Change of Venue: GUIDE HUT in Trowbridge Park. There will be a charge per person of £1.50 to cover the cost of the venue.
I will set the quiz so it won’t be too difficult.
Please let Jean Stanford (details are in your newsletter) know if you can make it or just turn up.
Parking: Either the Cinema or M&S – 3hours free or Multi storey in Castle Place. 2hrs.free unless you park on the top floors.
I am arranging a visit to Tyntesfield. The house will be dressed for Christmas, and hopefully will be as magnificent as previous visits.
You will also be able to walk round the gardens (weather permitting)
The Cow Barn café and shop will be open for hot/cold drinks & hot/cold food/snacks.
This is a National Trust Property. The costs for this trip which includes coach, entry to the house (NT members free) and driver’s tip will be.
National Trust Members: £10.60
Non National Trust: £22.00
To reserve a place on this trip please email or phone Jean Stanford for
a booking form on (and not before)
Thursday 28th October at 9am.
Jean’s contact details are in your Newsletter.
Our first trip after lockdowns is to Coventry on Tuesday 14 September.
There are a few places available.
Gill and I will be working on a schedule for 2022. We need your help to do this.
If you’d like to join our little team or if you have any suggestions of places to visit.
Please contact Jean Stanford for more information
Calling all Scrabbles – old members and new. We will start playing again on Monday 13th.September
as Hilperton Village Hall. Note new time: 1.30pm to 3.30pm.
Contact Jean Stanford for more information.
Wednesday 21st July zoom presentation by John Hope on Time through the Ages.
Joining instructions will be sent out by Newsemail a few days beforehand. For further info contact Chairman
This will be on Zoom starting at 2pm.
For joining instructions please see Newsemail dated 10 April 2021 or contact Chairman.
FRENCH CONVERSATION.
Over the past year our numbers have dropped from 8 to 4. Normally we are a house group meeting on 2nd & 4th Monday in the month, in the morning.
We talk about things we’ve read, seen or listened to as well as topical news.
At present we are using ZOOM for our meetings.
We’d like more members – so if anyone would like to join us, please contact Jean Stanford via the Group Coordinator
FRENCH 2
We would like 2,even 3 more members. We try to speak French most of the time. We each usually give a short presentation of what we’ve done, seen or read in the preceding week, usually followed by questions and answers. Plus we discuss topical issues. We use French magazine – Bien Dire and Bien Dire Initial. It has many interesting articles, some of which we can listen to by CD. See attached example. We also use an outdated French Experience 2 for grammar etc. We learn from each other – not a teacher, therefore the group is always open to suggestions for things to do.
So if you have some French and would like to join us, please contact Jean Stanford via the Group Coordinator.
Hello everybody,
As you might imagine we are working behind the scenes to keep much of our U3A ticking over during the present crisis. One service that we can offer immediately is our WhatsApp U3ACHAT line, sign up for this and you can get up to the minute advice, assistance and even several friendly ears just to listen!
As the membership base progresses and hopefully with due haste, we plan to introduce onto the service items such as broadcast events for many of our existing groups. This will lend itself well to things such as quizzes and current affairs topics, science programs and much more. All of these programs will be interactive, either by text or voice. Video inserts will also be used, as well as powerpoint and other presentations!
You can receive WhatsApp on your pc or MacBook but in eithercase you will need and existing copy of the app on your smartphone. Without this the program will not run.
To join this service see your Newsemail dated 22 March or contact deputychair@westwiltsu3a.org.uk
Another way of getting on this service is to send your name and your mobile telephone number in a reply to this email.
At the current time, this service can only take up to 250 members, so don’t delay.
We will be launching a Skype service for voice communication in the coming days.
All the very best
Deputy Chair West Wilts U3A
TRIPS
In line with the government directive, it has been decided that the following trips will be cancelled
22 April to Batsford. Cheques have not been presented for payment
and will be destroyed
12 May to Reading/Basildon Park.
All future trips will be reviewed as and when the situation changes.
On behalf of the Trips Committee –
Diane, Gill, Pauline and myself. I would like to thank you for your continued
support.
Although most members will have access to this email, a significant number do not. Those who receive this email are therefor asked to spread this message to those who may not receive it.
For those who had planned to renew their membership at the door before the meeting members of the committee will be available at the door between 01:30 to 02:30 pm. to explain the situation to anyone who does not receive this message and to accept membership renewals as appropriate
Otherwise members are requested to renew either by bank transfer or cheque. Bank account details are available on the membership renewal form.
The AGM will be rescheduled once the present crisis is resolved and official information allows. Meanwhile, the existing committee members will remain in office.
As for individual groups, some venues have already been closed and others will probably follow. The decision whether or not to hold meetings will be a matter for the groups to decide. However, all group leaders are asked to keep both the Treasurer and Groups’ coordinator informed so that we do not incur expenses for halls that are not used.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
Stay healthy !
Glyn Evans
Chairman