Social & Educational Group for Market Rasen & Surrounding Area
No longer working full time and live in the Mkt Rasen Area?
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
Answers to the quiz posted on Friday 15th May can be found by clicking here…
There was only one response to the quiz – Terry and Julia Francis who answered 35 questions correctly within 60 minutes.
Well done Terry and Julia. If anyone would like to compile a quiz of any kind, doesn’t have to be timed, and would like it posted here then please email quiz@westwoldsu3a.org
Falling in love again: Forming new relationships in later life
Would you like to take part in research about the experience of older people who re-partner?
The aim of this research is to explore the experiences of older people who enter a second or subsequent relationship in later life. Taking part would involve a single interview lasting about an hour.
We would like to speak to people if:
You would be invited to take part in an interview, where you will be asked to share your experiences and thoughts with a researcher.
For more information, or if you think you would like to take part, please contact one of the researchers:
Dr Michael Toze Prof. Mo Ray Mr Tom George
Tel: 01522 835443 Tel: 01522 886289 Tel: 01522 837496
Email: mtoze@lincoln.ac.uk Email: mray@lincoln.ac.uk Email: tgeorge@lincoln.ac.uk
A QUIZ FOR FUN We are trying something new.
Starting on 15th May at 10.30am a new quiz will be put on the website. If you want to enter you will need to email your answers to quiz@westwoldsu3a.org by 11.30am (just put the section, question number and answer). You only have 60 minutes!!!
You don’t have to complete all the answers because it is a speed test.
Please do not use Reference Books or the Internet – this is taken on trust because there are no prizes.
The first quiz has been produced as a bit of fun and as a personal teaser. Compiled by David Oliver & Jo Vitoria. If you would like to write a quiz then send it with the answers to quiz@westwoldsu3a.org
The quiz with answers will be posted on the Website on Friday 22nd May.
Experts from NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank will update you on the latest coronavirus scams and how to protect yourself from fraud. The sessions will be hosted by a Community Banker and are open to anyone who would like to know more about how to keep themselves safe from fraud and scams.
How the sessions will work
Sessions will be held by region, using video conferencing and we are asking you to register your interest by region. We will then send you the joining details for a session in your region. We are limited by the number of people who can join each one and so if the session is full up we will hold additional sessions in the following weeks to ensure that everybody is able to take part.
Please note your details will not be passed to NatWest at any time.
Sessions are region specific and will take place at the following times:
12 May 10:30am – 11:30am for members of U3As in the following regions:
• South East
• South West
• East Midlands
• West Midlands
• East of England
• London
Register for ‘Friends Against Scams Sessions‘ for above regions
If you are interested in learning how to use Zoom for video meetings the National Office website has made these available. Click on the image below…
https://sources.u3a.org.uk/2020/05/07/zoom-tutorials/
Here are some links to local organisations that are doing deliveries.
(West Wolds U3A take no responsibility for the quality of services provided)
Brigg Garden Centre are delivering plants and compost etc locally.
Aqua Vita are delivering food; maybe a bit pricey but good quality.
Uncle Henry’s at Kirton in Lindsey are also delivering in the area.
Walled Garden Baumber are delivering plants and compost. Their stock is all on Facebook.
For those of you who are maintaining your fitness levels you might be interested in this:
Sue Normandale is running a Yoga class on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Or you can try Mr Motivator doing workouts specially for U3A Members.
And finally don’t forget there is endless learning material on the internet, especially YouTube. An example is the live broadcasts from the National Theatre. Each week a new play is streamed and remains available for one week.
With regards to Richard Harries, the Old Man On the Ocean, who gave us such an exciting talk back in January about his endeavour to be the oldest man to cross the Atlantic solo he has posted an update here https://buff.ly/2SftjRj , copy this into the browser bar (not the search bar) and hit return to see his latest information about his adventure.
Sue Normandale is offering some keep fit classes via Zoom. Zoom is a video conferencing facility that allows you to see and talk to people. She will be holding the classes on Mondays from 11 am.
For more details and help with Zoom contact Sue:
Phone: 07416 304174
Email: snormandale@hotmail.com
How are you all? Safe and well I hope, and, whilst not exactly enjoying our “elderly isolation” at least getting all those jobs done around the house and garden which we have been putting off for so long because we were too busy; or thought we were!
Here at Casa del Brighton we are dusting off old hobbies and learning new things so there is a glimmer of a silver lining to be seen and I hope you are too and that we will all come out of this with a bit more knowledge than we went in with and have some great new pastimes to enjoy in the future. One of my new adventures is building a doll’s house, from scratch! I have all the bits of wood and floors and ceilings and am waiting for my little doll’s house tool kit to arrive and then……. here I go! Fred Barratts got nothing on me!! It’s something I have always wanted to do and now feels like the perfect time to do it. I think I may chronicle my “self-build” in photos and words and you never know one or two of the pics may end up in a future Chairman’s Newsletter!
If you are reading this, you must have access to our website so it would be great if you could let us know on the website what you are enjoying in this new era we find ourselves in, so do let us know about your “adventures in isolation” and let your fellow members know what is happening with you. Just because we currently can’t see each other doesn’t mean we can’t stay in touch. Any new hobby or pastime that you are pursuing or any great books you have read; I’m already on my fifth book of the lockdown and thoroughly enjoying delving into “other peoples worlds” through their written word.
Today I have been reading about another U3A group who are thinking about starting a “phone tree” and I wonder if that is something WWU3A could get involved in? The basic premise is that members volunteer to contact any of our members who we know to be isolated and alone during this awful time and who can’t get out and about or rarely see anyone. I don’t have a concrete plan set in place yet, I wanted to see if there were any members out there who would be happy to help with this first so if you might be interested please contact me on either of the numbers or email address below. It wouldn’t mean contacting lots of members every week as there may not be many who would want it; as I said nothing in concrete yet.
Have you heard of the Zoom Meeting Video site online? Terry and I are using it to keep in visual touch with our family and friends and it is proving to be a great substitute for not being able to see those we hold dear. West Wolds Warblers group have had a couple of meetings using the Zoom app to stay in touch with the group members and to carry on having a Warble and it is proving a great success. Thank you, Julia & Terry Francis for getting it organised and continuing to run the group in trying times!
Have any other of our groups been using video technology to run your groups; or how are you managing to run your group in other ways? Do let me know, it would be lovely if we could let our members know that we are not losing contact with each other and our groups.
And last, but, definitely not least A Very Happy 90th Birthday to Betty Pickett on 26th April. Have a lovely day Betty and I’m sure the party will happen when we are all allowed out again. If anyone reading this knows Betty, please let her know we all send her our warmest birthday greetings as I’m not sure she has access to t’internet!
Stay safe and well,
Linda Brighton
Chairman, West Wolds U3A
Contact details: Home: 01673 843925 Mobile: 07762385929
Email: lindabrighton121@gmail.com
A message from Lincolnshire Libraries:
If any of your family, friends or group are library members there are loads of free resources available – click here for more information…
If they aren’t a member they can register online and get a membership number and PIN. They can then access lots of free eBooks, eaudiobooks, magazines.
Feel free to let anyone in your contacts know about our service. We are trying to adapt the service to reach people in their homes as they can no longer come to us. We are also on Facebook & Twitter @lincslibraries.
Every day with have a different activity to join in with:
Monday – Craft Club starts at 2pm, you can post a photo of what you are starting, in the
middle of or have finished.
Tuesday – Brain Booster around 3pm a puzzle of some sort is added for people to join in with.
Wednesday – Brain Booster answers made available
Story Time at around 2pm by a member of the Lincolnshire Libraries staff
(for pre-school children/anyone that wants to listen)
Thursday – DEAR Time – Drop Everything And Read Time from 1pm, share with us what you are reading
Friday – Lego Club – the theme is announced at 10am & people share their creations by
posting photos.
Saturday – Code Club from 1pm
Sunday – If you haven’t already done so, take a look online and check out what we have in the way of resources. If you’re not a member, join up, kids too.
To join click here…
Everyone in your family can become a member. There aren’t many things you can get for FREE nowadays so make the most of our fantastic service.
I have attached a list of the magazines Lincolnshire Libraries currently has online subscriptions for. Click here to see a full list…
If anyone requires any assistance, please contact me on Joanne.Jenkinson@gll.org
Stay safe.
Jo Jenkinson, Cultural Services Advisor, Lincoln Central Library
We have come across this offer from AgeUk and the SaltedOrange company offering
21 meals for £20 ( plus a delivery charge). i.e a whole weeks meals of 7 breakfasts, 7 lunches and 7 dinners, for all people over 65 and living in Lincolnshire.
Orders can be placed by phone on 03455 564144 or online at their website
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/lincolnsouthlincolnshire/our-services/food-through-adversity/
The offer was originally restricted to areas south of the A631, but as they have been getting interest from the Grimsby area they are looking to extend it further north but may require an additional delivery charge of £10 to cover the cost of the distance involved. If anyone is interested try placing an order and let us know how you get on. The staff member I spoke to at AgeUK say they have had good feedback on the food involved.
Heather Barrett has been compiling a book since January 2016 by collecting 1940 evacuee stories and she is looking for two more to round it up to eighty. If anyone has direct experience, a relative or know of an evacuee willing to have their memories in print for others to read then please contact Heather. In return they will receive a copy of the book.
This is not a money making scheme as she is publishing and purchasing books for those who contribute towards it out of her own pocket.
For further information or to express an interest in getting involved please contact Heather. Email: bruin10@spitfire24.plus.com
Good day, cooks!
At this time of battening down the hatches and helping each other, I thought you might like to have some tips on healthy eating from Prue Roux, the Domestic Goddess. Rather than open another box of digestive biscuits, why not try your hand at something exciting in the kitchen? Whether alone at this strange time or with your partner behind you (careful of any touching!), anyone can knock up something special with only a little effort. Here we go with something I made earlier:
From the fridge, I took three medium carrots, a left-over half of red onion, a large red sweet pepper, a small red chillie pepper, two small potatoes, the remains of a clove of garlic, a bunch of coriander leaf, some vine tomatoes getting towards the end of their life and some spring onions. All these were scraped and chopped as necessary, and bunged into a casserole dish. Then I added thyme and dried Italian herbs, a small tin of chopped tomatoes for liquid and colour, and a tin of (light) coconut milk to supplement the water also added. Finally, it all went into a pre-heated oven at about mark 5 to take a slow cook for about a couple of hours. It made two good portions, to be served with some nice nutty brown rice. Yum, yum. Michel said it was very tasty.
To make best efficient use of your oven whilst on, why not also make a succulent dessert of some kind? I knocked up (being a Domestic Goddess), an apple crumble, with two ageing apples and cinnamon, cloves etc. Now it has browned nicely, it is ready for consumption, so I will away to enjoy it, after which a small doze in the sunshine of today might well be the finishing touch … and not a drop of alcohol in sight!
Watch out for more expert recipes and a helping hand from your own U3A Domestic Goddess, always ready and willing to give advice and encouragement to You, the Friends of Prue! But also please feel free to send in your own special recipes for the benefit of one and all.
DO YOU HAVE THE CLANGERS?
No, it’s not another virus, but a process of how you look at Life, and how you might wish to take some steps to organise and enhance yours. For example:
Connect – talk to friends, and also to those you pass in the street, with a cheery “hello” email or better still, ‘phone your friends for a chat.
Learn – again U3A is here for that purpose but at this time of lockdown search YouTube for new learning experiences. Discuss with friends what is happening in the news. Take up a new hobby – it’s never too late
Active – keep fit, walk more and briskly, ditch the car. Try to do more crosswords or games or puzzles.
Notice – look at your garden in more detail; look at the top of buildings when you pass; them by;
Give back – look out for other people who might need some support; listen more to others who need to talk to you; make a difference in the lives of those around you
Eat well – a very good suggestion! Enjoy! Throw away the chocolates and biscuits, get out the carrots; reduce red meat, and increase the amount of vegetables;
Relax – music, a good book, time to think; walk in the country or at the seaside; even try to meditate a while – we have the time now we are retired
Sleep – not just after lunch, but go to bed early and at a regular time; ditch the bedroom tv, mobile ‘phone or tablet.
This was adapted from work by Dr Phil Hammond – see below:
Dear Members of West Wolds U3A,
As I hope we are all aware by now we have been “strongly advised” by our government to drastically limit physical contact with each other in order to stay well ourselves and, also to avoid spreading Covid-19.
Your Committee of Trustees have agreed that until we are given the all clear for meetings and gatherings to take place again we are cancelling ALL our monthly General Meetings and strongly recommending that our Group Conveners cancel all meetings, walks and activities and ALL our members do NOT attend any of the above. As I write this message to you I have been contacted by the Festival Hall, Market Rasen, that all meetings and events, including any of our own groups who meet there and of course our General Meeting are cancelled and The Festival Hall is closed.
As a committee we are aware that we cannot force these suggestions and recommendations on any of our members and friends but given our average age group and the advice on self-isolating we have been given, which Terry and myself are definitely following, we would hope that good sense will prevail and we will all stay safe and well.
May I ask that if you know of any members who do not have access to this message via our website or Mailchimp whom you have contact details for, that you let them know the contents so they are also aware of what is going on.
And, on the same note, if you know of any of our more vulnerable or isolated members, who may be in need of shopping etc., then please either contact me to let me know or pass on my contact details to them and I will do what I can. My contact details are at the end of this message.
I have been in touch with The Green Life Pantry who are working with Market Rasen in Action to help our vulnerable members of the Rasen community with shopping and/or medicine collections. I have added the Action groups website address to the end of this message (I don’t have a telephone number) but if you or someone you know needs access to them then let me know and I will try to help.
Also, The PET shop in Market Rasen is offering a “ring & pay over the phone & delivery service” to elderly or vulnerable people for our pet and wild bird food requirements; and our pets and the winged visitors to our gardens are going to be very important to us during this time of isolation.
Again, I have added The Pet Shop telephone number to the end of this message.
This situation is without a doubt one, if not the most impactful and life changing event of most of our lifetimes and if we can help each other through it as members of West Wolds U3A and as a nation by firstly not passing on the virus through social contact; and by we, the elderly, staying in our homes as much as is humanly possible to lessen the risk of ourselves becoming ill; and, supporting our fellow members of U3A and the members of our local communities with telephone calls, text messages and emails if you have access to it, then we will be building a great plan for our future after the pandemic is gone!
Myself and your Committee wish you all the best and urge you to keep safe and well and we will see each other when this awful situation is over!!
On behalf of West Wolds U3A
Linda Brighton
Chairman West Wolds U3A
MY CONTACT DETAILS: 01673 843925 & 07762385929 email: lindabrighton121@gmail.com
THE GREEN LIFE PANTRY/MARKET RASEN ACTION: https://m.facebook.com
THE PET SHOP MARKET RASEN, Bridge Pitman-Brand: 01673 844711
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