BOOK GROUPS
ENQUIRIES TO GILLIAN FORD ON 01527 873723
FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH @ 2 PM IN AMPHLETT HALL.

WE HAVE THREE BOOK GROUPS WHO MEET ON THE SAME DAY.
1/ READING GROUP WITH BOOKS SUPPLIED BY THE LIBRARY
2/ MODERN CLASSICS WHO PROVIDE THEIR OWN BOOKS
3/ CLASSIC BOOKS WITH BOOKS OBTAINED BY THE ORGANISER.
SINGING FOR PLEASURE
ENQUIRIES TO JUDITH ROWE ON 01527 871571
FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH @ 2:45 PM IN THE METHODIST CENTRE.
SINGING FOR FUN AND TO EXERCISE YOUR LUNGS
WE ARE NOT A CHOIR, WE ARE JUST A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ENJOY SINGING. WE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS WITH MAYBE SOME NEW IDEAS. OUR SONGS INCLUDE OLD FASHIONED BALLADS AND SONGS FROM THE MUSICALS, ANYTHING LIGHT HEARTED.
HAND BELL RINGING
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SECOND MONDAY, AT THE HOME OF AUDREY & ROBIN EDWARDS 19 STATION ROAD BLACKWELL.
TO LEARN TO PLAY AND ENJOY INFORMAL HANDBELL RINGING. TO BECOME EFFECTIVE “PERFORMERS”.NEW MEMBERS ARE “TAUGHT” TECHNIQUES & THE MUSICAL NOTATION USED – NOT STANDARD. MEMBERS HAVE TO BE REASONABLY FIT AS REGARDS HANDS & ARMS ARE CONCERNED. THIS IS A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. HAS TO BE LEARNED AND PRACTISED. SOME MUSICAL SKILLS REQUIRED
LANDSCAPE HISTORY
ENQUIRIES TO PAM GOUGH SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 2 PM AT THE HOME OF PAM GOUGH,
A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE RURAL LANDSCAPE – ITS HISTORY OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE, MAINLY IN HISTORIC TIMES. ASPECTS SUCH AS LAND USE,HEDGEROWS, ROYAL FORESTS, ETC STUDIES USING MAPS, SLIDES AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.
HISTORY  
ENQUIRIES TO JOY DANIELS ON 01527 88269

THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 2 PM IN AMPHLETT HALL

WE ARE EXPLORING BRITISH HISTORY CENTURY BY CENTURY. AT THIS TIME WE HAVE REACHED THE RESTORATION. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS RESEARCH SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF A PERIOD AND THEN PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS TO THE GROUP, WHO ARE ALWAYS AN ENTHUSIASTIC AUDIENCE.
HISTORY OF ART
ENQUIRIES TO JUDITH MARSH ON 01527 874011

FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 2 PM AT THE HOME OF JUDITH MARSH

ENJOYMENT APPRECIATION EXTENSION OF KNOWLEDGE. WE MEET TO ENJOY WATCHING VIDEOS – OF WHICH WE HAVE A WIDE AND NUMUROUS VARIETY FROM BYZANTINE ART TO THE PRESENT DAY.
CALLIGRAPHY
ENQUIRIES TO JENNY HALL ON 01527 870449

THIRD MONDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 2 PM IN AMPHLETT HALL THIS MUST BE ONE OF THE QUIETEST GROUPS IN OUR U3A! WE HAVE A BLISSFUL COUPLE OF HOURS WORKING ON OUR OWN PROJECTS. WE HAVE LOTS OF STIMULATING MATERIALS AND WE ARE ALL AT DIFFERENT LEVELS - SO YOU DON’T NEED TO FEEL THAT YOU WON’T BE ANY GOOD - EVERYONE IS HELPFUL AND ENCOURAGING, JUST THINK HOW PROUD YOU WILL BE OF THAT BEAUTIFULLY HANDWRITTEN CARD TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER. COME AND TRY US OUT
READING GROUP
ENQUIRIES TO GILLIAN FORD ON 01527 873723

FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH @ 2:00 PM IN AMPHLETT HALL
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EVEN WHEN READERS MAY FEEL THEY HAVE MISSED OUT ON SOME OF THE CLASSICS WHICH THEY WISH THEY HAD READ BUT NEED A NUDGE TO GET THEM GOING. THIS GROUP HOPES TO FILL THE GAP, WE HAVE READ BOOKS BY GEORGE ELIOT, WALTER SCOTT, BALZAC, THOMAS MANN, TOLSTOY AND MANY OTHERS.
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