DATES FOR YOUR IOW U3A COMMITTEE DIARY! Friday Dec 5th 2014

No 112 2014/15
December,
January,
February
Isle of Wight
University of
the Third Age
Charity No 1048548
www.iwu3a.org.uk
DATES FOR YOUR
DIARY!
IOW U3A COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN:
Louis Lawrence 01983 730620
iowu3a@yahoo.co.uk
Meetings
Friday Dec 5th 2014 2.30pm
Open Meeting, Riverside Centre.
Stan Baker will talk on C.H.A.R.M
(World War I). The Conflict History
and Remembrance Museum is being
established to support the CHARM
(Charitable Incorporated)
Organisation. The Charity aims are
to advance the education of the
public in the subject of the history
of conflict and its remembrance.
The charity is run largely by exservice personnel for the benefit of
both ex-service personnel and for
members of the general population
who have particular needs.
Based at Northwood Camp, 490
Newport Road, Cowes, Isle of
Wight, PO31 8QU
Friday Feb 13th 2015 2.30pm
Open Meeting, Talk on Brading
Roman Villa, Riverside Centre
Friday Apr 24th 2015 2.30pm
AGM, Hearing Loss and Adaptive
Technology, by Ann Emery,
Riverside Centre
Friday Oct 2nd 2015 General
Open Day, Parish Hall, Newport, to
be confirmed
Friday Oct 23rd 2015 2.30pm
Open Meeting, Talk on Bees by
Terry Willis, Riverside Centre
Friday Dec 4th 2015 2.30pm
Open Meeting, Talk by Rosemary
Cooper - John Nixon, Artist.
Riverside Centre
Tribute to Maggie Holden
A
fter the first AGM in 1993,
Maggie, (together with Mary
Kempster, Lily Stafford, David
Philo, Ingrid Grice, the
Burridges, the Becks,) and I got to know
each other well, running Car Boot stalls to
raise money for the Island IWU3A .
Maggie’s drive and enthusiasm knew no
bounds, and she was involved with helping
to get a number of study groups started,
including German, Scrabble, Chairborne
Yoga, Dance your Way to Health, and
numerous others, although we could not
find an accompanist for Sing for Pleasure.
Maggie became our third chairman and
served on the Committee throughout her
membership, running the raffle to raise
funds at our general/open meetings. She
attended U3A meetings on the mainland
and was meticulous in feeding back
information, leavened with her quirky
sense of humour.
Maggie’s membership of choirs and
performance groups outside the U3A
brought her into contact with other people,
and ideas which she fed back to the
Committee.
Such commitment is rare, and we are
grateful to Maggie for her great
contribution to IWU3A.
Thanks to Edna May Cahill for this
inclusion. The committee send their
heartfelt condolences to the family of
Maggie Holden.
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SECRETARY:
Ann Thorp 01983 523708
a.margaretthorp@gmail.com
VICE-CHAIRMAN, TREASURER
and DATABASE:
David Shirley 01983 756162
dshirley@tiscali.co.uk
MEMBERSHIP and CONTACT
MEMBER:
Georgina Marsh 01983 564217
georginamarsh@aol.com
GROUPS LIAISON:
Christine Addison 01983 282570
Chrisaddison51
@outlook.com
WEBSITE:
Roger Skidmore 01983 822900
rogerskid@supanet.com
MEETINGS:
Nicola Wall 01983 718767
steviewall@ukgateway.net
NEWSLETTER:
Pam Hales 01983 854373
Iowu3anewsletter
@gmail.com
DISTRIBUTION:
John Zumbeel 01983 400300
johnerz@hotmail.com
Do you have any skills to
offer? If so, please
contact any of the above
members.
NOTICEBOARD
HOSTING
There are international students at our
universities hoping to have the
privilege of meeting people who live in
the UK. Having a well-educated
younger person from another part of
the world visit you for a day, a
weekend, or over Christmas, is an ideal
way of exchanging ideas about your
respective cultures. It’s an opportunity
to take a pride in our own country and
to understand more about another one,
while showing kindness to someone far
from home. It’s also great fun. If
you’re not sure about doing this on
your own, why not get together with
another U3A member and make a great
international weekend of it? HOST is a
well-established charity whose hosts
are volunteers. Please see
www.hostuk.org or call voluntary
local organiser Katherine Varden
01420 479473.
LIST OF MEETING ROOMS
Members please note that a list of
Meeting Rooms can be found at
the “Miscellany” page of
www.iwu3a.org.uk
NOTE ON FONT SIZES
The Groups pages are rather small
text in order to save costs and fit
everything in. The Groups
application form is intentionally blank
on one side as it is “detachable”.
This newsletter can be viewed on
the website enlarged.
National U3A events
coming up in London
Publishing Your Own Books.
November 18th, 10.30am 4.30pm, at The National Union
of Journalists, 308/12, Grays
Inn Road, London, WD1X 8DP,
Cost £35 including lunch and
refreshments
‘Cinderella’ Dutch National
Ballet, November 19th, 1.404.10pmat The Odeon Covent
Garden Cinema, Shaftesbury
Avenue, maximum of 2 tickets
per applicant. Cost £14 per
person.
U3A Christmas Concert
December 10th 2pm and
5.30pm At the Queen’s Chapel
of the Savoy, Savoy Hill,
WC2R, Maximum of 2 tickets
per applicant. Cost £18 per
person incl. programme,
mulled wine and mince pies.
For details of all the above
and deadlines for tickets,
please contact Ann Thorp,
a.margaretthorp@gmail.com
(523708)
U3A Photography
Competition closing date, 31
March, 2015
FRAUD WARNING!
For those of you who have
computers a particularly nasty
scam has appeared! If you receive
a phone call from someone claiming
to be from Microsoft or Windows, do
not believe them! They are trying to
get information from your computer
which might enable them to raid
your bank account! Either put the
phone down immediately or if you
are in a bad mood use this
opportunity to be really rude to
someone!!
David
Shirley
October 2014 update
Pass on this Pension news to
someone you might know!
The government has given the green
light to pension freedoms - "the most
radical changes to pensions in almost a
century".
From April 2015 investors will be able
to take the whole of their pension as a
lump sum from age 55. The first 25%
tax-free with the rest taxable as income.
The 55% pension 'death tax' will also be
scrapped so more people can pass on
their pensions to heirs tax free.
Practically everyone will be affected whether you have a pension or have yet
to start one, whether you're retiring this
year or sometime in the distant future.
Find out what the changes are at a
glance and how they'll affect you.
Via Hargreave Lansdown, London
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It’s Renewal Time!
W
ith this issue of our local
newsletter you will find our
membership form for 2015. Thanks to
payments from Gift Aid in respect of the
years 2011-2013 there is no increase in our subscription
rates for 2015. They stay at £12 for singles and £20 for
couples. Payment is by cheque or postal order please. We
cannot accept cards or cash. Please enclose a stamped
addressed envelope with your form and remittance. This
keeps our U3A costs down and saves me from getting
writer’s cramp. If you have the honour of paying income
tax, please complete the Gift Aid certificate on the back of
the form. This gives us an extra 25% at no cost to you.
What happens to your money? We give half of it to the
U3A national office in exchange for their magazine and
for insurance against any accidents which might happen to
you during a U3A meeting or group sessions. It is also a
licence to use any copyright material for group sessions.
The rest pays for our general meetings and our local
newsletter. Printing, postage and room hire costs are all
David Shirley (Treasurer)
May I take this opportunity to thank Group Leaders for
their response to my request for lists of all group
members. I issued these forms to Group Leaders who
attended the meeting last month and I will shortly issue
them to those who didn’t. They will be issued twice a year
and replace the forms which were filled in at every
meeting. I have one extra request. Scrutiny of the forms
submitted so far has revealed quite a lot of people on the
group lists who are not U3A members. Could group
leaders please inspect membership cards once a year and
also for those newly joining your group.
group goes to Island theatres regularly, but someone could
organise to go to performances of classical ensembles or
Band concerts.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
NEW GROUPS ARISE! Please!
W
e have been preparing a budget for the next
year and know that our membership
fluctuates from year to year; For instance
we have been up to 480 and down to 330.
Since this depends largely on what activities we offer as
well as the mortality rate, it is clear that we need to
encourage more group formation with more things for new
members to do. Our offer depends entirely also on our own
members volunteering to form a new activity by becoming
the Group Leader. Perhaps large groups with a waiting list
could hive off a second group? Please note the Group
Leader is the organiser of the project and does not always
also have to be the ‘tutor‘.
The Island’s bus services and road system tend to focus on
Newport, Ryde and Cowes but there is no reason why other
centres should not provide accommodation. There could be
groups based in Bembridge, Ventnor,
Freshwater ,Yarmouth or in one of the villages. They could
be for Art, Crafts, Books, Languages, Dance, Philosophy,
Writing, Poetry, Music Appreciation, Singing or dozens of
other subjects, not necessarily academic. What about visits
to historic buildings which would keep a group busy for
years, or old churches, or public service centres such as
Fire and Police, the Hospital, the Hospice, RNLI, Coast
watch? Political Sudies and Council meetings? There is a
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going up, but Gift Aid has enabled us to protect you
against them for at least a year. Thank you for your
support.
Your committee has agreed to finance small groups for up
to three months while they establish themselves if they
need to pay for accommodation but many have started and
work in private houses, some have met in pubs and cafes,
or even on the road like the lunch-by-bus groups. Walkers
also ramble the countryside. People have been abroad to
the Chichester Theatre , and my own art group have visited
London Galleries. By the way, a reminder that being a
member entitles you to join as many groups as you have
time for. No extra charge! I saw recently a report that being
active and having interests can lead to a longer life. Well,
that’s for me alright!
There is also a place for people with an admin background
to help with finance and HMRC dealings, subscriptions and
membership, central groups management, programme
development, publicity, indeed all the tasks involved in an
organisation like ours not only now but for the future. We
need to see candidates putting themselves forward for the
next AGM which is in April, but do not wait for then to see
how it works, come and sit in on Committee Meetings in
between on the third Tuesday each month.
Louis Lawrence, Chairman
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GROUPS
ISLAND HISTORY
GROUP
Programme December 2014 to
March 2015
Monthly meetings commence
14:30 hours (doors open 14:00)
in the Parish Room at the rear of
St Marys Church, Church Road,
Cowes; usually first Friday in
the month. Tea/coffee and
biscuits follow talk. Donation
to meeting costs still only £1.50
(correct coinage appreciated).
There are some free 2 hour
parking places on left hand side
of Church Road. Be sure to
park within marked parking
bays.
We welcome visitors to two
meetings of this History Group
but expect that they will join the
Isle of Wight Branch of U3A
before later visits. Applications
to join this Group will be treated
on ‘first come, first served’
basis.
Friday 12 December 2014
CHRISTMAS LUNCH
(Menu similar to previous
years; 2 courses £14.50 3
courses £17.50.
Places limited so please book
early with David Baldwin
290144)
Friday 2nd January 2015 "1000
Years of Island History"
Neil Mcdougall (Historian)
Friday 6th February 2015
"Behind the Lens"
David White (Professional
Photographer)
Friday 6th March 2015 "J.B
Priestley - His Work and
Connection with the Island"
John Kempster (Leader of IoW
U3A Book Group)
Group Contacts
Sylvia Sillar 883924
sylviasillar@gmail.com Sally
Hayes 289805
David Baldwin 290144
dashbaldwin@btinternet.com
MID WIGHT HISTORY
The antics of the Georgian court
are vividly revealed in Lucy
Worsley's book. You'd be
surprised at what they got up to!
We have changed our location
to Lake. The Co-op Funeral
Parlour. They were very keen to
welcome members of the U3A!
We do have vacancies.
Eva Alexander. 852688
EAST WIGHT
HISTORY GROUP
We are continuing to use Robert
Kee's book 'Ireland a History' as
the corner stone for learning
about the relationship between
Ireland and especially England
until present times.
Following discussion about
Home Rule, - 'As the full
horrors of the greatest war
(1914 - 18) the world has ever
known unfolded, men's minds
became clouded. But it should
have been clear enough that
trouble in Ireland was not
simply going to go away.' So we
have arrived at the Dublin
Rising of 1916. Then on to
Michael Collins and the Black
and Tans and Civil War.
We continue to meet at the
Farriers, Binstead on alternate
Wednesday's at 2.300pm.
Contact us for any further
information.
At the beginning of the Autumn
we had an outing to visit St
Mildred's Church to learn about
its association with Queen
Victoria and her family followed by our mandatory
cream tea!
Lionel Alexander 852688
Wendy Williams. 872276
1945. This has raised the
question as to whether the
islanders were left at the mercy
of the Nazi invaders or if it was
more of a risk to them for the
British to intervene.
New members are always
welcome, please call …..
Wendy Williams 872276
ENGLISH
LITERATURE
WEST WIGHT
Our autumn programme
commenced with two films
about Dylan Thomas (‘A Poet’s
Guide’ and ‘A Poet in New
York’). Ann also read
beautifully ‘A Child’s
Christmas in Wales’. All
members read their examples of
‘Poems on a theme of autumn’
and John talked on the lives and
work of two French authors,
Honore de Balzac and Emile
Zola who were both
controversial in their own way.
Balzac was one of the creators
of Realism in Literature and
Zola was the founder of the
Naturalist Movement. Zola’s
open letter ‘J’accuse’ reopened
the case of the Jewish Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, who was
wrongly charged and
imprisoned for spying.
Our future programmes
included Evie who will be
talking about ‘Nursery
Rhymes’.
Please note; we have agreed that
from November 10th our future
meetings will be held at Colwell
Baptist Church Hall (2-15 for 230). This will enable us to
provide more space for
prospective members and
provide adequate parking
spaces.
HISTORY GROUP,
FRESHWATER
John Kempster (752308)
Wendy Williams (872276)
A small friendly group who
meet at the Conservative Club,
Queens Road, Freshwater,
fortnightly, Thursday afternoon
2.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
We are currently reading about
the occupation of The Channel
Islands from July 1940 to May,
COWES BOOK
GROUP
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This autumn, Cowes Book
Group have welcomed some
new members, essentially to
now reach full complement, and
we continue to successfully
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rotate our Monthly meetings
through the homes of four of the
Group, for which we are
immensely grateful. Timing
sees us having just 2 read books
to report on here.
The Secret Keeper by Kate
Morton followed the style of her
previous books, with a search
into the distant past to track and
trace people and family events
significantly affecting
individuals in more modern
times. For most, the characters
were realistically portrayed, as
was wartime London, and with
an intriguing, yet largely
uncomplicated mystery, the
unexpected twist towards the
end mostly produced a thumbs
up for this novel.
Found Wanting by Robert
Goddard was for many, their
first experience of this popular
mystery writer. However, few
believe they will be especially
quick to search out more, as this
one appeared unconvincing,
with shallow characters too
numerous to be memorable,
despite a background in one of
History's well documented
mysteries, - the true identity of
Anastasia, the daughter of the
Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. A
largely unsatisfactory
exploration.
Our November book is The
Sailor in the Wardrobe by Hugo
Hamilton. In December, (19th),
we review The Gathering by
Anne Enright, and in January,
(16th) we expect to review The
Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne
Shaffer and Annie Barrows.
Shirley Mawdsley 883612
COWES BOOK GROUP
contd.
Following an interest recently
by 3 people to join our Cowes
Book Group, it would seem that
we now expect to have a full
complement of members ( Ideal
Maximum 11), so, I am sorry
but now this group is ‘Waiting
List only’ please.
Thank you.
Shirley Mawdsley
CREEK BOOK GROUP Island, it was called "Rough
In September we enjoyed One
Good Turn by Kate Atkinson and
some very good cake. Well,
actually, the cake is always very
good, but I digress. This work is
an excellently crafted series of
stories, each one containing the
kernel of the next like those
Russian dolls which are one of
the motifs in the book. Each
character is written from the
inside out and the descriptions are
excellent.
October’s read was I know why
the Caged Bird Sings by Maya
Angelou. Journalist, cook, dancer,
actress and civil rights activist,
Maya Angelou started writing as
a dare as she approached her 40s.
This largely autobiographical
book about her vividly recalled
childhood is a testament to
toughness, acceptance and
adaptability.
Our final book was a disturbing,
post-apocalyptic tale about the
struggle of a father and his six
year old son to survive.
Excellently written, harrowing,
with chilling descriptions and
scenes, thank goodness there was
a small crumb of comfort at the
end.
Debbie Zumbeel 400300
Sally Lester here with
the Newport book
group news.....
June 14, we read "The Lost
Continent" by Bill Bryson to very
mixed reviews.
July 14, I had a collection of
Agatha Christie books, so took
them to the group and asked
people to try and pick a book they
had not read before, it worked
well and of course everyone loves
this author.
August 14, we read the book
"Dissolution by C.J. Sansom, I
think this person was an islander,
and the book was brilliant, set in
Henry 8th time, just one person in
the group didnt think much of it.
September 14, was my
choice .............it was called
"BAUDOLINO" by Eco
Umberto, a very strange book,
only one of us managed to read it
to the end.
October 14, we read a book by
Patrick Gale who was born on the
Music" and again it was very
mixed reviews on this one.
November 14, "Death in St.
James Park" by Susanna Gregory,
was set in London in the mid
1660s and about the corruption of
the Post Office, most of us loved
it.
The book we are to read now is
"The Taliban Cricket Club " for
our December meeting.
We meet on the first Monday of
each month in "The Waverley" in
Carisbrooke, we meet at 12 noon,
discuss the book we had read,
then most of us stay for lunch, it
is a nice social few hours and
there are 8 of us, so room for
some more bookworms :)
Phone 759375
BOOK GROUP 1
BONCHURCH
The Modern Novel
Our Summer reading has been
very enjoyable, three books
which most would like.
First was ‘Purple Hibiscus’ by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a
book several of us had read and
happily re-read. With a
background of Nigerian village
life in a time of change, fifteen
year old Kambili tells an
enthralling tale. This is a
remarkable first novel from a
gifted young writer who has
continued to prove her talent.
Next we had a change by reading
Barbara Pym’s ‘Jane and
Prudence’ a light tale written in
1953 with two well drawn main
characters, bossy untidy Vicar’s
wife Jane and immaculate
husband seeking Prudence.
Lovely period details, Pym is
particularly good on clothes and
furnishings.
Our final Summer book was
‘Longbourn’ by Jo Baker who has
cleverly woven a story around the
servants of the Bennet family of
‘Pride and Prejudice.’ The very
hard life and the relationships of
the servants are all drawn as a
background to Jane Austen’s
story, for the most part keeping to
it faithfully and so filling out the
original story not impairing it.
Ann Allen 852037
LAKE AND SANDOWN
CREATIVE WRITING
GROUP
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A warm and friendly welcome
would greet you at our creative
writing group which meets twice
a month. We are a keen band who
are willing to explore a whole
spectrum of skills to tap our latent
talents. We have written short
stories, plays, poetry,
autobiography and investigated
how to build characters and plots
for longer works. New members
would bring their own
experiences enriching their own
writing and thereby bringing
benefits to the group.
and joy within the group, but
that's life. "C'est la vie". Our
latest joy was in November
celebrating the 92nd birthday of
Barbara Jones. Barbara is a very
active lady and we enjoy hearing
the tales of her travels to the
mainland, in French, of course!
As usual in October we also
celebrated the life of the Belgium/
French speaking singer Jacques
Brel who wrote many songs,
perhaps the most well-known is
"The Impossible Dream" from
"Don Quichotte". In October,
since his death one radio station
in France devotes a whole day to
Please contact Janet Hope
his music. Devotion indeed! The
404387 for further details.
group wish everyone "Joyeux
Noel" et "bonne annee" Merry
New - CREATIVE
Christmas and a Happy New
WRITING GROUP
Year".
Due to writing group 2 (Carol
Gask) being full, a new group has Georgina Marsh 564217
been set up.
The group will meet twice a
month on a Wednesday morning
at the Woodsman Arms
(Wootton), 10-12pm.
The Woodsman Arms has plenty
of parking with refreshments
available. For those who don’t
drive a bus stop is close by.
The next group meeting will be
on the 10th December with the
group restarting after Christmas
on the 7th January.
ISLAND THEATRE
GROUP
Our December Theatre outing
will be the Irving Berlin classic
‘White Christmas’ at the Shanklin
Theatre. Thursday December 4th
at 7.30 Tickets £15. This musical
is on in the West End of London
at present, but we are lucky
enough to be able to see it near
our own homes, plus the
Savoyards are a superb Amateur
Company, very talented in every
way including sets and costumes.
If you’re interested in joining or I AM CANCELLING The
would like more information
Apollo’s ‘Hard Luck Holmes’ as
listed in the last Newsletter as
please phone Nicola on: 01983
figures have been poor, and I will
718767
not be able to take a party at that
time. Book for yourself for a fun
filled evening.
SPANISH GROUP
Hola! We are nine in number and OUR 2015 THEATRE GOING
are continuing to get a grip on the SEASON will start on Thursday
12th February at the Apollo with
Spanish language!
Unfortunately, for every two new ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, the
famous drama by Tennessee
words we learn, we forget one
Williams. There will be supper
other! Regardless, two of our
before if you wish at The
group have visited Spain on
Wheatsheaf.
holiday to put their knowledge
into practice. We always have a Ann Allen, 852037
good laugh half way through over
a cuppa. We are fully booked at
present, but I am happy to put
RECORDED MUSIC
your name on a waiting list.
Our next meeting is on Tuesday
Hasta luego and Feliz Navidad
2nd December 2014 at 2.15pm
here at 5, Forest Way, Winford.
Peter Neeves
We have had a quiet period over
the Summer months but hope to
improve this winter. There are
FRENCH
five in the Group but we would
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like to increase our number. The
Another year is nearly over and
meetings are friendly, (with a
we have experienced both regret
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break for tea and biscuits), plus a
concert of classical music but
trying to please all tastes and
including Opera, ‘ the Old
Masters’ and a smattering of new
composers.
If you would like to join ring Bill
on 868073.
POETRY AT RYDE
The Poetry Group has flourished
with a few new members since
September. We have enjoyed
sharing each others chosen
poems during our ‘own choice’
sessions and we have had an
interesting look at narrative and
story telling poems. At present
we are reading ‘The Song of
Hiawatha’ by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow and have learnt that
the extracts we remember from
schooldays, and recited with
glee, bear only slight justice to
the complete work which
consists of twenty two chapters
of beautiful, lyrical and
descriptive verse. Longfellow
wrote that he wanted it to be
valued as a work of American,
Romantic Literature which
would give chapter and verse to
the legends of the Indian people.
Their chief value being that they
were Indian legends as told to
him. We shall need more
sessions to read it as we are only
up to Chapter Three.
Evelyn Robson 868073
remake the following month, to
add to our half time friendly
discussion.
We charge £1 to cover expenses
and a few nibbles.
Molly Dodd 524567
292976. We would like to see all
our part-timer's join us too.
Vern Morris 292976
PATCHWORK AND
QUILTING 1
DINING OUT FOR FUN
MAKE YOUR OWN
PORK PIE!
BUS (1)
This Group, which is now run cooperatively by the members, is
REMEMBER WHEN?
flourishing. We do not meet in
Our small group continues as
December as there is almost too
REMINISCING
usual. At our last meeting our
much dining in our home lives!
We have had a lively last
leader demonstrated an unusual
However, we shall be looking
meeting where we discussed our new technique. It involved
forward to meeting again, as
‘Good Time’ and ‘Bad Time’ in sewing fabric to a special
always, on the last Wednesday of
depth with some artistry from
background, doing lots of
January. Details as follows:
Brian our resident magician.
random stitching on it and then
Some interesting stories were
using a steam iron which reduced Wednesday January 28th 6.30 for
7.00 pm Burrs Restaurant,
told of memories rekindled and
the size and gave it a raised
Lugley Street, Newport. Contact
photographs. Our next subject for effect. It was interesting to see
the meeting on 18th November is how all our samples turned out so Ann and Stuart Allen 852037
‘My Most interesting Trip’. The differently. Next month we will Wednesday February 25th The
New Holmwood Hotel, sea front
group numbers between six and be having our Christmas lunch
seven and would welcome new
hosted as usual by our leader and Cowes.
Contact Marie Hunter 291439
members. We meet at 5, Forest
then looking forward to more
Way, Winford at 2.15pm on the happy stitching in 2015.
third Tuesday of the month.
Anne Tilley
Please ring Bill 868073
PUB LUNCHES BY
MAH JONG - - ALL
LEVELS AND
ADVANCED
No pub lunch in December.
Tues. 6th January 2015
I spent many years in the middle The Merrie Garden Pub
East - many of them without
Newport Rd. Lake.
This is a game for four people
family, this is where I learnt to
No.8 bus from Newport getting
played with tiles. Players try to
cook
and
now
have
a
variety
of
off at Morrison's supermarket,
collect ’hands’ which are set
recipes reflective of those times. Lake.
patterns of tiles. The ‘hand’
called Little Robert put in a brief Christine, my wife has increased Tues. 3rd February 2015
The Eight Bells
appearance recently and both the my repertoire and together we
love to share recipes with our
High St. Carisbrooke.
Wriggling Dragon and the
group and friends.
Bus no.7 from Newport.
Wriggling Snake have been
Tues. 3rd March 2015
hanging around. Although there If you are on your own or just
interested
in
cookery
please
join
Wetherspoons Pub
are many rules to learn, if you
us to swap recipes!
Union St. Ryde.
find
you
enjoy
the
game
you
can
SOLO WHIST
Call me:No.9 from Newport.
quickly
become
addicted!
We continue to meet on a
Mike and Christine Beardmore To book your place on the Feb.
Debbie
Zumbeel
400300
Tuesday afternoon here in Lake
March lunches please ring
754327
for a convivial game of cards.
Rosemary Marks tel 406590 as I
Numbers are growing but we still BRIDGE GROUP
will be away for those 2 months.
WALKING
GROUP
1
have a few more places available Firstly, I'd like to thank Colin for
Seasons Greetings Maggie
deputising whilst I was on
if you would like to join our
Hough tel 292689
Please
note
the
change
of
times
friendly group. Full instructions holiday in Shanghai visiting my
and
distances
from
previous
youngest
son
&
his
family.
are provided and advice is always
dates.
Secondly, I'd like to welcome
PUB LUNCHES BY
available. We start at 1.45 for a
2pm start of play, finish at 5pm. Alice & Bert to our group having Monday, December 1st about 3
BUS (2)
miles.
Come along, you might enjoy it! joined while I was away. Hope
January 12th The Waverley Top
you've both enjoyed the sessions Meet on Colwell Common Road of the High St in Carisbrooke 12Further details from:
at 2 pm. We will attempt a beach
so far.
John Zumbeel 400300
1230 No 7 Bus from Newport
Thirdly, it's been decided by the scramble to Alum Bay and return every 30mins
by bus! Mince pies and a hot
February 9th The Prince of
OLD MOVIES GROUP members who attended on the
drink afterwards.
23rd
September
that
this
year's
Wales Opposite
After an enjoyable afternoon
annual Christmas Lunch will be Monday January 5th, 2015. 6
Osborne House in East Cowes
meeting other group leaders on
miles.
held at the Community Club on
12-12.30 No 5 Bus from
October 23rd, I now have three
Meet outside Porchfield Village
Thursday18th December 12.30
Newport every 20 mins
new members.
Hall at 10 am.
March 9th The Sloop Wootton
We show a variety of films every pm for 1.00 pm. It will be a 2
Monday February 5th, 2015. 4
course set Christmas Menu at
Bridge about
third Wednesday in the month
miles.
£10 a head. I will need to know
12 if possible No 9 Bus either
from 2.30pm.
Meet at Blackgang View Point 2
route about every 10 mins.
They are mostly around the 40’s the numbers by 11th December.
pm.
Anybody wishing to come can
and 50’s era, romance and drama. Bridge members wishing to
Mike Beardmore 754327
they contact me
After showing the original film it attend can let me know on
Thursdays or by phoning me on
1 week beforehand. Thank you
would be nice to show the
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other web links. Then there is the Gallery where
photographs can be uploaded with suitable descriptive text.
The IWU3A Website and How
to Use It
The last page is a link to the National U3A web site which is
an incredible source of useful material and well worth a
peruse in its own right.
Go to www.iwu3a.org.uk and you will find the Isle of
Wight U3A web site, provided free through the national
U3A. There are about 400 sites based on the same template,
providing on-line description of, and information about, the
respective local U3A groups.
Our site comprises the usual Welcome screen with
Noticeboard of forthcoming events plus some publicity
material which you would be welcome to print out and
deploy locally. We then list all our local Groups, and each
Group can have its details listing, web page and photos. The
Events page lists in detail planned events for your diary. We
also list all our previous speakers and archive of previous
Newsletters for reference.
The Contact page will give you direct email links to your
committee members, plus downloadable Application Form,
Constitution and Welcome Booklet.
About only half our members are active web and email
users, so we haven't lost sight of those who are not yet
'netted, but for those who have joined the Internet world we
do endeavour to provide a full IWU3A information
provision.
Group leaders please note that information on the Groups
page must be provided to Christine Addison, Groups
Organiser, who will then pass web content on to me to
upload to the web site.
Roger Skidmore
Web manager, rogerskid@iwu3a.org.uk
01983 822900
We have a Miscellany page - this provides things like a list
of possible meeting rooms, current newsletter and useful
IWU3A Groups Listing as on website www.iwu3a.org.uk
12/11/2014. Phone Christine Addison on 282570 or email
chrisaddison51@outlook.com for more information or to find out how
to join. Also contact Christine to update or change any information.
Use this chart to see which groups meet on which particular day.
More details overleaf.
Application form to help set up a new group is available on the IWU3A
website and in this newsletter here (detachable).
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IWU3A Groups Listing as on website www.iwu3a.org.uk 12/11/2014. Phone Christine
Addison on 282570 or email chrisaddison51@outlook.com for more information or to
find out how to join. Also contact Christine to update or change any information.
IWU3A Groups Listing as on website www.iwu3a.org.uk More details are available
on the web site. You can search the national U3A for Groups of a specific nature as
all these groups are listed nationally - including ours!
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Isle of Wight
www.iwu3a.org.uk
_____________________________________________________________
Application to form an IWU3A Group
Date:
Name of U3A Applicant
GROUPS LIAISON:
Christine Addison
151 Newport Road
Cowes, IW
PO31 7ER
01983 282570
chrisaddison51@outlook.com
___________________
The IWU3A exists to promote
social interest and education
within the third age sector of
the Isle of Wight community.
It does this by arranging
meetings of general interest
and special interest groups
within its membership.
Address (incl.
Postcode)
For membership applications
please contact the membership
committee member.
Phone
email
____________________
Relevant skills, etc.
MEMBERSHIP:
Georgina Marsh
7 Golden Groves
Binstead, Ryde, IW
PO33 3UR
01983 564217
georginamarsh@aol.com
Title and Description of
group
IWU3A communicates via the
web site www.iwu3a.org.uk
and its quarterly newsletter.
Proposed location,
venue, preferred day of
week, am/pm
The IWU3A committee does not require exact details for the proposed group
because often the group evolves during its early days, but a good idea would be
helpful. There are U3A guidelines (available on U3A website) which tend to
guide groups to within an educational and cultural scope.
Please do the best you can with your details and send the form for consideration
to: GROUPS LIAISON IWU3A
Christine Addison, 151 Newport Road. Cowes, IW, PO31 7ER
01983 282570
or email to: chrisaddison51@outlook.com
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