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Thursday 6th March 2014 U3A Main Meeting Venue: Cleethorpes Memorial Hall 2pm-4pm Speaker: Sarah Taylor from Christian Action Resource Enterprise, will talk about all their activities, particularly Daily Bread Food Larder Tuesday 25th march 2014 Exec Committee Meeting 2.30pm at Friends of Welholme , Unit 5, Granville Street, Grimsby, DN32 5PL Please note time and venue

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Thursday 17th April 2014 “An Open Day” from 11.00am to 3.00pm at Cleethorpes memorial Hall

I don't care about age very much. I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

Please visit new website: www.grimsbyandcleethorpesu3a.org.uk To access the whole website you need to be able to login with your e mail address or your username. When you are registered on this website you will receive an e mail informing you of your password. When you login with your e mail and password you can go into your profile page and change your password and your username.

We would like your views and opinions.

Play Reading Group

This group is back to normal date i.e. the second Thursday from 2-4pm

In January we held our fourth Birthday Party, when we had an hour’s extension, and finished “Night Must Fall” before reading extracts from an unpublished pantomime by one of our members. We have room for two or three new members.

David Muir Group Co-ordinator

Drama & Entertainment Group: Why not to take up the opportunity to become a performing artist? Christina Hanson is hoping to restart this group. Please contact her on tel: 871333 email: christina76@talktalk.net Computer / IT Support Group Are you afraid to handle a computer? Here is your opportunity to learn.

You will get support whatever your level, novice to expert. There is no meeting in March. next meeting will be Thursday, 24th April 2014 from 2.00 to 4.00pm at 97 Abbey Road, Grimsby, DN32 0HN contact Himanshu Ghadiali

Committee was Elected on 3rd October 2013 at AGM in Cleethorpes Memorial Hal Chairman: Secretary: Treasurer: Vice Chair: Brochure Co-ordinator: Group Co-ordinator: Publicity: Membership Records: Membership Assistant: Webmaster: Welfare: Speaker Finder/Visitors: Catering Team:

John Wilkinson Anne Mann Himanshu Ghadiali Jill Maltby Anne Mann Pauline Campbell Christina Hanson Anne Easterbrook Janet Cullum Geoff Lenthall Marj Dalby Jill Maltby Jenny Dutton Gill Clarke Janet Cullum

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Geoff Lenthall Webmaster Geoff was born in Langold, Nottinghamshire, moved to Brigg and then Scunthorpe. Educated at Scunthorpe Grammar School.

Joined Westminster Bank on 1941, serving in Scunthorpe, Grimsby, Leicester and Loughborough Volunteered for aircrew in RAF in 1943 and was placed on deferred service until July 1944- Air Crew Reception Centre in London- evacuated to Torquay due to V1 and V2 raids. Misemployed as an Accountant and Motor transport driver before commencing training as a Radio Operator flying in Ansons and Wellingtons. Left RAF in 1948 and served further 5 years in RAF Volunteer Reserve flying at weekends and two weeks annual training.

Gliding course at Tibbenham, Norfolk.

Re-joined the bank in 1948, then spent two years in the Fishing Industry as a sales Director, leaving to join Lincolnshire Life, the county magazine in 1968 as an Advertisement Representative and Motoring Correspondent. Subsequently bought the magazine in 1976 and sold it in 1987.

He was Co-director with his wife.

He married Joan in 1951 and has two daughters, three grandsons and a granddaughter. He sadly lost his wife in 2007.

He is a member of PROBUS, Wine Circle, Humberston Men’s Association, U3A, Royal Bank of Scotland Pensioners Association, Aircrew Association, RAF association and 9 Squadron. He was Rotary Club District Editor. He used to sing with the Silhouettes and the Philharmonic Society. He was member of the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Orpheus Male Voice Choir and served as Editor and Treasurer for 18years.

Joined the U3A for German, Creative Writing and Armchair Travel. Started the Aviation group in 2012. He is supporting the U3A as a webmaster.

Sang in a World Choir of 10,000 voices with Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey and is a cousin of Lady Olivier. Hitch-hiked to Europe visiting France, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg. Had a share-ownership home in Florida for 10 years and a Time-share apartment in Spain for 5 years. Has travelled extensively including repeat visits to Abu Dhabi in the UAE and Moscow, where his daughter and family were living for two years.

EC would like the group leaders to make a video of their group activities so we can prepare a DVD demonstrating Grimsby & Cleethorpes U3A . Should you need any help in this respect, please discuss with principal officers.

U3A bus trip to Castle Howard, Yorkshire The proposed trip to Castle Howard will be on Thursday 10th July 2014, leaving Cleethorpes at approximately 8.30 am.

The cost will be approximately £20 each which includes entrance to the House and Gardens – it will not cost more but the final amount will depend on the number of members going and may cost less.

If you are interested in this trip please add your name to the list which will be available at the monthly meeting. If you cannot attend the monthly meeting but wish to go on the trip please email Anne Mann at anne.mann1@ntlworld.com or Pauline Campbell at pd@campbell877.plus.com

It has come to our notice that there

has been a misinterpretation of the annual membership fee.

Group Leaders are asked to remind members in their group that anyone renewing their membership must pay the full £15 renewal fee. Similarly, members who only join their groups for the summer months must pay the £15 yearly membership. The only concessions are for new members joining part way through the membership year – these members will pay a reduced fee according to the month they join.

Transport Problem If you have, or if you know about any member who has, a transport problem we would like to hear about the nature of the problem.

You can pass this information to Anne Mann or Himanshu.

Recently at one of our meetings we had a request to publicise ticket sales for a forthcoming local event. At the time we declined to do this on the understanding that, as it was a commercial company promoting their event, the U3A as a Charity could not advertise on their behalf.

It has since been clarified by U3A Head Office that providing the publicity is for charitable purposes only the U3A has no objections to their details being displayed on the Notice Board.

For specific commercial events any advertisement will be displayed at the discretion of the Committee.