Newsletter 2014-05

The
Newsletter
Issue
May
Annual
General
Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of
Carlton & Gedling U3A will be held
on Thursday 17 July 2014 at
10.30am at The Richard Herrod
Centre, which is our usual meeting
day. It should not take very long
and straight afterwards we will
have our normal business of coffee, biscuits, and a speaker.
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2014
more names put forward than that,
there will be a vote at the AGM.
The featured interest group was
the photography group who
You must be a member of Carlton showed off a selection of photos
& Gedling U3A to be able to vote at and also a collection of old
the AGM, so make sure you have cameras – some of which were
renewed your membership before just like the ones we’ve got lurking
then. Jane Pavier – Chairman
in a cupboard or the attic!
General Meetings
Our May meeting takes place on
Thursday 15th at 1030. Our
speaker is Tony Horton who will
give us a talk on Radio and TV
themes. Tony addressed us
around 18 months ago with a very
well received talk on radio
comedy. Welcome back, Tony.
Our April speaker was Mark
Patterson who gave us a talk on
Roman Nottinghamshire. It was
really unfortunate that the public
address system was really playing
up and not many of us could hear
him. For those who could hear,
Mark gave a fascinating talk with
lots of detail about the forts,
camps and Roman farms which
have now almost completely
A nomination form for new commit- disappeared from our countryside.
tee members is being sent out with
the newsletter, but if you need an- After the event, several members
other one, they will be available at of the committee got ourselves
the meeting on 15 May. We are trained up in the mysteries of the
allowed to have 12 members on microphones and, fingers crossed,
the Committee and if there are we shouldn’t have sound
problems in the future.
Meetings of Carlton and Gedling
U3A are on the third Thursday on
the month at 1030 at Richard Herrod Centre. Meetings feature a
guest speaker, the opportunity to
join interest groups, news updates
about the U3A and refreshments.
We welcome visitors and new
members will also be able to join
at each meeting.
Future speakers include:
June 19: Graham Keal - Oprah Winfrey.
July 17: David Bell - Down
the Garden Path.
Aug 21: Harry Parkes - The
Bevan Boys.
Membership renewal this month!
Sept 18: Stuart Dickson Four Seasons: a year in the
flower garden.
Raffle and Tombola
Once again we have to thank you
all for donating raffle prizes and
Oct 16: Christine Doughty Secret Diary of a Deputy Dis- buying tickets: a record £90 last
month. The more prizes we get,
trict Judge.
the more tickets we sell. Any
Nov 20: Danny Wells - Cook's chance of £100 this month?
Tours
New Members
Meeting
This is an opportunity for new
members and anyone wishing to
find out more about what the U3A
has to offer and a chance to chat
to some committee members and
group conveners in a smaller less
formal setting than the monthly
meeting. Coffee is for sale along
with the usual range of beverages
and the meeting will take place at
the Willowbrook Pub at 11.00am
on Tuesday 20th May. Convenor
Brian Shield
The number of decorative bags
and boxes for the Tombola is
growing nicely, but we could still
do with more, At the summer
event we will make £1 for every
bag (box) we sell and it is our intention that everyone will get at
least double their money's worth,
plus a few big prizes. We can do
this by recycling your unwanted
items so please keep them coming in too.
Words From Your
Chairman
Cash in the Community
Will everyone please collect the
tokens "Cash in the Community"
from the Nottingham Evening Post
starting from 2nd June and ask
your families, friends and neighbours to do the same even if you
do not take the Post yourself. It
will cost them nothing, they get a
good feeling because they are
helping and it gives you the opportunity to talk to them about the
U3A.
Well, the weather is beginning to
remember it is Spring. The ducks
and geese on the lake where I walk
my dog are parading their young
and all the dog-walkers who visit
the lake regularly are anxiously
waiting to see how many cygnets
For the greatest success make a
professional job of it. Make a list of our pair of swans hatch this year,
their record so far being seven the
everyone you ask who has the
Post and tell them you will collect year before last.
them, say once a week.
Keep checking our website. It has
news about forthcoming events,
This keeps you in touch and is a
outings, interest groups and lots of
gentle reminder. Hand tokens to
me at any U3A meeting or contact other things. Graeme has plenty
me if you can not get to the meet- of space to include items and photographs about your interest
ing (tombutcher41@gmail.com
groups.
preferably or tel. 9532140).
Have you volunteered to help as a
‘meeter and greeter’ or to help with
anything else?
Remember, the
U3A is run for its members by its
members – whatever the future
holds for your U3A is up to you to
put forward ideas and offer to help
with any suggestions that come
forward. I know you are all willing
to help, so please don’t be shy.
The Nottinghamshire Network of
U3As is planning to open three
new U3As this year, in places
where local U3As are finding it difficult to admit new members. One
will be launched at Eastwood in
June and one in Collingham in July.
The third one is under review whilst
a search is made for a suitable
venue.
The Network meets several times
a year so that each U3A in the
county has the opportunity to learn
what other U3As are doing and the
minutes of these meetings, once
approved, are displayed on our
noticeboard and in future will be on
the Network website. News from
National Office and all the information are available on the East Midlands website and the national
office website, so please take the
time to access them. Each U3A
can send two representatives to
the Network meetings, and Carlton
is represented by two of your committee members, Ian Robey and
Eric Rennie.
You would be surprised how many
people have never heard of U3A.
Word of mouth is the best form of
publicity and many of our new
members join because a member
has told them about us and how
friendly everyone is. Thank you.
The East Midlands Regional Conference will take place at Trent College, Long Eaton, on Tuesday 15th
July 2014. The national conference
will this year be held in Cirencester
in September.
If you know of a member who is ill,
especially if in hospital, please let a
group leader or committee member
know so they can tell me and I will
Interest Groups
send a message to let them know
that U3A cares about them and to
wish them a speedy recovery.
New to Nottingham
The New to Nottingham Group
consists of just three of us at
present, and we would like more
people to join us! We’ve met fortnightly at each other’s houses so
far, but we could also meet in a
cafe. We chat and exchange information about things like useful
and reliable trades people. The
last time we met we made a visit
to Patchings Arts Centre at Calverton.
Enjoy the meetings - Enjoy the
friendship – Enjoy your U3A
Jane Pavier Chairman
New Groups
Poetry Reading: At our last
General meeting I mentioned that
a new Poetry reading group was
to be held on Tuesday 13th May
at 2.00 p.m. The group will be
meeting at 16 Sunnydale Road,
Bakersfield. Rene has asked
that members bring their favourite
poems to the meeting and to give
some thought about how they
would like see the group progress.
If you would like to join this group,
Rene can be contacted on; tel:
8418481 Email:
irenebattershall@hotmail.com
Music Making Group:
Dave is proposing to organise
trips to heritage real ale pubs (by
public transport!) in the Nottingham, Derby, South Yorkshire
and Lincolnshire area where
members can sample a wide and
varied selection of real ales and
discuss amongst themselves their
various merits. If you are interested in joining Dave on his quest, he
can be contacted on: tel:
07739913982 Email:
dave.fitzmaurice91@gmail.com
If anyone would like details of
where we’re meeting next please
contact Mary or Rene and we’ll be
in touch and invite them to the
next meeting at whoever’s house
it should be. Rene can be contacted on; tel: 8418481 Email:
irenebattershall@hotmail.com;
Mary can be contacted on
9874550 or email:
mary.lil.bruce@btinternet.com
Striders Walks
April Walk. 17 of us enjoyed a
Since announcing that we are
pleasant walk in the Derbyshire
looking to form a music group, 10
sunshine. Good visibility provided
members have so far contacted
splendid views from Longstone
Charles Cracknell to say they are Who says that modern technology
and classical music don’t mix? On edge and Banks Wood. The leadinterested in joining.
ers back improved as the day proMonday 14th we were treated to
gressed and the paths were dry
Charles is looking to form a Band an exposition of “The Fugue” by
enough to avoid having to take
or an Ensemble Group for musiKen Savage. Using the internet,
cians who would like an opportuni- television and programmable key any detours. Unfortunately the
ty to play and make music
boards, many of the mysteries of
Derwentwater Hotel was closed at
together for fun. He would welbaroque and Classical fugal com- the end of the walk so we returned
come an opportunity to play with
position were revealed. Ken gave
to Gedling where refreshments
others, popular light music, folk
us a rewarding experience based
tunes, jazz standards etc. If you
on what is sometimes considered were enjoyed in the sunshine on
the patio at the Willowbrook.
would like to join this group,
to be “difficult” music. Thank you
please contact me tel 07800
Ken and thank you Trish for your
May Walk. This month’s walk is a
949396 email
hospitality.
7 mile walk over easy terrain
tom_grainger@ntlworld.com
Our next meeting on Monday 12th around Ashover. There are a couMay will be at our usual venue of
ple of gentle climbs but the walk is
Real Ale Appreciation:
33. Orlando Drive when Kath Rob- easier than the last 2 walks and
ins will be presenting some of the should be suitable for all members
We have 2 wine tasting groups
work of Maurice Ravel. That’s
of the group. Transport is by
and we have had a whisky tasting
right, the Bolero man!
members cars. Meet in the shopevening. Now, new member Dave
per’s car park on Ranmoor Road
Fitzmaurice wants to form a Real David Dobbs
Ale appreciation group.
Classical Music
Study Group
Interest Groups Contact details on diary page
play a different bidding system to
us, but were able and willing to
explain their bids and we, of
course, told them what we were
conveying to partner with our bids.
It all ended happily in a draw - one
rubber each and no doubt we'll be
seeing them again soon.
Anyone is welcome to join us. Just
come along to The Willowbrook at
2 o'clock any Wednesday. Ken
Savage
Striders in a relaxing mood at Hassop
at 9.00am on Thursday 22nd May.
Convenor Brian Shield
Tea Dancing
As it is the season of examinations, our instructor Kathy decided
at the last session, to put us
through our paces for all the sequence dances we have been
learning over the past few months!
Although there was some audible
anguish, any stranger passing,
with even a modicum of Len
Goodman’s knowledge, would
have been impressed as the Caribbean Calypso, Rumba1 and
Kentucky Cha-Cha were delivered
with some aplomb!
Not so perhaps the Quick Step
later (it must have been the wellearned rhubarb and ginger cake!!)
where emotions ran high as the
gents tried to avoid the dividing
doors. It would be true to say that
despite protestations, all of us can
dance a mean waltz now!
We now have a fairly consistent
group of dancers but new members are welcome-experience not
necessary, sense of fun definitely.
It is a highly social event and If
you’re interested and willing to
have ago, and you don’t mind
dancing with someone new then
Richard Herrod Centre from 24pm, is the place for you. Next
session is May 19th. The cost of
£5-00 covers a 2 hour lesson
which includes the hall hire, professional instruction and tea and
cakes. Any queries, please feel
free to ring me to discuss. Helen
Madden
Bridge
Eight bridge players - 2 tables and 4 packs of playing cards all
came together on Wednesday 30th
April at the Willowbrook. Three
novices, Tony, Bill and Trevor,
guided by Brian, enjoyed an afternoon of mini-bridge. Mini Bridge is
an ideal introduction to Bridge and
anyone who is familiar with playing cards should be able to pick it
up quickly.
At the other table, Lynne (who
joined us for the first time last
week, but has played bridge regularly) and I pitted our wits against
2 potential U3A Members, Peter
and Cliff, who partner each other
weekly at another venue. They
Strollers
The second Thursday after the
general meeting and of course
another strollers’ walk. May 1st, no
white rabbits but two white peacocks and a Hare. Twenty four
happy wanderers met at the miners’ lamp in Gedling for a walk to
Burton Joyce. Certainly not Spring
weather, an ominous grey sky accompanied us for most of the
walk. Willow Lane, an estate and
a path through Gedling Woods
brought us to Spring Lane. On our
right a signpost informed us that
the bridle path would take us to
Burton Joyce. Despite the weather, May compensates with spring
flowers, lush, green grass, contrasting sharply with the startling
bright yellow of Rape fields.
As mentioned earlier, we passed a
farmyard containing several Peacocks, two of them white. The
path now offered us a marvellous
view over the Trent Valley, the
Sun now breaking through to glint
off the meandering river. The path
Interest Groups Contact details on diary page
now descended into the village,
Chile. The most popular reds were
passing horses, cows and the rear The French Crozes Hermitage
of a scampering Hare. On the
main street we went our separate
ways, car, bus, foot and the pub. I
hope all the participants enjoyed
this lovely spring walk through
beautiful countryside. I know I did.
I would like to take this opportunity, to thank everybody for their
company and making my day enjoyable.
Ken Savage will lead the next
walk on May 29th as I unfortunately will not be able to attend the
next general meeting. Ian Robey
Creative Writing
Are you a budding Byron or a reluctant Rowling? Are you interested in writing your own prose,
poetry or stories? If you feel the
urge to put pen to paper, why not
join us at the Creative Writing
group? For more details phone Ian
Robey on 9988803 or sign up at
the next general meeting.
WineLovers
and the Chilean Ribera del Loncomillo. Tasting notes and score
sheets are posted on our web
page.
Opinions were sometimes sharply
divided - even over our favourites.
One table really didn't like the
Casillero and another really didn't
like the Crozes Hermitage. The
fact that these wines still scored
strongly indicates that those who
did like them rated them highly.
WineLovers2 on 9th June) will be
of Spanish wines - I'll provide the
wines, bread and cheese. The
charge will be £6. I will also bring
along some more of the special
tasting glasses for anyone who
want to buy some. Paul Martinez
Theatre Visits
The Playhouse has just produced
its new programme and we have
included four new productions in
our programme, including the
Christmas panto. So hurry, hurry,
hurry to sign up and pay for tickets, and bring your diary and
cheque book to the general meeting.
The first new production is Time
and the Conways by J.B. Priestley. Set in 1919 and 1937, this is a
compelling family story that also
examines the history of Britain between the wars.
Propaganda Swing is set in 1930s
New arrangements: We're going Berlin, this enthralling show reto split into two groups to ease the veals the Faustian pact struck by
some leading jazz musicians and
pressure on numbers. Both
groups will follow the same annual the Nazis: they could play their
music, but only to see it corrupted
programme, although we may
by evil. The play features a live
taste slightly different wines. The
first meeting of WineLovers2 (who swing band on stage.
will meet on the second Monday
Arcadia by Tom Stoppard is a seof the month) is on Monday 9th
rious comedy about science, sex
June. The first meeting of
and landscape gardening set in
WineLovers4 (who will meet on
Derbyshire. The play is described
the fourth Tuesday of the month)
as an ‘exuberantly funny, thoughtis on Monday 19th May. This is a
week earlier than normal because provoking and touching masterpiece’.
of the bank holiday.
Last tasting: we packed out the
Community Centre again for our
tasting of wines made from Chardonnay and Shiraz/Syrah grapes.
We tasted 10 wines from 5 different countries. Perhaps the greatest differences we noticed in style
were between French and all other wines and between oaked and
non-oaked Chardonnays. We also
tried out the new guidance on
scoring developed by Graeme and
this worked really well - thank you New Organising Team: Many
thanks to David Dobbs, Brian and
Graeme.
Jill Thomas, Barbara Rogerson,
Kath Robins, Anne Gaines and
All the wines were sourced from
Barbara Buxton for agreeing to
Morrisons, although a number of
help me organise our future meetthem are widely available, and
none were particularly expensive. ings.
The most popular Chardonnays
were the Maurice et Fils (Chablis) Next Tastings: The next tastings
(WineLovers4 on 19th May and
and the Casillero del Diablo from
Finally, the Panto is Sleeping
Beauty with all the traditional Playhouse features: dazzling costumes, stunning sets, thrilling
musical numbers and lots of fun.
Interest Groups Contact details on diary page
Theatre Visits
Programme
Dance spectacular: Saturday
22nd November, Matinee
Riverdance Pay for tickets
Play: Saturday 5th July 2.30pm
Matinee Private Peaceful, Lace
Market Theatre (£8) Sold out
New Pantomime: Sleeping
Dramas: Wednesday matinees
30th July and 6th, 13th and 20th
August The Ghost Train,
Shadow of the Ghost, Fatal
Encounter and Murder Weapon
Theatre Royal (£44 for all 4
shows) Last chance to pay for
tickets
New Play Friday 12th September,
7.45pm, Time and the Conways
(£7) Nottingham Playhouse. Sign
up and pay for tickets
New Play Friday 3rd October,
7.45pm Propaganda Swing (£7)
Nottingham Playhouse. Sign up
and pay for tickets
Musical: Wednesday 29th
October, 2pm Annie (around
£15.50) Theatre Royal. Pay for
tickets
New Play: Saturday 8th
November, 2.30pm Arcadia (£12)
Nottingham Playhouse Sign up
and pay for tickets
Beauty Friday 28th November
7.30pm and Wednesday 3rd
December, 2.30pm (£7)
Nottingham Playhouse. Sign up
and pay for tickets
Ballet: Matinee 22nd January
2015. Matthew Bourne’s Edward
Scissorhands Theatre Royal.
(£29.50) Sign up and pay for
tickets
Music Appreciation
Group
guitar/banjo music derived / ripped
off from his ‘Guitar Boogie’, a
small unplanned feature this
month. The full playlist will appear
on the Carlton & Gedling Website
in the music Appreciation section.
Our next ensemble is on the 27th
May in the Richard Herrod Centre
Meeting Room at 2.00pm. Convenor: Eric Rennie
Ladies Choir
The Rose Singers performed brilliantly at the St. Georges Evening,
Dinner and Concert and we
should be getting our largest donation to date. We will know how
much when the St. George's
treasurer has done his accounts.
Well, we’ve really dragged ourselves into the 20th Century at our
April 29th meeting. We had moving
pictures with some of our phonograph recordings. Amazing.
Alongside CDs, LPs, singles, cassette tapes and audio from iPad,
tablets, etc., we have now mastered the ability to use the projector (with a laptop) together with
the sound system.
The following Wednesday at rehearsal they sang another dozen
YouTube clips of a Scottish Folk
numbers that had not been in the
Band, a Jazz pianist (no, not Fats concert, without a fault, it was like
Waller!) and a tribute to recently
sitting through a second concert.
deceased old guitar pioneer Arthur Then they started on new items
Smith were interspersed with a
from "The Sound of Music" and
range of music from records like
"South Pacific" These girls really
John Denver, Joe Cocker, Kenny work hard!
G (who I now know is a saxophonist), a bit of bluegrass, Caro Emer- Our efforts were filmed on St.
ald, Blue, Kirsty MaColl, Sam
George's Day and we are waiting
Cooke, Diana Krall, Peggy Lee,
for a copy. I also found out that,
some tango, Scissor Sisters, Etta unbeknownst to me we had been
James, John Trudell and a local
filmed last year and it can be
electric folk band called Crosshar- found on "U tube" under the title
bour.
"The Rose Singers" You already
know what my last sentence will
A little more ‘rootsy’ this time with be. "Old and New Singers" are
the folk bands and blue grass
always welcome. Tom Butcher
which tied in nicely with the Arthur
Smith video and highlighted
Interest Groups Contact details on diary page
Craft Group
Our April meeting was the second
of 2 locker - hooking workshops.
Twelve more ladies each had a
locker – hook tool, a piece of canvas and access to a selection of
fabrics, lace and yarns. They
learned the basic techniques of
the craft, how to finish the edges
of the canvas and how to join fabric strips together. After that, they
were away; tearing strips of fabrics, and using their hooking tools
to create their own colourful designs. It was a very intense and
enjoyable session.
The regular craft meeting took
place in the adjoining room where
6 more ladies brought their pieces
from the first locker hook session
to complete. They looked really
pretty and all 6 styles and designs
were very different. I’d love to see
the other 6, complete or not!
There is information on the U3A
website about where to get supplies if you are hooked (!) on the
craft.
Next month, Thursday May 22nd,
1 to 3 pm at Carlton Fire Station,
we are decorating pillar candles
with Audrey as the group leader.
You will need to bring:A plain white fat pillar candle –any
size
Small scissors
A flat - headed paintbrush
A piece of cardboard to protect the
tables from the glue
Any paper serviettes/ napkins that
you specially want to use
Audrey and I will bring some extras so don’t worry if you don’t
have some of these items. There
will be £1 charge to cover the cost
of glue and decals. Please bring a
mug for your tea/coffee and try to
arrive about 12.50 so that I can let
you into the building. Thanks!
If you would like to join us and you
weren’t at the last craft meeting
PLEASE get in touch with me by
15th May (the next U3A monthly
meeting) at the latest, so that
Audrey has some idea how many
will be there. Rofie Clennell - Convenor
Family History Group
It was a good session on 28th April
which included a little presentation
on some of the features and benefits of using Ancestry with your
family tree. It automatically throws
up potential links and people for
your tree - for you, the researcher
to check out. A few more helpful
hints and members got on with
researching through their laptops
and the Richard Herrod Wi-Fi.
Next meeting: 19th May 10.30 in
the Richard Herrod Centre Meeting Room. Convenor: Brenda
Bowers
Round Town Quiz
Many members may remember(or
perhaps not!) that entertaining afternoon early last October when a
number of us visited by means of
a Treasure Trail many of the city’s
finest(!!!!) hostelries. Bowing to
many requests to repeat the
event, Brian and I have decided to
organise a similar venture this
time in Southwell on Wednesday
25th June. People will be expected to make their own way to
Southwell and there will be several opportunities to purchase food
on the trail should the need arise.
At the next meeting I will be taking
the names of those members who
would be interested in joining us.
Neil Kendrick
Local History
During the session we compared
notes on current research. Continuing the WW1 theme, some of us
attended the event at Carlton Central Junior School. Pupils in WW1
uniforms sowed poppy seeds and
a very interesting display of photos, maps, artefacts and memorabilia was organised by Martin from
the Sherwood Yeomanry, who
looked resplendent in his authentic (& apparently very itchy) infantry uniform. The event was filmed
so hopefully some of you saw the
local TV news footage. This was
part of a number of commemorative events being held in the borough. Brochures are available in
libraries, etc or see
www.gedling.gov.uk/wwone. I
should have some with me at the
next general meeting.
The session continued with us
looking at maps of the area in
1914 to see how things have
changed. Netherfield had of
course developed rapidly as a railway town and there was a fair
amount of development around St
Paul's Church in Carlton. But Gedling was still fairly rural, although
the railway had sparked some development as commuters began to
Interest Groups and Trips
settle in the area. How very differ- putting our forces at a disadvanent life was in these 3 very distinct tage in all wars for a century. The
communities 100 years ago!
Forces have been reduced a lot in
recent years but we were not so
Next meeting: Tues 17 June 2.00 sure that the lost manpower was
p.m. Meet at the left lion, Market
being compensated for by modern
Square for a walk through Notting- equipment.
ham city centre to look at the
buildings of Watson-Fothergill. All We touched on - Should we be
welcome. Jann Kirke
getting involved in Ukraine, Trident is a huge waste of money
which we can never morally use,
Greenfingers
NATO seems unable to agree with
itself about weaponry and strateAs the Greenfingers had previousgy, The whole Middle East probly expressed an interest in being
lem was historically caused by the
involved with the new Gedling
West carving it up for its own adCountry Park, several of us atvantage but we don’t want to let
tended the inaugural meeting to
go. We contrasted the training (in
set up a 'Friends of the Country
engineering, etc.) which some
Park' group. Some may join in
Forces people bring back to civilsupporting any gardening and horian life against the problems of
ticultural aspects. However, there
reintegrating the troubled souls
are many other ways you can get
who have only learnt to obey orinvolved if you are interested. For
ders and kill.
more information see
www.gedling.gov.uk
The Cold War tit for tat politics and
/Gedlingcountrypark.
posturing gave the politicians reasons to maintain our Forces but
Next Greenfingers meetings: Mon
the question still existed – why do
12th May and Mon 2nd June 10.30 we now need the numbers of
a.m. Gedling Inn, Main Street, Ge- ships, aircraft and troops that we
dling. Jann Kirke
have deployed around the world.
Discussion Group
Our April meeting on 5th May. 9 of
us met despite it being a Bank
Holiday. The topic was “Do We
Need An Army?” That was taken
more widely as military forces.
Historically, they existed to fight
our enemies, then to extend and
maintain an empire and then as
was pointed out to us to maintain
international trading routes of importance to Britain (e.g. keeping
the Suez canal open in the
1950s).
Such situations develop quickly
and our forces have to be able to
react. We recognised that military
planning and equipping tended to
be behind the times thereby
We noted that we need ceremonial functions and that the covert
special operations groups were
necessary, particularly as the only
real threat to this country is from
terrorism. (Remember Tony Blair
sending army tanks to the Glasgow Airport bomb alert – not very
useful.)
There was a thought that much of
the Army’s role could be redeployed to a Civil Defence function
as that seems to be what we currently use them for (Olympics security and flood relief).
We did Women in the Forces
(front line or not), The Govt. proposal for the TA replacing fully
trained troops. Somehow, as we
do, we digressed into tales of air-
craft security, had a good laugh,
and equally baffling, came out into
Defence issues again.
Next Meeting – the proper May
one – is Monday 26th May (Yes,
another Bank Holiday) at 10.30 at
the Carlton Fire Station. Convenor: Eric Rennie
Grimsthorpe Castle,
gardens and park £20 Tues 12thAugust
Price includes transport by coach,
a conducted tour of the castle and
either the park tour by coach or
garden tour on foot. Be aware that
if you choose the castle tour and
the garden tour you will be walking around for around 2 ½ hours
in total.
Itinerary
9am leave Richard Herrod
10:15am free time for a coffee
10:45 Castle tour
12pm free time for lunch at the
cafe or a picnic and a wander
1pm either the Garden tour or
the Park tour, or time on your
own.
2:30 free time to either wander the
gardens, the parklands or cafe.
3pm leave for home
THE CASTLE TOUR lasts approximately one hour. Grim-
sthorpe Castle is a country house
in Lincolnshire. It lies within a
3,000 acre park of rolling pastures, lakes, and woodland landscaped by Capability Brown.
While Grimsthorpe is not a castle
in the strict sense of the word, its
character is massive and martial –
the towers and outlying pavilions
recalling the bastions of a great
fortress in classical dress. Grimsthorpe has been the home of the
de Eresby family since 1516.
THE PARK COACH TOUR takes
in the 3,000 acres of Grimsthorpe
Park encompassing rolling pasture, landscaped lakes and historic oak woodland, little changed
since the visit of Henry VIII. It includes the site of a 12th century
Cistercian abbey, the grand designs of 18th century landscape
architects and a centuries-long
association with the Castle.
Natural history is diverse, with
three species of wild deer, teem-
ing bird life on the lakes, ancient
trees, rare flowers and butterflies.
The tour is a one-hour journey
and a member of the estate management team will accompany
your coach.
is a haven of tranquillity on a quiet
summer afternoon.
THE GARDEN TOUR: the formal
gardens at Grimsthorpe have a
story to tell. Join the Head Gardener and discover the story of
the gardens and collect some
hints and tips on how to get the
most out of gardening. Tours usually last around 90 minutes and
can include parts of the garden
that are not open to day visitors.
Wednesday 11th June. Price £17.
We still have a few tickets left for
this trip. The price includes transport by coach, light refreshment
on arrival, a short introduction to
the Underground Gallery and a
guided Art and Landscape Tour.
To the South lies a formal lawn
with topiary. To the West a herbaceous border provides colour and
is cut low enough to give spectacular views to the lake. On the East
a formal rose parterre is lined with
small box hedges. Beyond lies a
walled kitchen garden. This ornamental fruit and vegetable garden
Yorkshire Sculpture
Park
Thursford Christmas
Spectacular
Tuesday 2nd December 2014.
Tickets will on be on sale only to
those who have paid a £1 deposit
at the May meeting for a further
£35.50. This is the last month your
£1 guarantees you a ticket. Any
places not paid for will be up for
sale to any member in June. Sue
Fairweather
Diary Continued from back page
Fri
13
09:00
Greenfingers
Richard Herrod
(TBC)
Jann Kirke
Gardeners World Live at
the NEC
Mon
16
10:30
Family History
Richard Herrod
Brenda Bowers
Mon
16
14:00
Tea Dancing
Richard Herrod
Helen Madden
Mon
16
14:00
Memory Class
Richard Herrod
Maggie Martinez
Week 3 of 4
Mon
16
15:30
Computing
C-le-W School
Vacant
Computer course: 6 of 6
Tue
17
14:00
Local History
T.B.A.
Jann Kirke
Watson Fothergill walk
Wed
18
10:30
Drawing
Carlton Fire Station Alyson Rennie
Wed
18
13:30
Choir
Gedling Rd MethodTom Butcher
ist
Wed
18
14:00
Bridge
The Willowbrook
Thu
19
10:30
General Meeting Richard Herrod
Ken Savage
Jane Pavier
A talk about Oprah Winfrey
CONTACT DETAILS: Alyson Rennie 8478094, Brenda Bowers 7742017482, Brian Shield 9567670, David Dobbs 9554726, Eric Rennie 8478094, Helen Madden 9554723, Ian Robey 9988803, Jane Pavier 8401902, Jann
Kirke 9615621, Ken Savage 9562780, Lyn Jenkins 9523163, Maggie Martinez 9559285, Mary Bruce 9874550,
Ned Flaherty 9116419, Paul Martinez 9559285, Rene Battershall 8418481, Rofie Clennell 9554471, Sue Fairweather 9613140, Tom Butcher 9532140, Tom Grainger 7800949396
Carlton, Gedling & District U3A Diary: May/June 2014
Date
Time
Group
Meet at
Convenor
Notes
10:00
10:00
10:30
15:30
09:45
14:00
13:30
14:00
Classical Music
Sewing
Greenfingers
Computing
Photography
Poetry Reading
Choir
Bridge
David's house
Carlton Fire Station
The Gedling Inn
C-le-W School
Ranmore Road
16 Sunnydale Road
Gedling Rd Methodist
The Willowbrook
David Dobbs
Lyn Jenkins
Jann Kirke
Vacant
Tom Grainger
Rene Battershall
Tom Butcher
Ken Savage
Maurice Ravel
Note new start time
Note change of venue
Computer course: 2 of 6
15 10:30
General Meeting
Richard Herrod
Jane Pavier
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
19
19
19
19
19
10:30
14:00
14:00
15:30
18:30
Family History
Committee
Tea Dancing
Computing
WineLovers 4
Richard Herrod
Brenda Bowers
Richard Herrod
Jane Pavier
Richard Herrod
Helen Madden
C-le-W School
Vacant
Burton Road Com Cen Paul Martinez
Tue
20 11:00
New Members
The Willowbrook
Wed
Wed
Wed
21 10:30
21 13:30
21 14:00
Drawing
Choir
Bridge
Carlton Fire Station
Alyson Rennie
Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
The Willowbrook
Ken Savage
Thu
22 09:00
Striders
Ranmore Road
Brian Shield
Thu
Thu
Mon
Tue
Wed
Wed
Thu
Fri
22
22
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11:00
13:00
10:30
14:00
13:30
14:00
10:30
09:15
Coffee morning
Crafts
Discussion
Music App.
Choir
Bridge
Strollers
Trips & Visits
Top Spot Club
Carlton Fire Station
Carlton Fire Station
Richard Herrod
Gedling Rd Methodist
The Willowbrook
TBA
Richard Herrod
Ned Flaherty
Rofie Clennell
Decorated Candles
Eric Rennie
Eric Rennie
Tom Butcher
Ken Savage
Ian Robey
Walk details TBA
Sue Fairweather Tissington (SOLD OUT)
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
Tue
Wed
Wed
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
Tue
Wed
Wed
Wed
Thu
Thu
2
2
2
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11
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12
10:30
14:00
14:00
15:30
14:00
13:30
14:00
10:00
10:00
14:00
15:30
18:30
09:45
09:00
13:30
14:00
11:00
14:00
Greenfingers
Tea Dancing
Memory Class
Computing
Reading
Choir
Bridge
Classical Music
Sewing
Memory Class
Computing
WineLovers 2
Photography
Trips & Visits
Choir
Bridge
Coffee morning
Creative Writing
The Willowbrook
Jann Kirke
Richard Herrod
Helen Madden
Richard Herrod
Maggie Martinez
C-le-W School
Vacant
Carlton Library
Paul Martinez
Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
The Willowbrook
Ken Savage
David's house
David Dobbs
Carlton Fire Station
Lyn Jenkins
Richard Herrod
Maggie Martinez
C-le-W School
Vacant
Burton Road Com Cen Paul Martinez
Ranmore Road
Tom Grainger
Richard Herrod
Sue Fairweather
Gedling Rd Methodist Tom Butcher
The Willowbrook
Ken Savage
Top Spot Club
Ned Flaherty
11 Green Approach
Ian Robey
Mon
Mon
Mon
Mon
Tue
Tue
Wed
Wed
12
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
Thu
Brian Shield
Bring your favourite poem
Speaker: Radio and TV
themes
Computer course: 3 of 6
Spanish Wines
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U3A
Ashover, Derbyshire (7
miles)
June
Diary Continues on previous inside page
Week 1 of 4
Computer course: 4 of 6
Reader's choices
Week 2 of 4
Computer course: 5 of 6
Spanish Wines
Yorkshire Sculpture Park