Sarum U3A

Newsletter November 2004

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Welcome to new members:

Miss Ann Hurn

From the Chairman:
Like the Lottery our U3A is 10 years old. Unlike the Lottery, however, we are all winners. The reason? We are a group of like-minded people with a common aim, meeting together to pursue interests of our choice, to our own advantage and also that of our fellow members.
Salisbury U3As are, in a sense, a small family, though with almost 1000 members. Yet we are only a small part of a much larger family of some 140,000, in the U.K. alone, and steadily increasing.
My thanks for your support to me personally, and my good wishes to you all for the future, at what is the beginning of our second decade.

GROUPS and EDUCATION

Strollers
Jeremy Martin leads the next outing
25^th November. We meet at The Bell Wiley for a 10.30 start. Please phone 334913 to confirm you are coming.

Science Forum
November 29th Dr Laurie Irons : Crystals

January 31st 2005 Chris Penfold. Water wheels to Hydro Electric
All sessions start 10 am Harnham Memorial Hall .
No need to contact group co-ordinator. Just roll up.
Entrance fee £1 ( pay for hall and expenses)
Contact 01722 505067 if you require further information.

New Study Group - for Pub Crawlers !!
It is proposed that we form a group to seek out those 'special' places for a lunch-time drink and snack/meal. The area of our search is intended to be within a nominal 10 mile radius of Salisbury in those unknown villages or within the city itself.
An initial get-together coffee morning is offered for 11th January to agree the scope and method of our study.
Contact Jim - 01722 332263 to discuss or reserve an interest.

LOCAL NEWS

There is a very interesting article on the board, by the Southampton U3A on the Regional Study Day "Studies in Architecture", organized by Phyll. Babb. It is too long to include here but would be of interest to buyers of historic properties and to those interested in the technicalities and design problems which face architects and engineers.

OUTINGS and ACTIVITIES

Coach Trip to Bath 2^nd December
Cost £6.50
Tesco's 9.30am
Coach Station 9.45am
Leaving Bath 4.00pm.
4 seats left

Watermill Theatre Newbury
Thursday 27^th January
A production of "A Winter's Tale" by
The Edward Hall Propellar Company
An all male cast.
Cost £17.50

Coach leaves Tesco's 12.30pm
Coach Station 12.40pm
To book for all visits contact 710260
3 seats left

FEATURES

Jean Lunnon wrote this delightful poem which won the Wiltshire Libraries Competition. It will, I know, ring true for many Sarum walkers.

SACRED GROVE

We always get lost in Grovely Wood!
We head for straight laced Roman Road,
but lured by lush Permissive Paths
we go astray in Grovely.

Red-neck pheasant in full mess kit
swagger home down primrose tracks.
Tangled in fragile threads of map,
we just get lost in Grovely.

Each Spring we wade through bluebell seas,
drool at lime bright froth of birch,
spangled pink of new-born beech -
get lost again in Grovely.

Summers we climb through orchid heaven,
see in their Fibonacci swirls
a blueprint for the universe -
but still get lost in Grovely.

Not learning from experience,
into Grim's Ditch we sink like leaves.
The Green Man grins from sacred oak
and we are lost in Grovely.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Coffee Morning Speakers
17^th November our 10^th Anniversary Celebrations
Speaker Kathy Quinn A light-hearted look at Salisbury

15^th December
Speaker Rex Sawyer
The Bowerchalke Parish Papers

ARTICLES FOR SALE

Antique Pine Kitchen Table
With small drawer 2.5 ft by 3.5 ft. Height 30 inches. £75
Sheepskin three-quarter Jacket Dark Chocolate Brown Lovely Style, made in France
Size 12/14. £45

Please send all contributions for the Newsletter by the Wednesday before the meeting to the Editor:
Lydia Dungate
5 Bourne Villas, College Street,
Salisbury SP1 3AW
Tel: 01722 339286
Or

E-mail or disc preferred