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1. Mansfield and District U3A
Newsletter
Coffee Morning: Pages 3 & 4
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Established 1999
HMRC Charity Registration No.: XT30525
June 2013
Website: www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk
Noticeboard: http://mansfieldu3a.blogspot.com
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2. Welcome from your chairman
IT SEEMS as if 2013 has been a far ‘emptier’ year than 2012 – no Jubilee, no Olympics, nothing
really to grab the imagination; a year of consolidation, of clearing-up. It’s as if the long drawn-out
winter and spring have delayed the start of everything, and the world is only just waking up.
Perhaps the dull feeling is because there is little to celebrate.
Last year, we were subjects of a Queen of Britain, of a Commonwealth – envied by others, not just
for the photo opportunities of processions, but because we were part of a larger whole and could
feel that we had been part of it for much of our lives. How can nations that elect their leaders feel
this continuity?
Deep inside me, there is a republican voice, but I have to acknowledge that there is sense in an
unelected ‘ruler’, someone outside the political merry-go-round, who just ‘is’. And while many dislike
sport and the emphasis placed on national pride, the Olympics at least enabled us to bask in
reflected glory, and, astonishingly for such an insular nation, to enjoy the exploits of other nations as
well.
We were part of a global nation for a time.
This year has been different – economic crises, weather tragedies, political farces, horrible deaths,
all with no easy solution and little compensating happiness. It seems to have induced in us a rose-
tinted view of the past. Last year, the present was rose-tinted; this year, we have once more
invented a past that was never really there, when everything was more certain, more clear.
Nostalgia is quite fun, it’s pleasant to believe we once had the answers to all the problems
(forgetting that if we’d had the answers then, we wouldn’t have the problems now!). But it won’t help
us to live. We have to re-invent every few years the ‘glues’ that hold us together.
Glues like work – when jobs were there for the most part, when it wasn’t 24/7 on duty, when
changing jobs was a serious decision, not a necessity. Like our social and sporting lives – groups of
people who became friends through long association, not ‘speed-dating’ in haste just to get to know
others.
I suppose what I’m trying to say is that we have in U3A a new type of ‘glue’ that could work well; a
new social grouping that gives community, but respects individuality. It is up to us to make it work so
that nostalgia remains that pleasant, half remembered view of a hazy past and not an excuse for
not looking forward and living.
Mike Allen
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In this issue
Page 2 Chairman's Welcome.
Page 3 New Business Secretary. Holiday Updates. Book Table.
Recent Events: Coffee Morning (Start)
Page 4 Recent Events: Coffee Morning (End). Groups News: Shufflers
Pages 5 - 8 Groups Meeting Programme.
Page 9 Groups News: Theatre Visits, Holidays, Luncheon Club, Garden Visits
Page 10 Groups News: Art Appreciation, Digital World, Caravan and Motorhome
Rally (start)
Page 11 Groups News: Caravan and Motorhome Rally (end). Bowls.
Reflections from the Committee Table
Page 12 Speaker's Corner. Dates for your diary. Notices.
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3. New Business Secretary
IF YOU came to the May meeting, you'll know that I had to announce that the committee has very
reluctantly accepted Jean Dalton's resignation from the position of Business Secretary for health
reasons. She made an invaluable contribution to the management of Mansfield U3A and we all
wish her a speedy recovery.
Linda Spray has volunteered to be co-opted to this important role until the
AGM in September and we hope she will then stand for election to serve until
2015. She's introduced herself on the website, where she wrote:
"Linda joined the U3A in October 2012 after a diverse career in
secretarial, training and other roles within Nottinghamshire County
Council. She retired in 2011. Looking for ‘retirement pastimes’ led her to
the U3A, which she now enjoys and participates in fully. She is now co-
ordinator of the new Art Interest group and is a regular Stroller."
Thank you and welcome Linda.
Mike Allen
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Holiday Updates
Tenby – 1st - 5th July
There is still time to see me or ring if you are interested in those optional excursions that you will find
in your Tenby packs. If there is enough interest I will try to get a group booking, but it must be done
before we go. Do remember that these are optional and that you are free to do your own thing.
Another reminder that we shall be picked up at Walkden Street instead of the new bus station.
Departure time 9am but be there 15 minutes before.
Thursford Christmas Spectacular – 4th, 5th & 6th December
The balances of £194 for singles and £168 pp for those sharing must be paid no later than the
September meeting. These prices include the driver's gratuity. Since cheques will not be cashed
until the last week in September you can start paying now especially if you know you may be
absent at any of the meetings before then. Cheques payable to Mansfield & District U3A.
Margaret Burlinson Details of all holidays are on the website ...
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Book Table
SALE OF BOOKS in May raised £43.85 bringing the total for this year (5 months) to £203.32.
Anyone with a holiday planned get your reading matter at considerable discount to airport shops
and remember, you can leave them behind if you buy so much on holiday you may be in danger of
going over your baggage weight limit.
Thank you to all concerned, especially my helpers.
Lilian Whitehead.
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Recent Events
GOOD MORNING; Karen here on behalf of the Social Committee to say a HUGE thanks to
everyone who supported our recent Coffee Morning. As you know this is a fund raising event but is
also a great time for a chat with friends and a cuppa. Thanks to everyone who donated raffle and
tombola prizes; cakes and plants for the stalls; those who turned up on the day and spent
their money and everyone who helped on the day. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL.
Karen Troop.
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4. OVER 100 members attended the annual coffee morning at The Towers that raised the magnificent
sum of £596 towards our funds.
The Coffee Morning has become a highlight in Mansfield U3A’s calendar and is a welcome
opportunity for members to meet and relax.
Our Social Committee had organised raffle and tombola prizes. Our green-fingered Gardening
Group sold plants and seeds to members who hoped for an improvement in the weather to enable
them to get out in the garden. Members of the Pudding Club had their usual tempting array of cakes
and goodies. One member successfully sold unwanted toys!
Last year’s coffee morning raised a record sum – this year’s was £5 short of that figure – a fantastic
achievement.
Our thanks to everyone who helped to make this event such a success, the Social Committee who
organised the event, the stallholders who stood and sold the merchandise, everyone who donated
prizes, plants, cakes, etc. and in particular to our members who turned up on the day and gave so
generously and made the event so enjoyable and successful.
The accounts are on the website.
Pauline Boucher
p.s. There will be biscuits next year! Photos on the website ...
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Groups News (Check the Interest Group web pages for updates)
A Shufflers’ Expedition
ON FRIDAY 31st May, after days of rain and general misery, fortune favoured the righteous and the
sun shone on the Shufflers. No short trip this time, but a major expedition to Nottingham’s Wollaton
Hall, organised by the Senior Shuffler, Sylvia Slack.
As the Community bus swept up the drive to park right outside the Hall in the sunshine, many of us
realised we had not been there since the last time we could stagger without aid. Wollaton has been
restored; it now looks like Hardwick Hall on steroids (or acid), rather too ornate for my taste, even
though built earlier and by the same master mason.
As Nottingham’s ‘lung’, the park was crowded with families on half-term, yet the area is so large that
we did not feel hemmed-in by children or noise. A quick trip round the interior, much lighter and
better arranged that I recollect from the past, showed us the 19th Century alterations, although only
the Salon has any period furniture.
By now, the group of 16 had split up, to come together only when we returned to the bus at 3.00pm.
Some went to the café in the Courtyard, some walked the grounds to the Lake, some wandered the
rather beautiful gardens (though even these showed a lack to care associated with the cuts). I sat
looking out over the golf course eating the picnic lunch we had been told to bring.
Only too soon, we had to leave. A beautiful day in beautiful surroundings with no duties or jobs to do
– what could be better?
Our thanks to Sylvia for organising this.
Mike Allen Groups News continues on page 9 ...
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5. Key to Meetings details:
THIS TABLE SHOWS THE DAY of the month, time and frequency using the first two letters of the
day, followed by numbers 1 - 5 to represent the week number. The final letter M (or F, W or V)
indicates that the group meets monthly, fortnightly, weekly or at variable intervals.
So 'Tu2, 2.30 - V M' would mean a group meeting on the 2nd Tuesday at 2.30pm Monthly but with
Variable finish times.
The main Mansfield and District U3Ameetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of each month (exceptAugust
and December) at the Oakham Suite, 155 Nottingham Road, Mansfield from 10 am - 12.30 pm.
Interest Group Meetings Meeting Places Leader/Contact
Art We3, 10 -12 M Big Barn Lane
Methodist Church,
Mansfield
Linda Spray
01623 795176
Next Meetings: June 19th; July 17th
Art Appreciation Mo1, 2.00 - 4.00 M Baptist Church,
Rosemary St.
Mansfield
Pauline Boucher
01623 644798
Next Meeting: 1st July – Renaissance timeline plus members' gallery reports. 5th Aug (6.00pm)
– Summer Soiree at Pauline's. (Poetry and prose with a summer theme)
Beginners' Bridge
(With Ashfield U3A)
Mo, Various
6.30 - 9.00
Enviro Centre,
Derby Rd College,
Mansfield
Maxine Rose/Glenis
Carr
01623 459081/627735
Next Meetings: 17th June
(Also Acol sessions at the Mechanics Institute – Th, 10 - 12.30 W)
Board Games Mo F, 6.30 TBA Linda Leivers
01623 471963
Next Meetings: Suspended
Bowls Th, 1.30 - 3.30 W Mansfield Bowls
Club,
Chesterfield Road
Don Wright
01623 628946
Next Meetings: June 13th, 20th & 27th; July 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th; Aug. 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th
Caravan & M'home
Rally
Various TBA Terry Lammas
01623 471963
Next Meeting: 26th & 27th July – Swinethorpe, nr. Lincoln
Chat and Stitch Mo3, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's Centre,
Mansfield
Doreen Storer
01623 407731
Next Meetings: 17th June; no meeting in July or Aug; 16th Sept
All members are invited to contact the relevant Group Leader if they would like to participate in any
interest group or attend an event. NB: * indicates a waiting list.
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6. Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact
Current Affairs Tu2, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's Centre,
Mansfield
Norma Shillinglaw
01623 466934
Next Meetings: June 11th; July 10th
Digital World Fri 2 & 4, 2.00 - 4.00
2/M
Stanton Hill Baptist
Church, Skegby
David Ling
01623 822994
Next Meetings: June 14th & 28th; July 12th & 26th. No meeting inAugust
Family History Tu4, 10.00 - 12.00 M St John's Centre,
Mansfield
Max Clarke
01623 621744
Next Meetings: TBA
Film Studies * We1, 1.30 - V M Joy's home Joy Crowe
01623 645400
Next Meetings: 3rd July
Garden Visits During the Summer Various Marion Thornton
01623 651528
Next Visits: 19th July – Trentham Gardens and Wollerton Old Hall
Gardening Tu1, 10.00 - 12.00 M St Peter's Centre,
Mansfield
Avril McGee
01623 452688
Next Meetings: 2nd July – Garden Foliage/Flower Arranging with Jill Bewick; 6thAug. – Visit to
Felley Priory
Heartstart Th3, 1.00 - 3.00 William Kaye Hall,
Ladybrook Lane
Linda Leivers
01623 471963
Next Meetings: 13th June*; 18th July*; 22nd Aug.*; 19th Sept. (10.00 - 12.00); 17th Oct.
Holidays
(Home & Abroad)
Various TBA Margaret Burlinson
01623 632538
Next holidays: 1st - 5th July – Tenby;
4th, 5th & 6th December – Thursford Christmas Spectacular
Keep Fit (New) TBA TBA Linda Leivers
01623 471963
Inaugural Meeting: TBA
Local History Fri1, 10.00 - 12.00 M Bridge Street *
Methodist Church
* NB New Venue
Bob & Sue Longden
01623 486903
Next Meetings: No meeting in Aug. Sept. 6th – Clipstone Camp with John Danbury
Next visit: 5th July – Severn Valley Railway (Joint trip with Sci-Tech)
Luncheon Club Th after 3rd Tu,
12.00 - 2.00 M
Various David Ling
01623 822994
Next Meetings: June 20th – 'refined' at West Notts Coll. July 18th – The Lion at Farnsfield
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7. Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact
Music Groups
Classical Music 1 * Th2, 2.00 - 4.00 M Members' homes Alan & Marlene
Radford
01623 427934
Next Meetings: 10th June – Delius with Marlene & Alan; 11th July – Your favourite music
Classical Music 2 Mo4, 2.00 - 4.00 M Members' homes Peter Hart
01623 620940
Next Meetings: 24th June – Overtures. No meeting in Aug
Concert Visits (New)
(With Southwell U3A)
Various Royal Concert Hall,
Nottingham
David Ling
01623 822994
Next Meeting: Fri. 28th June – CBSO, Mendelssohn Sym. No. 4 & Beethoven Sym. No. 9
Music 2 * Mo4, 2.00 - 4.30 M Members' homes Eric Prescott
01623 631160
Next Meeting: TBA
Popular Music
Appreciation *
Tu4, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's School,
Mansfield
Peter Haynes
01623 610886
Next Meetings: TBA (Subs are due at the next meeting. PH)
Pudding Club * Tu1, 4.00 - 6.00 M Members' homes Sylvia Slack
01623 633981
Next Meetings: June 25th at Sylvia's; No meeting in July; Aug. 6th at Janet 's
Reading 1 * Th3, 2.00 - 4.00 M Peter Dawson's home Peter Dawson
01623 882191
Next Meetings: 20th June; 18th July
Reading 2 Tu3, 2.00 - 4.00 M Ravenshead Library Joan Hufton
01623 557488
Next Meetings: 18th June; 16th July
Science & Technical Tu1, 1.30 - 3.30 M Stanton Hill Baptist
Church, Skegby
Ian Boucher
01623 644798
Next Meetings: TBA
Next visits: 5th July – Severn Valley Rly (With Local History)
Scrabble * Mo2, 2.00 - 4 .00 M Brenda Thurkettle's
home
Brenda Thurkettle
01623 628136
Next Meetings: 10th June; 8th July
Singing for Fun Th V West Notts College,
Derby Rd. Mansfield
June Fell
01623 623547
Next Meetings: June 13th & 17th; July 11th; Aug. 8th; Sept. 5th & 19th
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8. Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact
Tai Chi Mo, 9.30 - 10.30 W St John's Centre,
Mansfield
Cliff Laycock
01623 481985
Next Meetings: June 10th, 17th & 24th
Theatre Visits Various Various Sheila Whalley
01623 453908
Tues./Wed. 11th/12th June – Billy Elliot. (Evening at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London.)
Wed. 21st Aug – Ghost The Musical. (Matinee at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham
Walking Groups
Hikers
(all-day, 6 - 8 miles)
Th1 & Mo3, 9.30 - V
2/M
Tesco car park, off
Oak Tree Lane
Peter Thurkettle
01623 628136
Next Meetings: Mon.17th June – Taddington & the Dales; Thurs. 4th July – Hickling / Colston
Bassett
Shufflers
(short & gentle)
V Lunchtimes Various Sylvia Slack
01623 633981
Next Meeting: TBA
Strollers
(a leisurely 2 miles)
We2, 10.30 - V M Various Barbara Massey /
Marion Thornton
01623 628357 /
01623 651528
Next Meetings: 12th June – Portland Pk. Kirkby; 10th July – Pleasley Pit Trail
Walkers
(an easy 4 - 5 miles)
We4, 10.30 – V M Various Joy & Nick Crowe
01623 645400
Next Meetings: 26th June – Teversal Grange
Wine Appreciation
2*
We3, 7.30 - V M Members' homes Mike Allen
01623 653345
Next Meetings: June 19th – Macon-Blanc Villages with K/NS; July 17th – Australian Reds with MRA
Wine Appreciation
3*
Tu4, 7.30 - V M Members' homes Graham Allin
01623 473662
Next Meetings: June 25th – New Countries with Ron; July 23rd – New Zealand White with Ian &
Pauline
Writing for Pleasure * Mo2, 2.00 - 4.00 M The Stanhope Centre
(Bridge St. Methodist
Church), Mansfield.
Sue Ford / Hilary
Miller 01623
844286 / 620067
Next Meetings: 10th June; 8th July
Yoga (In abeyance) We, 1.00 - 3.00 W Bridge Street
Methodist Church
Linda Leivers
01623 471963
Next Meetings: TBA
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9. Groups News (cont. from page 4)
Theatre Visits
THE LONDON MUSICAL – BILLY ELLIOT, 11TH & 12TH JUNE
JUST a reminder that the pick-up place has now changed from the new bus station to Walkden
Street outside 'Iceland'. Departure time is 9am but please be there no later than 8.45am to allow
the driver time to load your luggage.
The tickets for those going to Billy Elliot will be given out on the coach. If you have chosen to eat at
Porters' Restaurant in Covent Garden please make sure you are outside the building at 4.45pm
ready to eat at 5pm.
Whatever you've chosen to do in London, I hope you have a wonderful time.
Margaret Burlinson/Sheila Whalley (01623 453908)
Holidays
ROUND BRITAIN CRUISE
We arrived home on Monday 3rd June after our cruise round Britain. The weather was very kind to
us; better than we had dared to expect. Margaret's organisational skills ensured that everything
went very smoothly. A good time was had by all. Full report next month.
Norma Shillinglaw
Luncheon Club
APRIL saw us exploring The Countryman at Kirkby in Ashfield, which has had a make-over to
bring a more modern feel to this traditional, family-owned country pub. Sheila Whalley chose an
attractive menu with dishes priced individually from £9.00 for 2 courses. Most reports I heard
complemented the food and excellent, friendly service but portion sizes weren't outstanding.
Next, on 20th June, Mike Allen has arranged for us to have a foretaste of the future by visiting the
new West Notts College training restaurant 'refined', where students refine the cooking and
service skills they've been taught by contact with real customers. By all accounts, we're in for a
treat at a bargain price at just £4.50 for a main course, £5.95 for 2 courses or 3 for £7.50.
Over 40 places have been reserved already but it's a large room so you can still join the list if you
want. IF I know before the end of the June meeting.
Then, on 18th July we'll complete the season by returning to our Pub of the Year for 2011, The
Lion at Farnsfield, where John And Karen Troop have negotiated a good discount from their
normal prices for an attractive menu with dishes priced individually from £9.90 for two courses.
Bookings for all of these are open today.
We'll explore new ground on 19th September, after the holiday break, when Pauline and Ian
Boucher are taking us to Bestwood Lodge Hotel, a Victorian Hunting Lodge just north of
Nottingham.
David Ling Menus are on the website ...
Garden Visits
ON 17TH MAY, we visited beautiful Burton Agnes, built by Sir Henry Griffin in the early 17th
century and designed by Robert Smythson. He also designed Hardwick Hall and Wollaton Hall.
We had a guided tour of this exquisite Elizabethan Manor house that is filled with many treasures
including paintings, porcelain and furniture collected by the family over five generations.
Simon Cunliffe Lister and his family live in the Old Vicarage, next to the church and the original
Norman Manor house that was built in 1173.
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10. Lawns surround the house and the award-winning gardens contain a maze, a potager, giant games
such as chess and snakes and ladders, a jungle garden, and more than four thousand plant
species. In the courtyard, there is a gift shop, a farm shop, plant sales, a café and an ice cream
parlour. There is also a gallery for local artists to exhibit their work.
The weather was kind – not a lot of sunshine but no rain!
Marion Thornton Photos on the website ...
Art Appreciation
FIFTEEN members of the Art Appreciation Group enjoyed their visit to the Walker Art Gallery in
Liverpool on 15th May. What a treat – Rubens, Gainsborough, Rembrandt and many, many more
wonderful works of art.
After a non-stop drive across the M62 we enjoyed coffee and cakes in the gallery before being met
by a curator who gave us a history of the building and its contents. This is particularly relevant to us
at present as we are just commencing a project on Art Galleries of the world.
The curator then took us on a tour of selected paintings,
explaining their significance to the gallery in particular and to
the Art World in general. Our tour ended with a visit to the
contemporary gallery that houses the winning exhibits of the
prestigious John Moores contemporary annual exhibition.
A short taxi drive took us to the Albert Docks where members
had a choice of museums, galleries and shops. The favourite
– the wonderful bronze life-size statue of Billy Fury on the
dockside. Some members came over all nostalgic for the
1960’s.
The only thing missing from our great day was the wonderful
Merseybeat sound.
Pauline Boucher More photos on the website ...
Digital World
THE WEATHER wasn't quite as ordered for on 24th May for a photographic treasure hunt at Vicar
Water but members still enjoyed looking for 12 subjects, photographing them and submitting them
for us to discuss at Skegby on 14th June. They were all easy to find and it was interesting to
compare interpretations and editing techniques.
Do come along to Stanton Hill Baptist Church at Skegby on any 2nd or 4th Friday (2.00 - 4.00) if
you have a digital camera of any kind and would like help to make better use of it.
David Ling
Caravan and Motorhome Rally
WHAT GLORIOUS weather we had for the first Caravan and Motorhome Rally, at Swinethorpe just
outside of Lincoln on the weekend of May 31st to 3rd June. There were members of Mansfield,
Ashfield and Sherwood U3As, plus some friends.
We all introduced ourselves and then had a wonderful greeting by the Red Arrows. They gave us a
fly past. Twice.
As there is a fishing lake there, the men soon got out their fishing rods etc. Dave, my husband, had
not fished for at least 40 years but soon got the hang of it. Linda fashioned him a hat! (Out of a
hankie as he had forgotten his.) We girls lazed in the sun and left them to it.
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11. There were often shouts of "where is a camera?"; you knew then another one had been caught.
That evening we got together in the room that had been provided for us and discussed what we all
would like to do for the weekend, with a drink or two; well maybe three or four!
Saturday dawned yet even more lovely weather; the men
started fishing; some went walking; so 4 of us ladies went
shopping. (Don't take Avril to a garden centre!). Linda and I
bought shoes. That evening we went to Lincoln to go on a
Ghost walk when many a tale was told by our guide. (You
can believe or not, but it was very eerie and he gave us all a
sticker to put by our beds to protect us.)
Sunday morning and we returned to Lincoln to do a treasure
trail to find William Conqueror's murderer. We had a list of
weapons and suspects, with clues around Lincoln. We split
into ladies v. men and needless to say we ladies won. Or we
will think we did.
We collected our cars and drove to the pub nearby for
sandwiches and a drink. Needless to say when we got back
the men fished and we ladies read and sunbathed. That
evening we BBQed but we hadn't got ours so Peter and Avril
shared theirs with us. Later that evening we played UNO.
Monday morning dawned as it was time to start packing to leave one by one, leaving just 3 vans
and there in the sky we got yet another fly past by the Red Arrows. I would like to think they tipped
their wings to us to say goodbye.
We all look forward to the next one and thank you Terry and Linda for organising it.
Patricia Gunter More photos on the website ...
Bowls
OUR BOWLS group continues to meet every Thursday, 1.30pm to 3.30pm, until the closing of the
green in September. Coaching is available for those who feel it will help them improve their game so
please come along.
Don Wright
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Reflections from the Committee Table
ON BEING A GROUPS CO-ORDINATOR
I had been a U3A member for a few years and appreciated how much work is required by the
committee to keep it running smoothly – well more or less.
In September 2012 I thought it was time I tried to help with the task. I chose to be the Group Co-
ordinator, taking over from Glenis Carr, a hard act to follow.
We all have some life skills to offer to the U3A and mine was organising and following things
through, by sometimes devious means.
We have added some new groups since earlier this year. All these have been a challenge, but the
end results are usually very satisfying.
I would recommend to anyone that they become a committee member. I have met more people
more quickly than I ever did as a member in the audience. The committee keeps your mind active
and gives additional purpose to the few hours a week I have to spare.
Linda Leivers
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Speakers' Corner
OUR SPEAKER today is Jane Barnes who will be telling Tales from a Farmer's Wife.
Jane lives on a 220-acre grassland farm near Melton Mowbray. She will tell anecdotes and tales
about their herd of 125 Ayrshire cows and two bulls – Diesel and Ferdinande! Her talk will also
explain the challenges faced by farmers in the 21st century and their diversification.
All the milk from their farm goes to the Long Clawson Dairies where it's made into world famous
Blue Stilton cheese. Jane will be bringing some samples to try at the end of her talk!
Jane has also appeared on East Midlands Today talking about Lady Shamrock so we may also
learn more about her today.
Marilyn Dibble
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Dates for your diary (Check the website for more information and updates.).
Tues. 2nd July: U3A East Midlands Regional Conference at Northampton Holiday Inn. £10. See
noticeboard.
Sun. 28th July: OPEN GARDEN at Sheila Whalley's home in aid of Air Ambulance. 1.00 - 5.00. £2.
Tickets on sale at the June meeting.
Tues: 20th Aug: SUMMER PICNIC at Queen Elizabeth's Academy. 12.00 to 3pm, with garden
games. FOC, but bring food to share and your own drinks. Details from Jean Hinds (414393)
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Event and Visit Payments
MEMBERS are reminded that deposits and payments for events and visits organised by Mansfield
U3A and its interest groups are non-refundable, but places so reserved may be offered to others.
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Changes of address, etc.
PLEASE contact the membership secretary, Avril McGee (01623 452688), if you've changed your
address, phone number or email since joining Mansfield U3A so that she can update our records.
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Disclaimer
THE VIEWS expressed here are those of the contributors, only, and do not necessarily reflect those
of the editor, the committee of Mansfield U3A or the Third Age Trust. Nor can any responsibility be
accepted for members' announcements or any errors that may occur.
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Next Issue
PLEASE SEND contributions for the July issue to mansfieldu3a@aol.com, or in typescript to the
editor, as soon as you can and by 1st July at the latest. Thanks!
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Editor: David Ling (01623 822994) Printed by: Portland Print (www.portlandprint.org.uk/)
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