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Forthcoming Meetings Monday 18th November 2013 Group Leaders’ Meeting Venue: Waltham Library 10am-12noon

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Tuesday 26th November 2013 U3A Committee Meeting Venue: Waltham Library 10am– 12noon

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Thursday 5th December 2013 U3A Main Meeting Venue: Cleethorpes Memorial Hall 2pm-4pm Speakers: Garry and Carol Sidney on Home Front Memories

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Thursday 2nd January 2014 No Main Meeting

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Thursday 9th January 2014 Festive Lunch at Grimsby Masonic Hall, Cambridge Road, Grimsby, DN34 5SZ from 12noon

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Thursday 6th February 2014 U3A Main Meeting Venue: Cleethorpes Memorial Hall 2pm-4pm Speaker: Paul Dickinson on Aviation Flying

Join Us in Festive Lunch On 9th January 2014 at Masonic Hall You can join us with your partner or one guest Tickets: £17.50 per head Please select Choice of your Menu and book your tickets by 5th December 2013

“A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.” ― Brennan Manning, The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out

Committee was Elected on 3rd October 2013 at AGM in Cleethorpes Memorial Hall Chairman: John Wilkinson Secretary: Anne Mann Treasurer: Himanshu Ghadiali Vice Chair: Jill Maltby Brochure Coordinator: Anne Mann Group Coordinator: Pauline Campbell Publicity: Christina Hanson Membership Records: Anne Easterbrook Membership Assistant: Janet Cullum Webmaster: Geoff Lenthall Welfare: Marj Dalby Speaker Finder/Visitors: Jill Maltby Catering Team: Jenny Dutton Gill Clarke * Janet Cullum

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John Wilkinson, our chairman is a truly inspirational man with a positive attitude. Nothing is too much for him and always ready to be helpful to others. It has been real privileged to get to know him and work

with him.

John attended Louth Grammar School. On leaving school he joined Auctioneer and valuer for three years before joining RAF and worked three years in Gibraltar. On returning joined Derby Telegraph and worked there for

At the last “understanding Memory Course” one of our friend recalled her childhood memory. She was going to school by bus. Driver would stop and wait to pick her up. If any reason she was not going to school, her mother would need to go and tell driver, otherwise he would wait. Days have gone when people showed care with their job. In last thirty years world around has changed. Money has taken over caring for others. We have forgotten that money is only a commodity. We have put all our values in it. Caring for others has become a kind of weakness. Do you not think we need to bring back old values again.

thirty one years. He worked in different departments and different positions, retired as publicity and promotion manager in 1989.

He joined Louth Motor Club in 1972. He became secretary of motor club in 1975. He became a chairman of motor club in 1979 and he has continued to be its chairman for last thirty four years. He was

MarJ Dalby will be supporting welfare of Members. She can be contacted on 599750

also secretary for twenty years Association of East Midlands Motor Club for twenty years, from 1980 to 2000. He is a member of society of retired past Rotarians. He was president in 2012-13. He is a vice Chairman of Waltham Windmill Preservation Society. He was a manager of a “Pop Group ” for six years, who performed in London, Manchester and Sheffield.

John has keen interest in Motors, Historical buildings and family history. He has been in relationship

We have healthy bacteria in our gut, which helps to digest food. If we eat oats in breakfast, we would provide nutrition to those healthy bacteria, which in turn would improve our digestion.

Group leaders are invited to share group activities here with the whole club.

with Joan for thirty six years. He has a son and a daughter. He is a proud grandfather.

At present we have 187 members renewed their subscription.

We have e mail address of 99 members. We will be sending this newsletter by e mail. We will print small numbers of copy for those who do not have e mail. Make sure you always update us with change of address and e mail ID.

Indian cookery is going well. In January meeting we will learn how to cook Biryani. Would you like to join, contact Anne Mann.

I am sure all of you will be happy to join me in thanking Brian Masters, who was ably was supported by his wife Christine Masters, as they have looked after our organisations finances and managed account very well for the last several years. Our sincere thanks to them.

Himanshu

We had four successful four weeks cource on “understanding Memory” . We think it is very useful learning. We would like every members of U3A should take opportunity to attend. We would hope to run fifth course in new year. If you are interested please let us have your name.

When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain