic delays which meant we were late for the presentation. However we were warmly welcomed and shown around. We met many of the people working on making the poppies: many are ex military and some disabled. It was very interesting to learn how and why the factory was started. We made our own poppies and were shown how the Queen's wreath is made. The weather proved kind enough for those who wanted to walk down by the river and some enjoyed a visit to the pub whilst others partook of their picnics. We had cause to thank our wonderful NHS service for the timely help with one of our party who was taken ill. Fortunately she was able to join us for the homeward journey and after a visit to her own GP the next day she was declared fit. So in all the whole day was full of interest.

The trip to the poppy factory was from a suggestion by Jan Day who fortunately suggested it in time for arrangements to be made. If anyone has ideas of where they would like to visit please advise me or any committee member. Always bear in mind the time factor as we only enjoy one meeting a month with information in the newsletter, time to think it out, then collection of funds to finance the venture. I am happy to accept viable suggestions my phone number is 01832 732 361. Maureen Curd Maureen in Poppy Factory - Photos © David Tucker


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Come and celebrate theome and celebrate theome and celebrate theome and celebrate the

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Kettering at a Celebration Tea

in the North Pavilion, at Wicksteed Park on

TUESDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2013 2.00 pm for 2.30 pm

Tickets: U3A Members £5.00 Guests/Visitors £10.00

FREE Parking FREE Parking FREE Parking FREE Parking with U3A ticket

Tickets will be available at the August, September and October monthly meetings

or they can be obtained, by post, from the Treasurer, Maggi McGuire,

6 St Annes Road, Kettering, NN15 5EH (please enclose a stamped addressed envelope)


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Card Making 2— Our next meeting is on Monday

21st October. Contact: Freda Smith 01536 482368

Card Making 1— As always, happy and productive

mornings. The quality of the cards being produced goes from strength to strength and everyone is so willing to share ideas and new equipment too. We all thoroughly enjoy the nattering that takes place over coffee too. Lovely social mornings with such lovely outcomes. The next meetings will be on November 5th and 6th, usual time, usual place. Look forward to seeing you all. Contact: Mary Earl 01536 522456

Bookworms— Our next read is Water for Elephants,

and our meeting is on 16 October. Look forward to some lively discussions. Contact: Pauline Parkin 01536 799197

A Good Read—New members welcome.

Contact: Diana Ellis 01536 723380

Bridge - Every Friday at the Bridge club 1.30pm-

4pm.

Contact: Sue Macfarlane 01536 523754

Canals & Waterways— In September we visited

Shardlow Heritage Centre Derbyshire. We were given a conducted tour through the village by Sheila Cooke who helps run the centre. Sheila gave us an insight in to how the canals and village were run by three family businesses. At one point the village had fourteen pubs but now only supports three.

On October 17th there is a change to the programme. We are now going to Stanwick Lakes and meet at the cafe at 11.0am I have booked Xmas lunch on Thursday December 5th at the pub at Foxton Locks for 12.30 It is £9.95 for two courses or £12.95 three courses. They will require a £5 deposit and a food pre-order. If you are interested can you let me know by e-mail or tell Cathie in October. Contact: Christine Strachan 01536 515730 or [email protected]

Where Are You? Would you please let Maggi McGuire (Treasurer and Membership Secretary) know if you change your address, telephone number or email address so that we can keep our records up to date and avoid incorrect mailings. Thank you.

News - Interest Groups: Visits and Reports etc.

Locked Out? The Fuller Church entrance door will now be locked. To gain entry please ring the bell on the right of the door as indicated on the notice. To get out you need to press the green button on the door post.


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Friday Pop-in - A great result for Friday Pop-in.

16 people attended and Sue was delighted. They were able to transfer to the private room where they were able to laugh and chat without disturbing others. It will be great if this number is kept up as it is a good way of getting to know each other!

We meet at the Toller church rooms 10 – 11.30 on the first Friday of every month. New members please come and join us for coffee, exchange of books, magazines and local news. We need your support. Contact: Sue Hince 01536 521023

Discussion Group— It was good to resume our

discussions in September and a lively meeting it was too. The topic was "Baby Boomers, Trials or Treasures" and there were diverse opinions as to this. In the end we concluded that this generation had fared pretty well but were a useful and needed part of society. So probably,

treasures! This month we are choosing whom to take to a desert island with us so should be interesting. Chris Holden will be leading this meeting. On November 12th, Glynis Hall will be leading us with the topic "Women's Lib. Has it done society any favours?" Time to get our bra-burning ideas working. Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2pm in the Parish Church Rooms on the Market Place. Contact: Mary Earl on 01536 522456

French — Please ring me if you are interested in

brushing up your knowledge of the language. Contact: Diana Ellis 01536 723380

Computer Group — The new beginners classes have

started and in the first two we learnt about Files and Folders. We cover all versions of Windows and Apple Mac and some members now have the well publicised Windows 8 so we are getting to grips learning that too. All subjects will be covered as we progress in a slow, step by step way. Each lesson is fully supported by a detailed hand-out sheet to take home. More information and video tutorials will soon be on the Computer Group’s internet site below

BEGINNERS COURSE New members are welcome. SIGN UP NOW at this meeting or e-mail Richard or just turn up The next sessions are 22 Oct Beginners 3 - Safe Computing & Backups 12 Nov NO MEETING (10th Anniversary Celebrations) 26 Nov Beginners 4 - Internet, Skype & Facebook

Full details and up to date schedule at www.U3AComputerGroup.co.uk Contact: Richard Boyles 01536 744 753 e-mail: [email protected]

Country Matters— This month a sizeable group of us

started our walk in Ashton, famous for the conker championships. Ashton is a very picturesque village with plenty of thatched cottages many of which were rebuilt in the early 1900’s money being provided by one of the Rothschild family, famous for banking. We walked past an old watermill and continued our walk along the River Nene. As it was a cloudy day we only spotted a few dragonflies and butterflies, not like when Jean and I did the recce in August. We stopped to admire the view of the river as we crossed the road bridge, then continued walking back along the Oundle Pilgrimage Way, which took us back to Ashton. We enjoyed lunch at the Chequered Skipper. Our next walk is scheduled for 10 October at Broughton meeting in the Red Lion pub and will have taken place by the time the magazine is in print . November’s venue is Corby Boating Lake car park where we will go for a stroll around the woods. Look forward to seeing you on 14 November at 10.30 am. Contact Derek Warren on 01536 518560 or e-mail [email protected]

Gardening Group—

Contact: Ray Bradbury 01536 516587

German–1 Basic Conversation — This established

group for Basic German Conversation remains oversubscribed so another group for absolute beginners has been formed. Contact: Joe Fletcher 01536 722399


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Lunch Club—Thank you Janet Chivers for arranging a

nice lunch at the Manor House in Corby (Tresham College). Good food and It was very well presented. For some students it was their first time at serving. October’s lunch will be hosted by Elizabeth York, at Vivo's in Burton Latimer. Please support her if you can. No Lunch in November, because we have an early Xmas lunch in December, which is being held at the Masonic Centre in Corby. Tickets are now on sale. See Ray Bradbury at this months meeting. Help is required for next year if the Lunch Club is to keep going. Please give some thought to help organize a lunch one month next year. I will have a new sheet with me at both lunches in Oct & Dec. It's nice to go to new venues, but we can always go to places we have been before. If you decide on a month, but are unable to do it, I can ask another person to change with you if that helps. It is always a good idea to stay local January and February in case the weather is bad. Please give it some thought. The Lunch Club has been going now for ten years; we don't want to see it stop. Contact: Rosemary Cooke 01536 356899

Italian Classes — One Italian class is running.

If there is anyone else interested please contact: John Sellick 01536 517878 or [email protected]

Kettering U3A Safe Driving Group — With the

winter approaching the Safe Driving Group are planning to set up a session at a local skidpan. Skid Pan driver training is a fun and safe way of learning how to control a car when driving on icy or hazardous road surfaces. Each driver gets personal tuition

from experienced advanced drivers in both front and rear wheel drive cars. The training session lasts about three hours and the cost is £95 per person. Contact: Steve Clorley 01832 732342 07973 624815 [email protected] Or Roy Franklin 01536 482808 07751 106617 [email protected]

Advance Notice — Lunch Club Christmas Special will take place at The Masonic Hall in Corby on Tues-day 3rd December at 12 noon. The Masonic Hall has good parking and is easy to find but maps will be pro-vided. The menu will be Winter Vegetable Soup with crusty roll and butter. Roast Turkey with Stuffing and Chipolatas, Roast Potatoes and Parsnips, Brussels Sprouts and Carrots. Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce. Coffee/Tea and Mince Pies. Paper Hats and Christmas Crackers. Special dietary requirements can be catered for if notified. All for the sum of £14 per head. BOOKINGS NOW BEING TAKEN. Contact: Ray Bradbury 01536 516587

Heartbeat— By the time this news letter is published

we will have had our October meeting. I shall be away for the January walk, Monday 7th January 2014. If one of the members will arrange it I shall be pleased. If no one is able to stand in, the next meeting will be in April. I will advertise that in the newsletters and at the meetings. Contact: Bridget Ling 01536 414810

German-2 Conversation for Absolute Beginners—The established group for basic German Conversation remains oversubscribed so this new group for absolute beginners has been formed. This group meets every other Wednesday 1.30 to 3.00pm.

Contact: Joe Fletcher 01536 722399

Safe Driving Thoughts— Janet and myself have just

finished six, 1-hour sessions with Roy Franklin, as-sessing our safe-driving abilities, at separate times I hasten to add. What an eye-opener. It doesn't do to be sensitive of criticism, but this was done in a very pro-fessional way. Criticism is not the correct word, more advising as to what would be a safer manoeuvre than the one chosen. Everyone should take advantage of this course as it is only too easy to get into bad habits, and with today's heavy traffic you can't be too careful. I should improve on that and say it’s a must. After all, it’s free and both advisers give up a lot of their free time to do this, so much appreciated. Thanks again to Roy from us both. Roy & Janet Clements


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Musical Circles 1— On Monday, 16 September

musical circles 1 met at 137 London Road, Kettering. We celebrated the bicentenary of Verdi and Wagner. After a feast of music, we watched act two of the Finnish version of Verdi's "Macbeth". This was over 20 years old, but highly enjoyable. Gwyneth Holland

Contact: Carole Bradbury 01536 516587

Looking at Churches—In September we went to

St.John the Baptist church in Corby Old Village. The churchyard has been greatly diminished in fairly recent years to make way for the main road, so now the church stands almost alone at a busy road junction. A vibrant young vicar told us a lot about the history of Corby, as well as that of the church. He pointed out things that we would have missed on our own, such as crosses scratched on the wall where people had come for comfort or sanctuary before carrying on their journey.

We enjoyed a welcome cup of tea before going on to the newly opened Heritage Centre in Corby, which Richard Boyles had organized for us, so it was an interesting afternoon. Our next visit will be to Weldon Church on Wednesday October 16th at 2.0pm. Tea provided again, so it will be £3. No visit in November due to holiday. Thorpe Malsor on Wednesday December 18th. Contact: Janet Clements 01536 507721 or [email protected]

Knit and Natter - We are all busy knitting items to

be sold at the Crazy Hats Christmas Fare. The picture shows just a few of the things that have been made. The blanket Jean knitted was taken to the Crazy Hats office. They were very pleased with it and are going to sell raffle tickets beforehand and

on the day, to hopefully to make a nice lot of money for them. If anybody has any knitted items they could donate we would be pleased to have them. Contact: Annette Chidwick 01536 523867

Musical Circles 3—The group is now taking its

summer break, hopefully restarting in the Autumn Contact: Ray Bradbury 01536 516587

Musical Circles 2—

A late change of venue was forced upon us when one of the members of the group was unfortunately taken into hospital at short notice. Hopefully by the time you read this she is back in circulation and in better health. The theme of the programme for this meeting was “The Numbers Game”. The challenge was to play pieces of music that fitted in with the numbers 1 to 15. This was achieved by selecting the following: 1 A solo cello sonata by J.S. Bach 2 A duet from Massenet’s “Manon” 3 An extract from Schumann’s 3

rd Symphony

4 “September” from Richard Strauss’ “Four Last Songs”

5 A movement from Schubert’s “Trout Quintet” 6 The sextet at the end of Act 2 from Donizetti’s “Lucie de Lammermoor” 7 The introduction from Haydn’s “Seven Last Words” 8 A movement from Schubert’s Octet in F 9 John Field’s Nocturne No.9 10 An extract from Mozart’s Serenade No.10 “Grand

Partita! 11 From J.S. Bach’s Cantata No. 11 “Lobet GottT” 12 Dvorak’s String Quartet No.12 “The American”

Part 3 13 Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No.13 14 The ball sequence from Berlioz’ Opus 14

(Symphonie Fantastique) 15 Chopin’s Nocturne No.15 The results of the challenge produced a nice variety of music and made for a very pleasant afternoon’s listening. Perhaps others might like to take up this numbers challenge? We look forward to our next programme in October. Contact: Eileen Mason 01536 725925


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Scrabble—Meetings are held at the Parish church

rooms. Time 2.00pm—4.30pm on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month. New members are welcome. We enjoy playing in a relaxed atmosphere.

Contact: Pauline Reed 01536 513850

Poker Group —

Contact: Ted Bray 01536 521803

Playreading— Darling I'm Home by Jack Popplewell

our play for September gave us all the opportuni-ty to get in character and some fine readings emerged. It was the story of role reversal between an unsuccessful business

man and his bored wife. After initial resentment the husband begins to enjoy his new situation until his un-married daughter arrives unexpectedly with her twins. This really upsets the applecart but needless to say all ends well. Our next dates are October 10th and 24th Contact: Carole Bradbury 01536 516587

Playford English Country Dancing— Numbers have

been down recently due to holidays & visits. Fortunately, we have managed to dance still and enjoy

ourselves. Some members are going to a "Pride & Prejudice" ball in Rushden on Sat, October 5th,all dressed in our finery. New members would be very welcome to join in our meetings which are 2nd &

4th Wednesdays of the month at St, Andrew's Church rooms 2.30 p.m. - 4p.m. Contact: Jean Beaver 01933 224474

Photography Group — In September we paid a return

visit to Titchmarsh Nature Reserve. The weather was good, and we managed to walk the 4 miles or so around the Reserve. We saw swans, herons, grebes, coots, cormorants, and a variety of gulls amongst the birds on the lake. Unfortunately they were a long way from the land and so we struggled to get reasonable close-ups of them. We looked at the hides, but the undergrowth was so plush that it was unlikely that many birds would be tempted to approach them. A bit of gardening required, we felt. We also saw lots of dragonflies and damselflies, but in the heat of the day they were too active to stay still for long. We found some interesting horned sheep doing their bit to keep the grass grazed in the Reserve, and the back-lit teasel heads are always tempting subjects. The Tea Pot café in Aldwincle seems to have disappeared – has it closed down? So we didn’t get our refreshing cuppa at the end of the walk. We are hoping that October will bring interesting light and weather, and so we will probably visit Fotheringhay. Photos of the church from the river are always impressive, and if we could get a nice sky or a bit of mist that would help the atmosphere. If the weather is too bad we will meet indoors instead. Contact: Trevor Rudkin 01536 711976 or [email protected]

Spanish Conversation—The Spanish conversation

group (I have changed

the name from ‘Basic

Spanish’ because this

group is no longer

suitable for absolute

beginners) continues to

meet on the second and

fourth Wednesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm.

We meet at various members’ houses so there is no

charge. We use the book Pasos 2 which is for second

level students. We are almost at full capacity but could

manage perhaps one or two more members. However,

because of the level our members are at, new students

would need to have a reasonable knowledge of basic

Spanish.

Contact: Bob Thorogood 01933 650551 or [email protected]

Photo © Marilyn Foulsham


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Watercolour Painting Class - The Watercolour

Painting Class meets in the Parish Church Rooms (next to St. Peter & Paul Church, Kettering) from 2pm - 4pm on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays in the month. There is plenty of free parking in the Church grounds. Our teacher, Wendy Casson will be with us for every class during this Autumn Term. If you would like to join our class please get in touch

with Jo Beaver 01933 224474 or Barbara Goodall 01536 523259 This month's picture is called "A Winter's Day" and is painted in watercolour by Jo Beaver. To see this picture then visit our Watercolour Painting Table today.

Wining and Dining - Once again we had a tasty meal

at Exotic Dining with wonderful service. By the next meeting we hope to have enjoyed a meal at The Swan Lamport. Our November experience will be at the Bakers Arms Thorpe Langton 7.0 pm

Contact: Christine Strachan 01536 515730 or [email protected]

Walking Group - Unfortunately our October walk had

to be cancelled.

However, we have a walk on Wednesday, 6th

November leaving from the Dukes Arms, Woodford where lunch can be pre-ordered. Start time 10.15 a.m. Contact: Ann and John Kemp on 0153 6761241 or [email protected]

Sugar Craft— If anyone who would like to learn, but

feels they are hopeless, come to watch as we work and I guarantee that they will soon realise that they can achieve good results as displayed in the 10th Anniversary cake below.

Contact Joan Allingham 01536 722610

Writers Group— Are you someone with an urge to

write? Someone with an idea for a story, a poem, an article, an essay, even a play that you've been dying to get down on paper, but have never got round to it? Or have you something that you've already written and would like to share! Why not come along to our friendly group? All you need

is a love of words and a sense of humour; you'll find lots of positive encouragement and advice as well as a cuppa. We meet on the first Tuesday of each month from 1.45pm to 3.45pm in the Parish Rooms in Kettering: next meeting November 5th. For those who like a suggestion to work to - or ignore - there is usually a topic set, but as some of the group have written pieces they have not yet, for one reason or another, had a chance to complete or bring along, November's "topic" is Catch-up or what you will. For more information or ideas contact Mary Wildman 01536 741222 or [email protected]

Writers Group— On a sad note, former members of

the group will be sorry to hear that Pat Wallis, one of our keenest contributors until recently, died last month. Her powers of observation and vivid descriptions of wildlife or scenes witnessed during her long life were striking, and her desire to learn and improve never waned. She is much missed. Mary Wildman. I would like to add that I first met Pat over twenty years ago and helped her with her computer. I was amazed at her enthusiasm and determination to conquer this new technology. A lovely lady. Richard Boyles

Northampton U3A Ramblers & Striders Walking

Holiday 10th-14th May 2014-

We extend an invitation to all Walking Groups, countywide, to join our party of 26 for a 3 day - 4 night Walking Holiday in the Shropshire Hills, arriving on Saturday 10th May and departing on Wednesday 14th May 2014. The holiday is organised by H F Holidays Ltd with 4 levels of Walking, leaders and transport are supplied. Our base, with full board, is The Longmynd Hotel, a large purpose built hotel strategically placed in an elevated location above Church Stretton Further information, without commitment, is available from: Clive or Chris Spinney 01604 711747 Walks Leaders Northampton U3A


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Kettering U3A Interest Group Timetable (Updated October 2013)

Please contact group co-ordinator for more information before joining a group

Meetings below with Ise Valley U3A

RJB

Day Co-ordinator Tel.no Venue Frequency Time

Monday

Canasta Pam Towns 01536 521160 Kettering Bridge Club Fortnightly 2.00-4.30pm

Swimming Isabel Collins 01536 520971 Kettering Pool Weekly 9.00-9.45am

Friday

Singing Jill Dee 01536 514054 Fuller Church 2nd & 4th Fridays 10.00-12.00

Day Co-ordinator Tel.no Venue Frequency Time

No fixed day

Safe Driving Steve Clorley 01832 732342 varies varies varies Roy Franklin 01536 482808 varies varies varies

Gardening Group Ray Bradbury 01536 516587 varies varies varies

Heartbeat Bridget Ling 01536 414810 varies varies varies

Travel Groups Maureen Curd 01832 732361 varies varies varies

Monday

A Good Read Diana Ellis 01536 723380 home 1st Monday 2.00pm

Card Making 2 Freda Smith 01536 482368 home 3rd Monday 10.00 – 12 noon Musical Circles 1 Carole Bradbury 01536 516587 varies Monthly variable 2.00pm Musical Circles 3 Ray Bradbury 01536 516587 varies Monthly variable 2.00 – 4.00pm

Knit and Natter Annette Chidwick 01536 523867 Home 1st & 3rd Mondays 10.00 – 12 noon

Photography Trevor Rudkin 01536 711976 varies 1st Monday monthly 2.00 – 4.00pm

Poker Ted Bray 01536 521803 home weekly 2.00pm

Tuesday

Bridge Experienced Roger Stimson 01536 481523 home weekly 2.00pm

Computer Group Richard Boyles 01536 744753 Fuller Church 2nd & 4th Tuesday 2.00 – 4.00pm Discussion Group Mary Earl 01536 522456 Parish Church Rooms 2nd Tuesday in month 2.00 – 4.00pm French Diana Ellis 01536 723380 home 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 2.00pm Greeting Card Making Mary Earl 01536 522456 home monthly 10.00 – 11.30am Italian John Sellick 01536 517868 Home weekly 10.00 – 11.00am Lunch Club Rosemary Cooke 01536 356899 varies 4th Tuesday varies

Sugarcraft Joan Allingham 01536 722610 home weekly 1.30 – 4.00pm Writers Group Mary Wildman 01536 714222 Parish Church Rooms 1st Tuesday 1.45 – 3.45pm

Wednesday

German Conversation 1 Joe Fletcher 01536 722399 home fortnightly 9.30 – 11.00

Basic Spanish Bob Thorogood 01933 650551 varies Every 2 weeks 2.00 – 4.00pm

Bookworms Pauline Parkin 01536 799197 Parish church rooms 3rd Wednesday 2.00 – 4.00pm Greeting Card Making Mary Earl 01536 522456 home monthly 10.00 - 11.30am Looking at Churches Janet Clements 01536 507721 varies 3rd Wednesday 2.00pm Musical Circles 2 Eileen Mason 01536 725925 varies 3rd Wednesday 2.00pm Playford Dancing Jean Beaver 01933 224474 St.Andrews Church 2nd & 4th Wednesday 2.30 – 4.00pm Scrabble Pauline Reed 01536 513850 Parish church rooms 1st & 3rd Wednesday 2.15 – 4.30pm

Walking Ann Kemp 01536 761241 varies varies varies

Wining & Dining Christine Strachan 01536 515730 varies 2nd Wednesday varies

Thursday

Canals & Waterways Christine Strachan 01536 515730 varies 3rd Thursday 2.00 – 4.00pm Country Matters Derek Warren 01536 518560 varies 2nd Thursday varies Play Reading 1 Carole Bradbury 01536 516587 home fortnightly 2.00 – 4.00pm

Water Colour Painting Barbara Goodall 01536 523259 Parish Church Rooms 2nd & 4th Thursdays 2.00 – 4.00pm

Jo Beaver 01933 224474

Friday

Bridge Sue Macfarlane 01536 523754 Bridge Club, Kettering weekly 1.30 – 4.00pm Friday Pop in Sue Hince 01536 521023 Toller Church (Meeting Ln.) 1st Fri monthly 10.00 – 11.30am

German Conversation 2 Joe Fletcher 01536 722399 home fortnightly 9.30 – 11.00

U3A Kettering Newsletter October 2013

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