| |
| |
| Recent events This page is updated regularly to show the wide range of activities Mansfield U3Aers enjoy so please email the web editor if you'd like to submit a few words and photos of something you'd like to share here. We
can only accept suggestions via email but that's the only condition;
the photos here are only small files so they are just as welcome if the
editor gets snaps from your phone as they would be if you have a
top-of-the-range DSLR. (Try to keep the text to around 50 words if you
can though and remember that this site is about people, not places or
things, so the editor is more likely to publish a poor photo of a
member doing something interesting in preference to a photographic
masterpiece that doesn't.) All
photos become the copyright of Mansfield and District U3A but will be
credited if they are included. No payment will be made, the editor's
decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.
Most
of the small photos on this page are clickable to open more of the same
event held on other pages here or off-site in high definition - at
Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, etc., that can you can see full-size and
download for printing if you want.
Current Affairs lunch at Forest Lodge
4th March 2010
 | Eric
Prescott |
Click the picture to see full size
Gardeners at Ashwood Nurseries
26th February 2010
 | Jackie
Ling
|
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
SEVERAL
MEMBERS OF THE MANSFIELD Gardening Group took the opportunity kindly
offered from Ashfield U3A to join their visit to the RHS Gold
Medal-winning Ashwood Nurseries at Kingswinford last Friday and what a
delight it was too for all.
It
was a special pleasure for me to revisit this superbly run and
maintained venue exactly 16 years since I last visited. The
commitment to excellence was just as I remembered only the site is now
four times bigger and we were all dazzled by the wonderful array of
Hellebores available.
Thanks, Marion Thornton and Ashfield!
Jackie Ling
Luncheon Club at Larch Farm
25th February 2010
 | David
Ling |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
Quiz Night
20th February 2010
 | Eric
Prescott |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
THE
QUIZ NIGHT HELD on the 20th of February at St. John's Centre was very
well attended and enjoyed by all, particularly the winners, 'The
magnificent eight', led by Terry Whitehead and including Lilian
Whitehead, Ann and Nick Crowe, Alan and Marlene Radford, Ruth Harper
and Ken Gilbert.
The scores for the first three highest teams
were very close and the result might have been different if more people
had known that Prince William is the current president of the Football
Association and that the queen in a standard pack of playing cards
holds a flower!
The tests were well conducted by Ian and Pauline
who had put together a very comprehensive series of questions, the
raffle run by Marion Owens was well supported and the catering, led by
Sylvia, was excellent.
Eric Prescott
New Members' Coffee Morning
1st February 2010
 | David Ling |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
It
was great to see so many new faces at St John's Centre at the second of
the new members coffee mornings since the AGM, to make some new friends
- and to watch others doing so too.
Sylvia welcomed everybody
and several Group Leaders said a few words about what they did -
attracting lots of interest and new participants to everything from
hiking to reading, in terms of physical activity.
It looks as if
at least one new interest group is now at the planning stage so look
for news soon if you're interested in digital technology in any form.
David Ling
Popular Music Appreciation Christmas Lunch
 | Peter
Haynes |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
Christmas was late for us this year as we combined our festive lunch with our January meeting.
Peter Haynes
Burns Night with Wine Appreciation 3
 | Ian
Boucher |
Graham Allin give the Address to the Haggis at the group's Burns Night celebration on 25th January.
Groups Day - 19 January 2010
 | David
Ling |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
It
was standing room only when a huge and appreciative audience of members
was entertained by some enthusiastic interest groups 'showing-off'.
It was a shame that June Fell was away on family business and so missed
the applause the Singing for Fun group won for an astonishing
performance under her grand-daughter and choir-mistress Suzy. To
perform so musically and professionally so soon after formation only
just before Christmas and after the cancellation of two rehearsals
because of snow is beyond praise.
David Ling
Winter break at Thoresby Hall
 |  | Don Wright | | Weak Link competition finalists were Lillian Whitehead, David Hobson, and right, the winner, Marilyn Stubbs. | Terry Whitehead tested general knowledge in the Pavilion Bar as Quiz Master. | |
Over
80 members of local U3As enjoyed a 4 day holiday at Warner’s, Thoresby
Hall in January. The thick snow and ice made for a perfect winter
setting – the views in the park were stunning and we were all snug and
warm inside!
A group of thespians – The Thoresby Players –
provided a variety of entertainment including a Ghost Walk, a Murder
Mystery evening and a variety of plays and shows which were all very
enjoyable.
Each evening our own Terry Whitehead conducted a general knowledge quiz in the Pavilion Bar with prizes for the winning team.
All this plus lovely comfortable rooms and delicious food – we could have stayed another week!
Pauline Boucher
Christmas Ceilidh at The William Kaye Memorial Hall
Tuesday December 8th.
 | Stuart
Fell |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
How
many of the U3A struggled from their beds on Wednesday morning after
the Ceilidh? How many of us winced as we remembered the spinning and
swinging, the swirling and slipping, the promenading and prancing that
we’d indulged in the night before in Ladybrook?
Alas, too many
of us, for we had responded gallantly to the urgings of the caller for
couples to join in, and what a night we’d had! Dances that involved
arches and contortions, passing the person on the left to get to
another one on the right, hops and skips, clapping and slapping hands
(and often other parts as we missed!)
It was fun, as all
agreed, great fun that all could join in whether or not we knew the
complicated moves. I know who I blame for my aches this morning!
Our thanks must go firstly to our U3A organisers (and the Quizmaster)
for the night; next to the band for their energy and expertise – and
patience with our galumphing; finally to the venue itself and the
pleasant staff and the good food they provided us with. A night well
spent in good company.
Mike Allen
Christmas Lunch
 | David
Ling | | |
Click the picture to see more of this event ...
Members
of Mansfield U3A enjoying their Christmas Lunch at the Derbyshire
Hotel. A bottle of champagne donated by the hotel was won by Ruth
Harper.
| |