Newsletter June14

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Thursday 5th June 2014 U3A Main Meeting, Venue: Cleethorpes Memorial Hall, from 2.00pm to 4.00pm Speaker: Lindsay Linder, Transport officer NELC on Community Transport Monday 23rd June 2014 Committee Meeting from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at Class Act, Unit 5 Granville Street, Grimsby, DN32 9PL

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Thursday 3rd July 2014 U3A Main Meeting, Venue: Cleethorpes Memorial Hall from 2.00pm to 4.00pm Speaker: Stuart Sizer on The Ghosts of Louth Thursday 10th July 2014 Outing to Castle Howard Starting at 8.00am from Memorial Hall.

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Tuesday 22nd July Committee Meeting from 2.00pm to 4.00pm at 97 Abbey Road, Grimsby, DN32 0HN

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Thursday 7th August 2014 U3A Main Meeting, Venue:Cleethorpes Memorial Hall From 2.00pm to 4.00pm

INTERESTED IN GARDENING ?

Bunny Guinness is a chartered landscape architect, journalist and radio personality who is a regular panellist on the long running BBC Radio 4 programme, Gardener's Question Time. Bunny will give a talk 'Transforming Your Garden' on Friday 4 July at Great Limber Village Hall. Entrance £16 includes glass of wine on arrival and tea/coffee and cake. If you are interested, please contact Carole Petchey Our Garden Group has very recently visited OVERBECK Garden, Scothern (near Lincoln) and experienced the sight of a very beautiful garden tenderly cared for by its owners. If you would like to enjoy a visit to this lovely garden, it will be open for a National Gardens Scheme Open Day on Saturday 12th July from 11 am - 5 pm with an admission fee of £3 (children free).

The Garden Group's next visit is at the end of July to a garden at Goulceby, Nr Louth. If you would like to join us on this visit please contact Carole Petchey on 01472 232117 or Email at sidwest@ntlworld.com

Committee was Elected on 3rd October 2013 at AGM in Cleethorpes Memorial Hal Chairman: John Wilkinson 316597 Secretary: Anne Mann 348833 Treasurer: Himanshu Ghadiali 343474 Vice Chair: Jill Maltby 752688 Brochure Co-ordinator: Anne Mann 348833 Group Co-ordinator: Pauline Campbell 813010 Publicity: Christina Hanson 871333 Membership Records: Anne Easterbrook 310061 Membership Assistant: Janet Cullum 599482 Webmaster: Geoff Lenthall 699748 Welfare: Marj Dalby 599750 Speaker Finder/Visitors: Jill Maltby 752688 Catering Team: Jenny Dutton 873613 Gill Clarke 312820 Janet Cullum 599482 Co-opted Members: Margaret Sisson 234554 Janet Parratt 239165 Information for all group Leaders/co-ordinators

It has come to our notice that some groups have non-members attending their activities. Some members have failed to renew their membership which leaves us with two problems. First, in the event of any injury or incident, a non-member will not be covered by U3A PL Insurance. That means the group leader/co-ordinator will be liable for any insurance claim. Secondly if the group is filled by non-members, it is unfair for members who are waiting to join the group. If you are unsure about the situation, please contact one of the principle officers or the Group Co-ordinator Liaising officer: Pauline Campbell at groupcoordinatorofficer@grimsbyandcleethorpesu3a.org.uk June 2014

Pauline Campbell came to Grimsby some 44 years ago with her family for work reasons and has been here ever since. She was a Legal Secretary for many years in Hull and after a 10 year break working for the local Careers Office, she returned to legal work working for two national as well as local legal firms. In the past in her leisure time she has held positions as Secretary and also Treasurer on Committees mainly to do with competitive swimming as her son and daughter were members of the Grimsby Santa Marina Swimming Club and also Cleethorpes and District Swimming Club. She was a qualified Time Keeper and travelled around the country officiating at local Swimming Galas as well as the larger district ones.

She met her husband Dave after her first marriage broke up. She purchased a house and took on a young lodger to help pay the bills, this lodger being Dave’s youngest son and Dave often visited his son and chatted to the landlady. That is how they met and they married the following year.

Dave had been in the RAF for 22 years and had lived in Germany, Gibraltar and the Shetland Islands before returning to his birthplace of Grimsby upon his retirement and in civilian life began working for a local Dental Practice.

They have lived in New Waltham since 1997 and had to move to their present property in 2010 as stairs were difficult for Pauline and the large garden was proving difficult for them both to manage without help.

They joined the Grimsby & Cleethorpes U3A some 6 or so years ago and Pauline became Membership Secretary and as they took the register at the door it enabled them to meet the members of the U3A and even to try to remember names to faces. It’s not that easy and Pauline took the first memory course which has proved invaluable when meeting new people and trying to remember names!

Pauline became Groups Liaison Officer in October 2013 although not a member of the Committee. She can usually be found helping with the raffle on General Meeting Days with her husband that is when he is not helping the two ladies in the kitchen with the washing up.

Apart from their interest in the U3A and groups they belong to Dave and Pauline between them have five sons and a daughter, thirteen grandchildren (one more due in May) and two great grandchildren.

If you know, any member is unwell, please contact Marj Dalby

How do you join a group?

Every Member, new or old, who would like to join any group (whether full or not) needs to register their interest with the group co-ordinator’s Liaison officer Pauline Campbell. E mail: groupscoordinatorofficer@grymsbyandcleethorpesu3a.org.uk.

She will contact the Group leader/co-ordinator on your behalf. The group leader/co-ordinator will then contact you with details of the group. If the group is full, you will be placed on a waiting list. You will be kept informed.

Lip Reading Group The lip reading group will meet at Tesco Community Room, from 3.00pm to 4.30pm from 1st July. Group Co-ordinator: Diana Green E mail: dianagreenclee@btinternet.com, 01472 692222 The Bird Watching Group will be going to Whisby Nature Park on 9th June for a day visit. Whisby Nature Park is a local nature reserve famous for its ponds and lake. Further visits are planned to Cleethorpes Country Park on the morning of 14th July and Alkborough Flats Nature Reserve on 8th August. Group co-ordinator: Martin Francis Bridge: We have an active Bridge Card playing group. It will break off for the summer and restart in October. You are welcome to join the group, even if you are learner. It will start again in October. We meet every Tuesday from 2 to 4pm. Group Co-ordinator: Berenice Dudeney Croquet: From 3rd June, every Tuesday afternoon from 2 to 4pm you can join the Croquet group. Beginners are also welcome. You will be passionately taught how to play. The group meets at 212a Station Road, New Waltham. Group co-ordinator: Bernice Dudeney Computer Support Group: This group will meet on Thursday 12th June, from 2.00 to 4.00pm at 97 Abbey Road, Grimsby, DN32 0HN. Group Co-ordinator: Himanshu International Cooking Indian cookery has now become International Cookery. It will meet on Monday 16th June at 2.00pm at West Marsh Community Centre. Group Co-ordinator: Margaret Sisson 01472 235445