MembershipI am pleased to welcome the new members listed below: Chris and Lynne Nettle
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Groups
Next Year's Programme
Thanks to all the Group Leaders who have already said they will continue to run their group next year. I hope some of you who have not run a group before will "give it a go". U3A works by people sharing their skills and enthusiasms.
If you are a new or relatively new member -please do not be shy of offering - your fellow members would really appreciate it. There is no right way to run a group - you do it how you like. We really do need some more capacity now we have new members. For instance: we have had several requests for a Beginners Italian. Could you run this?
Please get in touch with me if you have any ideas.
Thanks, Linda Farrow (01722 710599)
Garden Club
Please would all members contact the group leaders to confirm if they are to attend meetings or not.
Thank you. Audrey Elliott (321438)
Walking Group
Thursday 26 March 10.00 am
Please ring Duncan (333857) or Mary (336609) for details.
Strollers
Thursday 26 March
We meet at Tesco's, Southampton Road
car park (garage end) at 10.00 am. Please ring Maureen (504295) Monday or Tuesday evening.
Science and Technology (joint group)
Monday 30 March 10.00 am
"Forensic Archaeology" by Paul Cheetham Link
“Apollo : the USA’s Journeys to the Moon” presented by Pat O’Donnell. [NOTE this lecture is postpones until September 28th 2009]
Contact Peter Read (501218).
Archaeology
Tuesday 31 March 10.30 am
Visit to Devizes Museum with guided tour by Shirley Reeves. Link
Please contact Margaret McKenzie (714685).
Coffee Mornings
Wednesday 18 March at 10.00 am
Along with the AGM, there will be a presentation by Nick Thomas entitled “The power of humour in everyday life”.
Wednesday 15 April at 10.00 amCommodore Ian Gibb will give a talk entitled “Cadets to Commodore and beyond”.
Newsletters
Peter Tee writes:
Thank you to all those who keep me regularly supplied with stamped addressed envelopes. It would be helpful now if anyone else receiving the Newsletter by post would also send me some.
My address is: 19 Elm Close, Laverstock, Salisbury SP1 1SA
Joint U3A Outings & Visits
A visit to Mottisfont Abbey and Gardens. Enjoy the roses in full bloom (hopefully), 30 acres of landscaped grounds alongside the River Test, the pictures and amazing Drawing Room decorated by Rex Whistler. Hot and cold food from the Kitchen Café or picnic in the grounds.
Departure from Tesco’s (T) at 10.15 am and Castle Street Coach Park (S) 10.30 am. Leave Mottisfont at 4.30 pm. Cost £14.75 (NT members £7.00) to include entry to House and Gardens, coach travel and driver gratuity.
Tuesday/Wednesday 21/22 July
Two days in London. See a matinee of the musical Carousel, spend a night in the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, visit the Banqueting Hall in Whitehall, take the river bus to Tower Bridge and visit the Exhibition. Cost £120.00 (single supplement £30).
For further details of these and other visits, please ring John Ewington (500699). His address is Flat 5, Arlington House, 22 Bourne Avenue, Salisbury , SP1 1LS. Please note these details for future reference as space precludes them from being given every month.
Sarum U3A Visit
Friday 29 May at 6.00 pm
A visit is arranged to the Porton Down Conservation site to see orchids and listen to a talk given by Stuart Corbett. Anyone interested should contact Rosanna Lee (evenings only on 336089). For security reasons you will need to give your name, address, date of birth and car registration number. You should wear sensible clothing and stout footwear. A maximum of 30 is allowed and the cut off date is 1 May.
Directions to DSTL:
Take the Amesbury road out of Salisbury. Turn right at the Beehive and drive through Old Sarum past the two sets of traffic lights. Keep going on that road until you reach the Winterbourne Gunner roundabout. Go straight across the roundabout, follow the road until you reach Porton Village which is the first turning right. Drive through the village past the shop and a crossroads when you will come to the train bridge with traffic lights. Continue under the bridge and take the first turning left signposted for Porton Down. Follow the road until you come to the Reception and Main Gate. There is plenty of parking space.
A Snapshot of a Group
Any member of a group is welcome to contribute a short article (and picture, if possible) to the Newsletter.
Contributions for April Newsletter
Please send all contributions by mid-day on Tuesday 7 April to the Editor: Bob Bradshaw, Beech Lodge, Easton Common Hill, Winterslow, Salisbury, SP5 1QD. Phone 01980 862901 or by email to: u3a@lizbob.waitrose.com