Mansfield and District U3ANewsletter

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Established 1999HMRC Charity Registration No.: XT30525

November 2014Website: www.mansfield-u3a.org.uk

Noticeboard: http://mansfieldu3a.blogspot.com

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Welcome from your chairmanI HOPE all of us survived Halloween with trick or treat and of course Bonfire Night with allthe wonderful displays. This is truly a time for the young ones and I hope all of the youngat heart, as we in the U3A are. So welcome to the November meeting, not long toChristmas; we have our Christmas Lunch to look forward to and we must thank NormaShillinglaw for volunteering to organise the lunch. Tickets are available at the Novembermeeting. (£17.00 each by cheque to Mansfield U3A please.)

My wife, Sue, and I have just returned from the USA where we visited Washington and inThomas Jefferson's Monument there are inscriptions. I would like to share part of onewith you:

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but lawsand institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As

that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made,new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of

circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. Wemight as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy ascivilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."

I hope you agree that these words, written in 1816, are as relevant today. Cast your mindback ten years, twenty years, thirty years and compare life then with now. Things changequickly nowadays and we in the U3A need to keep abreast of them.

We have just changed our constitution and it will soon be on our website along with muchmore information. The website may become more and more our main way of keeping upwith all the news of the U3A unless someone volunteers to service the notice boards asthe present volunteer is stepping down at the end of this year. So as another great mansaid: "Ask not what your U3A can do for you but what can you do for your U3A”.

Volunteers please step forward.

As we look forward to the festive season it may be time to think of others not so fortunateand after Remembrance Day still think of those no longer with us.Bob Longden _______________________________________________________________________________________

In this issuePage 2 Welcome.Page 3 Christmas Lunch Menu. Quiz Night. Holiday Updates (start).Page 4 Holiday Updates (end). Book Table Report. Recent Events.Page 5 - 8 Interest Groups meetings diary.

Page 9 Groups News (Heartstart. Popular Music Appreciation. Art. Luncheon Club –start).

Page 10 Groups News (Luncheon Club – end. Singing for Fun. Digital World. Antiques &Collectables – start).

Page 11 Groups News (Antiques & Collectables – end. Gardening). Keeping the brain active.

Page 12 Dates for your diary and Notices.

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Mansfield U3A Christmas LunchMONDAY 1ST DECEMBER 2014 AT THE OAKHAM SUITE, 12.30 FOR 1.00I'll be taking bookings at the November meeting and will need your cheque payable to Mansfieldand District U3A for £17.00 together with your selection from the menu below.

Hope you'll be able to join us!Norma Shillinglaw

Chef's home-made roasted tomato soup, topped with mini cheese toastiePoached salmon and cod terrine, with mixed leaves, dill crème fraiche and crisp ciabatta bread

Chilled duet of melon, with fresh fruits and minted syrup

Traditional roast turkey, with chestnut & apricot stuffing, chipolata & bacon roll and pan gravyPan-fried fillet of sea bass, on spring onion crushed potato cake, with wine & dill cream sauce

Wild mushroom and courgette stroganoff, served with a timbale of fragrant riceAlI main courses are served with fresh seasonal vegetables and potatoes

Traditional Christmas pudding, with fresh rum sauceZesty lemon panacotta, with a poached strawberry & vanilla compote and ginger crumble

Selection of cheeses, with crisp celery snippets and black grapes

Freshly brewed tea & coffee, with warm mince pies______________________________________________________________________________

Annual Fun Quiz NightSATURDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 2015 AT QUEEN ELIZABETH’S ACADEMY.Come along to our annual fun quiz night and you may win a cash prize! Organise yourself a team,(maximum 8 players per team) or just come along and join a team on the night.

Cost £7.00 to include buffet supper. More details later.

Pauline Boucher, 01623 644798, pauline12boucher@yahoo.co.uk

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Holiday updatesTHORESBY: 2nd - 6th Feb 2015. £190pp. Waiting list in operation, look on the website or contact Terry Whitehead 01623 626991 for details.

THURSFORD SPECTACULAR: 3rd, 4th & 5th December 2014It is important that you pick up your packs for Thursford at the November meeting since they containyour luggage labels, coach plans, itineraries and a couple of maps. The following information I shallannounce but am also writing it in the newsletter as a reminder. All those in the Mansfield Wood-house area who would like to park at the Sidings or even get on the coach there after beingdropped off, must tell me at the meeting because the driver will obviously need to know and also theTravel company have to be informed. You will need to be there by 9.15am and the rest should be infront of 'Iceland' on Walkden Street no later than 9.45am. We shall be leaving at 10am.

DANUBE RIVER CRUISE: 11th - 20th April 2015 All deposits will be sent off to the Travel Company after the 21st November as I am hoping that Ican sell the last two cabins that are on the Panorama deck. The River Cruise Line is holding thesecabins for us until then. Full information is available on my table. Do remember this cruise, with allthe excursions included, is very good value for money. Incidentally balances will be due no laterthan the February meeting.

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LAKE DISTRICT: 22nd - 26th June in Penrith (Shire Hotel)Deposits have been received by the Travel Company. Policies for those who have taken out thecompany's insurance have come through and can be collected from my table. Balances for thisholiday to be paid no later than the April meeting.

If you are interested in any of the holidays, please come and put your name on my waiting list. Margaret Burlinson (01623 632538, marburl@lineone.net) Details of all holidays are on the website …________________________________________________________________________________________

Book Table ReportSALE OF books in October raised £37.60. Figures are a bit down; perhaps Kindle has something todo with it? Variable font size may help the visually challenged but our books are only 40p each.

For new members: the books are ALL 40p, cheaper than most charity shops and all the proceedsgo to keeping the annual Mansfield U3A subs down. Books are generally kept for 3 months in ourlarge dry garage, after which they are donated to charity.

From the back corner we have magazines (20p each) and cookery books. Then anticlockwise thenext table contains travel, autobiography and factual material. A couple of boxes of DVDs and CDs(20p) and then round the corner books by male authors. Some types of book are more suited tomale readers, such as murder, war and horror. Patricia Cornwell etc. are kept in this section. Thenround the corner again are female authors' books.

Why not spend 10 minutes before the meeting starts picking up a book for Christmas? Then youcan see what books you can bring in the following month. Having said that, there is no book stall inDecember so get down to the stall now and finish reading your magazine when you get home. Lilian Whitehead________________________________________________________________________________________

Recent Events

Antiques and Collectables anniversaryFOR OUR first anniversary meeting we invited allthe members who are waiting to join the group tocome along. Twelve of them came and togetherwith the regulars we had a full house.

Our guest speaker was Rodney Cousins, aretired museum curator, who brought along someobjects from yesteryear for a quiz called ‘Itemsfrom Granny’s Attic’.

Some of the items looked familiar and others notso. Each item was given a number and then wewere provided with a sheet of cryptic clues tomatch to the items. Not too difficult you wouldthink except that there were more items thanclues to deliberately confuse us. As well as thatsome of the clues could easily match more thanone object!

There was much discussion, laughter andsharing of answers. More than once I heard'What did you get for that one?' It was all very light-hearted and entertaining. The winners were AvrilMcGee, shown with Rodney on the front page, and Sue Longden. Congratulations to them.Pat Blackwell

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Key to Meetings details: THIS TABLE SHOWS THE DAY of the month, time and frequency using the first two letters of theday, followed by numbers 1 - 5 to represent the week number. The final letter M (or F, W or V) indic-ates that the group meets monthly, fortnightly, weekly or at variable intervals.

So 'Tu2, 2.30 - V M' would mean a group meeting on the 2nd Tuesday at 2.30pm Monthly but withVariable finish times.

The main Mansfield and District U3A meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of each month (except Augustand December) at the Oakham Suite, 155 Nottingham Road, Mansfield from 10 am - 12.30 pm.

All members are invited to contact the relevant Group Leader if they would like to participate in anyinterest group or attend an event. NB: * indicates a waiting list.

Interest Group Meetings Meeting Places Leader/Contact

Afternoon Teas TBA TBA Sheila Whalley 01623 453908

Next Meetings: Sat. Dec.13th – 2pm Delia's at Carr Bank Park. £15.90 x 2; Sat. Jan.10th – 1pm Lunch at Il Rosso, Nottingham Road, Mansfield. £10.

Antiques and Collectables *

Tu 2, 10 - 12 M Stanhope Centre, Bridge Street,Mansfield

Pat Blackwell01623 481745

Next Meeting: 18th November – Members' choice.

Art We3, 10 - 12 M Big Barn Lane Methodist Church, Mansfield

Linda Spray 01623 795176

Next Meetings: Nov. 19th – Birds; Dec. 17th. – TBA.

Art Appreciation Mo1, 2.00 - 4.00 M Stanhope Centre, Bridge Street,Mansfield

Pauline Boucher01623 644798

Next meetings: Mon. Dec.1st – Festive Soiree at Pauline & Ian's 6.30pm. Mon. Jan.5th – Animals in Art. Bring your favourite painting.

Beginners' Bridge(With Ashfield U3A)

Mo, Various 6.30 - 9.00

Enviro Centre, Derby Rd College,Mansfield

Maxine Rose/GlenisCarr 01623 459081/627735

Next Meetings: TBA (Also Acol sessions at the Mechanics Institute – Thurs 10 - 12.30 W)

Bowls TuW 2.30 – 4.00 Lammas Sports Centre, Sutton

Don Wright01623 628946

Next Meetings: Cost £3.00. All welcome, including beginners, but flat / bowls shoes must be worn.

Caravan & M'home Rally

Various Various Terry Lammas01623 471963

Next Meeting: Dec. 11th - 14th – CC site at Castleton for festive meet in Peak Cavern.

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Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact

Chat and Stitch Mo3, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's Centre, Mansfield

Doreen Storer01623 407731

Next Meetings: Nov. 17th; then Christmas break.

Current Affairs Tu2, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's Centre, Mansfield

Norma Shillinglaw01623 466934

Next Meetings: No meeting in December; then as usual from Tues. Jan.13th.

Digital World Fri 2, 2.00 - 4.00 M Stanton Hill Baptist Church, Skegby

David Ling01623 822994

Next Meetings: Nov. 28th – Topic: 'Festive'; white balance with Lightroom; No meeting in Dec.

Family History Tu4, 10.00 - 12.00 M St John's Centre, Mansfield

Max Clarke01623 621744

Next Meetings: Nov. 25th. No meeting December.

Film Studies * We1, 1.30 - V M Joy's home Joy Crowe01623 645400

Next Meetings: Dec. 3rd; Jan. 7th.

Garden Visits During the Summer Various Janet Whitlam01623 635607

Next Visit: TBA.

Gardening Tu1, 10.00 - 12.00 M St Peter's Centre, Mansfield

Avril McGee01623 452688

Next Meetings: Winter break until March 2015.

Heartstart Wed. 12th Nov6.00 - 8.00 pm

William Kaye Hall, Ladybrook Lane

Linda Leivers 01623 471963

Next Meetings: TBA.

History Th 2, 2.00 – 4.00 William Kaye Hall, Ladybrook Lane

Linda Spray 01623 795176

Next Meeting: 8th January.

Holidays (Home & Abroad)

Various TBA Margaret Burlinson01623 632538

Next holidays: Wed. 3rd - Fri. 5th Dec. – Thursford Xmas Spectacular; 2015: Mon. 2nd - Fri. 6th Feb. – Thoresby Hall; Sat. 11th - Mon. 20th April – Danube Cruise; Mon. 22nd - Fri. 26th June – Lake District.

Local History Fri1, 10.00 - 12.00 M Bridge Street Methodist Church

Bob & Sue Longden01623 486903

Next Meetings: Dec. 5th – Quiz & Fuddle by Bob & Sue.

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Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact

Luncheon Club Th after 3rd Tu, 12.00 - 2.00 M

Various David Ling01623 822994

Next Meetings: Nov. 20th – Fothergill's (Full); Dec. 11th – Launay's 'Joyeux Noel'.

Movement to Music W 10.30 - 11.30 W St John's Church Hall

Linda Leivers 01623 471963

Next Meetings: Weekly on Wednesdays. Cost £4.00 per session.

Music Groups

Classical Music 2 Mo4, 2.00 - 4.00 M Members' homes Peter Hart01623 620940

Next Meetings: Nov. 24th – Nature in Music; No meeting in December.

Music 2 * Mo4, 2.00 - 4.30 M Members' homes Eric Prescott 01623 631160

Next Meeting: As per calendar.

Popular Music Appreciation *

Tu4, 2.00 - 4.00 M St John's School, Mansfield

Peter Haynes 01623 610886

Next Meetings: As per calendar.

Pudding Club * Tu1, 4.00 - 6.00 M Members' homes Sylvia Slack 01623 633981

Next Meetings: No meeting in December.

Reading 1 Th3, 2.00 - 4.00 M Peter Dawson's home

Peter Dawson 01623 882191

Next Meetings: As per calendar

Reading 2 Tu3, 2.00 - 4.00 M Ravenshead Library Joan Hufton01623 557488

Next Meetings: As per calendar.

Science & Technical Tu1, 2.00 - 4.00 M Stanton Hill Baptist Church, Skegby

Ian Boucher01623 644798

Next Meetings: December 2nd – Christmas Surprise.

Scrabble * Mo2, 2.00 - 4 .00 M Brenda Thurkettle's home

Brenda Thurkettle01623 628136

Next Meetings: As per calendar.

Singing for Fun TuV, 5.45 - 7.15 St Alban's Church, Forest Town

June Fell 01623 623547

Next Meetings: Nov. 25th; Dec. 2nd Next Concert: Sunday Dec. 14th – Christmas Concert at St Alban's, 3pm.

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Interest Group Meetings Meeting Place Leader/Contact

Tai Chi Mo, 9.30 - 10.30 W St John's Centre,Mansfield

Cliff Laycock01623 481985

Next Meetings: Weekly on Mondays.

Theatre Visits Various Various Sheila Whalley01623 45390

Next Visits: 22nd Nov. – River Dance; Wed. Feb.11th – Barnum. Check website/desk for details.

Walking Groups

Hikers (all-day, 6 - 8 miles)

Th1 & Mo3, 9.30 - V 2/M

Tesco car park, off Oak Tree Lane

Peter Thurkettle 01623 628136

Next Meetings: Thurs. Dec. 4th – Laxton; Mon. Dec. 15th – Poolsbrook (meal after?); Thurs. Jan. 8th – Idle Valley Nature Reserve; Mon. Jan. 19th – Belper.

Shufflers(short & gentle)

V Lunchtimes Various Sylvia Slack 01623 633981

Next Meetings: Wed. Nov. 19th – Rumbles Cafe, Sutton Lawn.

Strollers(a leisurely 2 miles)

We2, 10.30 - V M Various Barbara Massey / Marion Thornton 01623 628357 / 01623 651528

Next Meetings: Wed.12th Nov – The Lawns. Sutton in Ashfield.

Walkers(an easy 4 - 5 miles)

We4, 10.30 – V M Various Joy & Nick Crowe01623 645400

Next Meetings: Nov. 26th – Sherwood Forest.

Wine Appreciation 2 * We3, 7.30 - V M Members' homes Mike Allen 01623 653345

Next Meetings: Dec. 10th – Sharing Supper (Bob and Sue); Jan. 21st – Burgundy at Mike's.

Wine Appreciation 3 * Tu4, 7.30 - V M Members' homes Graham Allin01623 473662

Next Meetings: Nov. 25th – Sauvignon Blanc with Ian and Pauline; Dec. 13th (Sat) – Christmas Social with Ron and Carole.

Writing for Pleasure * Mo2, 2.00 - 4.00 M Stanhope Centre, Bridge Street,Mansfield

Sue Ford / Hilary Miller 01623 844286 / 620067

Next Meetings: As per calendar.

Just had my water bill of £175. Oxfam can supply a whole village for £2 a month; time to change I think.

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Groups News

HeartstartLINDA LEIVERS'S Heart Start initiative, lead by Sharron Reynolds's team at William Kaye Hall,Ladybrook Lane and funded by the British Heart Foundation, has suffered delays and set-backs totheir heart-awareness course over several months so I was delighted that my opportunity came uprecently.

What an important and helpful course it proved to be in bringing awareness, knowledge and skills toanyone presented with a sudden heart-alarm incident.

Sharron says over 70 U3A members have taken the course, which might reassure members thatthere is no safer place to be than a U3A general meeting! But sadly you might die as a result, if toomany first-responders leap on you in their eagerness to demonstrate newly-acquired skills and theopportunity to help, or argue and waste valuable time in discussion.

Time is of the essence, they say. But so is knowledge!Jackie Ling

Popular Music AppreciationOur November meeting is our little Christmas Party as we don't meet in December.

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone for their support throughout the year.

Subs are due by the January meeting. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a VeryMerry Christmas and a Happy&Healthy New Year. Peter Haynes

ArtWE MET on 15th October with 11 members. Itwas self-portrait day and seemingly everyoneenjoyed this session either by using photo-graphs of themselves or by using smallpedestal mirrors to look at themselves.

It was observed by Michael Morton thateveryone had made themselves look yearsyounger!

I left some wrinkles off mine. However, it is very difficult to show any kind of age on portraits andachieving a resemblance to the sitter is virtually impossible for the novice, like myself.

We meet again on 19 November, when we'll be trying our hand at drawing or painting birds.Linda Spray

Luncheon ClubOUR OCTOBER lunch at the recently-refurbished Denby Lodge at Ripley attracted four newmembers who took-up my invitation at the October monthly meeting to join us as the best way toovercome any understandable shyness they might feel in trying to make friends in a hall full ofpeople they don't know.

And the proof is in the pudding (pardon the pun!) as all four fitted-in quickly in true Mansfield U3Astyle and told me they want to get involved with more interest groups. One even asked abouthelping with the website, another offered to organise a lunch and a third about starting a golf group

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– all within the first three days of their membership! (Linda Leivers is now helping the golfer and Ihope she'll have news soon.)

Other interest groups that will soon have new recruits, if they haven't already, include Singing forFun, Chat & Stitch, Walking, Caravans & Motorhomes, Art, Gardening and Garden Visits. So manythanks to Norma Shillinglaw, whose gave me the same advice years ago..

Thanks are also due to Gordon and Sue Howlett, whose debut lunch organisation was a triumph. Idon't know how they found such an outstanding combination of friendly and efficient service at suchlow prices so we're all looking forward to more suggestions from them. (The cream on the top of thislunch – another pun – was that many members indulged in some retail therapy afterwards at theDenby Pottery factory outlet nearby.)

Our November lunch at Fothergill's – the refurbished Lamb's – is already sold out with a waiting listbut bookings are open for this year's 'Joyeux Noel' fine-dining lunch at Launay's on 11th Decemberwith prices ranging from £15.95 for 2 courses to £38.50 for 5. (Guests welcome but pre-bookplease with £10 deposit.). Menu highlights include oysters, seared salmon, blade of beef Bour-guignon, beetroot risotto, guinea fowl, cassoulet, tarte tatin and chef's famous chocolate pot.

Please pre-book at the Lunch Club table or by email to dlpruk@aol.com.David Ling (01623 822994) Photos on the website ...

Singing for Fun DATE FOR YOUR DIARYDon’t miss the next concert at St Alban's Church, Forest Town on Sunday 14th December.Hilary Miller

Digital WorldOUR OCTOBER theme of 'Autumn' hadmembers thinking colours, Halloween andfireworks and many submissions demon-strated some new-found skills with the Light-room editing software that's proving popularwith newcomers as a step onwards frommembers' favourite Picasa, without the chal-lenges of learning Photoshop.

We have a few vacancies so do come alongto Stanton Hill Baptist Church on any secondFriday in the month (2.00 – 4.00), apart fromDecember, and join in. It doesn't matter howmuch or little you know or what camera youuse as we all gain by learning from eachother.David Ling (01623 822994)

Antiques and CollectablesAT OUR September meeting, we celebrated our 1st birthday with a quiz with cryptic clues on itemsfrom Granny’s Attic, provided by Rodney Cousins. It proved to be a fun event as Pat reports onpage 4 and I am sure everyone gained some knowledge.

During the course of the year, our meetings have covered many topics, Royal Memorabilia, Glass,Christmas & Seasonal, Treen, Silver, Textiles, War Related Items, Paper, Books & Publications,Advertising, and Bowls.

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Each member brought an item relating to the topic and provided some interesting information aboutit. Sometimes it was factual, other times anecdotal, but always very interesting. What would we dowithout the internet for our research?

Many items prompted memories and often other members said “Oh, I had one of those”.

We had a coach trip to Hemswell Antiques Centre, there was an ‘interesting’ variety of items forsale, and it was certainly a trip down Memory Lane. There were various places serving food at reas-onable prices and everyone seemed to have enjoyed the day.

Thank you to Pat Blackwell and her able assistants Marlene and Ian for setting up this group. Wehave all learned more about antiques this year and look forward to next year.Brenda Corbett

GardeningTHERE WAS a good turnout for the last Gardening Group meeting of 2014 earlier this month. Ourmembers have thoroughly enjoyed 9 months of interesting and varied speakers and topics andwhat a glorious summer and autumn we have had to get into our gardens and enjoy visiting otherpeople’s gardens!

We have been learning about garden design and history, roses and lillies and even been behind thescenes in a small nursery. We have shared produce and recipes from each other’s gardens, taxedour brains in Jackie’s Quiz and learned how to arrange the flowers and foliage that we have grown.How can we forget the beautiful sweet peas at Easton Walled Garden?

Now we have a short break, during which time the Gardening Group organisers will get our headstogether to arrange what we hope will be another exciting programme for 2015.Avril McGee______________________________________________________________________________

Keeping the brain active can keep mental deterioration at bay and even stave-off depres-sion, researchers have found.

RETIREMENT usually coincides with the start of the natural decline in brain power and the switchfrom busy work life to the slower pace of old age can leave a void needing to be filled with tasks thatare mentally stimulating. However, a hobby such as reading, socialising or travelling that is mentallyengaging and enjoyable preserves your brainpower and boosts mental health during retirement,scientists have found.

The slowdown in activity when people start drawing their pension means the brain is used less andless, having long-term implications for its ability to perform properly. Anyone who exhibits even themildest signs of depression is likely to suffer a decline in brainpower once they leave work.

The more pensioners took part in activities that are enjoyable and mentally demanding, the lesslikely they are to experience a decline in brainpower, while keeping the activities varied boosts brainhealth and longevity, it is said.

Clinical psychologist Dr Larry Baer led the study at Concordia University in Montreal. He explained:"Retirement usually occurs right around the time when normal age-related declines in cognitivefunction come to the fore. So it is important to understand what is happening to brainpower duringthis period and to identify risk factors for mental decline, as well as protect against it … by gettingpeople to engage in a variety of cognitive activities even if they lack the motivation to do so."

Dr Baer's team looked at reports conducted over four years from 333 retirees, who had an averageage of 59 , were in good health overall and were without any serious mobility limitations.

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______________________________________________________________________________Speakers' CornerOUR speaker today is Matt Palmer, who has been teaching art for over 20 years. Hehas appeared on Sky TV & on the Create & Craft programme. He uses the localenvironment to inspire his paintings from rural Derbyshire to collieries. Also hispainting holidays inspire his works of the sea and coastline.

Today Matt will paint a winter scene for us giving tips along the way. ______________________________________________________________________________Dates for your diary (Check the website for more information and updates.)Mon. 1st Dec: MANSFIELD AND DISTRICT U3A CHRISTMAS LUNCH at the Oakham Suite.12.30 for 1.00pm. Tickets £17.00pp from Norma Shillinglaw

Some Social Group things to look forward to in 2015:Sat. 28th Feb: FUN QUIZ NIGHT at Q. Elizabeth's Academy. Tickets: £7.00pp, inc. buffet supperwill be on sale at the monthly meetings. Don't leave it too late or you might miss out!Fri. 8th May: COFFEE MORNING at The Towers. Details in due course.Tues. 18th Aug: ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC at Q. Elizabeth's Academy. Details in due course.Linda Leivers_____________________________________________________________________________Event and Visit PaymentsMEMBERS are reminded that deposits and payments for events and visits organised by MansfieldU3A and its interest groups are non-refundable, but places so reserved may be offered to others.______________________________________________________________________________Changes of address, etc.PLEASE contact the membership secretary, Avril McGee (01623 452688), if you've changed youraddress, phone number or email since joining Mansfield U3A so that she can update our records.______________________________________________________________________________DisclaimerTHE VIEWS expressed here are those of the contributors, only, and do not necessarily reflect thoseof the editor, the committee of Mansfield U3A or the Third Age Trust. Nor can any responsibility beaccepted for members' announcements or any errors that may occur.______________________________________________________________________________Next IssuePLEASE SEND contributions for the December on-line issue to mansfieldu3a@aol.com,or in typescript, to the editor as soon as you can and by 1st December at the latest.Thanks!______________________________________________________________________________

Editor: David Ling (01623 822994) Printed by: Portland Print (www.portlandprint.org.uk/)

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