Social & Educational Group for Market Rasen & Surrounding Area

West Wolds
University of the 3rd Age

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Want to learn or be creative? Want to stay active & meet new people?
40+ interest groups, visits, low subscription fees.
Monthly meeting with speaker at Mkt Rasen Festival Hall
2nd Thursday of the month doors open 9.30 – Everyone Welcome

POSTS

  • January Speaker – Great Ormond Street Hospital

    As the General Meeting is not going ahead this month, our scheduled speaker Judy Anderson from G.O.S.H will give the presentation via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 13th January.

     Please use the link below to join the meeting from 10.10am onwards in good time to begin at 10.30am. In some cases you can join without downloading the app depending on your device. However you may need to download the Microsoft Teams app first which is very easy. If you would like a trial run, please let Sharon Rupp or any committee member know well in advance.

     The Charity funds research into children’s health, support for families, life-saving medical equipment and rebuilding and refurbishment. We do hope you can support this talk.

    Meeting Link

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  • January General Meeting at Festival Hall cancelled

    The members of the Committee have had a discussion regarding the feasibility of having the January general meeting whilst the latest Covid variant is escalating, and in light of our speaker cancelling face-to-face talks for the immediate future.


    We are in agreement that it is not in our members interest to expose them to an enclosed meeting currently, and so have taken the decision to cancel the meeting.


    Instead, Great Ormond Street have offered us a Zoom presentation which we will accept if they can do it. We will confirm the details, but will request it is same day at the same time. 

    Zoom Details will be TBA

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  • Lunch Group and Discussion Group Meetings

    There will be no lunch group In January and the next one will be the 9th of February. Angela Wilson is in the process of arranging the programme.

    Also the discussion group needs more members. The next one is on the 20th of January and the topic is “ Has the internet taken over? “ . The group now meet in a local  members home.

    Contact Angela Wilson on angewilson55@gmail.com for further details on either group

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  • December Newsletter

    The December newsletter is here…

    You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive by the 15th December 2021

    If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org.

    If you would like to make comment on this newsletter or submit an article for the next issue then please send details to newsletter@westwoldsu3a.org by Friday 7th January 2022.

    We would really like to hear from you now that u3a events are beginning to take off again

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  • ‘Here’s a Funny Thing’ by Mark Walsh

    Marie Lloyd

    We gave a very warm welcome to the multi-talented Mark Walsh who returned for a second visit. His subject this time was,” Here’s a funny thing,” which covered the rise of Music Hall and its artistes.
    Sometime back in the 1830’s, a very discerning landlord in London decided to devote a room at the back of his spit and sawdust pub in order to employ a variety of acts to entertain his customers. The landlord would take on the role of ‘chairman’ and the artistes would dance, sing songs and/or tell jokes. If they proved to be very good, they would attract the drinkers (known as the house) away from the bar and down to the stage; this went on to coin the phrase we know today as ‘bringing the house down.’

    The idea of variety acts soon caught on and it wasn’t long before over 400 London pubs also had a ‘Music Hall’ where an Act would ‘play’ for about ten minutes; they might then move on to another pub to perform again and were often able to fit in nine shows in different venues in one evening as they didn’t have to travel far. The Music Hall became synonymous with providing affordable entertainment for the new urban working class. Here the public were treated to a wide range of performances, from gymnastic acrobatics to singing and dancing routines. As the Music Halls rose in popularity, so did some of the artistes and the likes of Marie Lloyd and later Arthur Askey were soon recognised by their ‘signature’ tunes of ‘My Old Man’ and ‘The Bee Song’.
    By the turn of the 20th century, the music halls had grown into variety theatres with a compere rather than a chairman, and there were an increasing number of excellent comedians appearing such as Arthur Askey and Max Miller, who later became the highest paid stand-up comic at that time. Max Miller was renowned for working his audience with his rhymes and often leaving the last line for them to complete; he also influenced some of the best-known comedians of the 1950s and 1960s including Frankie Howard, Bob Monkhouse, Roy Hudd and Ken Dodd. Sadly, the increasing popularity of the cinema and then TV resulted in the demise of variety theatres, and many were demolished in the 60s nevertheless, variety continued in a different way with the rise in popularity of ‘the summer season’, followed by ‘the pantomime season’ where the audiences were still able to interact with the performers.

    Mark is regarded as one of the finest ukulele players in the world and interspersed his most interesting talk by playing several well-known tunes on either his ukulele or banjolele. Both of these instruments were given to him by the famous Billy ‘Uke’ Scott and remain Mark’s favourite instruments; they are also eventually destined for the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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  • Photos of the Month from the Digital Photography Group

    The Digital Photography Group decide on challenges each month, in November we had four different challenges to go out and take photos of ‘Fireworks’, ‘Bad Weather’, ‘Moving Water’ and ‘Night Sky’. Here are our four photos of the month from these four themes. If you wish to join or learn more about our group, we normally meet at 2pm on the first and third Mondays in the month at the New Life Church. For more photos from our challenges and information about the group look on our Group page on the West Wolds website at

    https://westwoldsu3a.org/?page_id=7658

    Fireworks
    Bad Weather
    Moving Water
    Night Sky

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  • Technical Assistance

    Ever feel you are losing the ability to keep up with modern technology and it is making life more difficult. Don’t fret, you are not alone and help is at hand. If you would like assistance with some technical issue please complete the form below and someone will be in touch.

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  • Keep Fit Group Christmas Lunch

    On Thursday 2nd December, 14 members of Dawn’s Supple Seniors met up for a Christmas lunch after the Keep Fit Group’s session at the Advocate Arms. Everybody enjoyed the meal and a lot of witty banter was exchanged. It rather negated calories burned in the exercises we had done earlier.

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  • Dawn’s Supple Seniors – The Keep Fit Group

    Dawn’s Supple Seniors – The Keep Fit Group

    Please take note that Dawn Stopper and the Keep Fit Group have decided today that we will have one more session before Christmas on Thursday 16th December at 10:00, so come along to the Festival Hall and enjoy some exercise to get you fit and ready before the big blowout at Christmas.

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  • Police Cybercrime Unit Workshop

    Following the October visit from Lincolnshire Police, they have offered to run a half-day workshop for our members.

    The aim of the workshop would be to help members secure their online accounts, for example, changing passwords, enabling 2FA, setting up password managers etc. The workshop would also allow them to answer any questions and concerns raised by you.

    Please get in touch if you would like to attend a workshop in February date to be confirmed, and we will send more details of venue, time and any potential small charge to cover hall hire.

    Please contact Sharon secretary@westwoldsu3a.org

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