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Discussion Group
1.30 - 3.00 pm Mondays monthly at Astbury Mere, starting Monday 6th October
Pat Cox
Topics, from the serious to the frivolous, are chosen in advance by the group. Meeting on the first Monday of the month (except Bank Holidays), and all U3A members are welcome. Topics are advertised in the Chairman’s News so, if a topic interests you, then come along and join in.
Flower Arranging *New Group*
Day, time and venue not yet confirmed.
Margaret Roche
A short, 5 or 6 week, basic introductory course which, depending on the response, might run again in the spring.
Gardening Topics
11.15 - 12.45 Mondays, January to Easter at St John Headquarters, starting January 2009
Reg Waite
This will follow on from the Historical Topics vacant slot. There will be a heavy bias on Garden History to include the Gardens of Versailles and an expanded repeat look at The Plant Hunters. The final weeks will be devoted to practical garden topics as required by the group.
Investment Club “Beartown Bulls”
Day, time and venue not yet confirmed.
Tim Baker
Members meet together to buy and sell shares on the London Stock market (with varying degrees of success). Companies are researched using financial websites, newspapers, magazines, and software purchased by the group. Buying or selling is decided by one member one vote. We also meet occasionally at a local hostelry to sample their food and ale. New members most welcome.
Philosophy *New Group*
1.30 - 3.30 pm at St John Headquarters, 2nd Monday of each month starting Monday 15th September.
Phil Malbon
How free is the individual in our society ? Do animals have rights ? Does God exist ? Do we have free will ? These are the sort of philosophical questions which this group might try to answer. No experience of philosophy is necessary, just a willingness to do some serious thinking.
Photographic Composition
1.30 - 3.00 pm at Astbury Mere, 1st Friday of each month, starting 3rd October.
Jean Squires
How to take more artistic pictures.
Wine Appreciation
1.30 - 3.00 pm Mondays at St John Headquarters, October to Easter, starting Monday 13th October.
Dorothy and Reg Waite
During 2007/8 we have related the wine to the alphabet A-Z. We still have the letters V, W and Z to cover and following this will look at various topics suggested by the group and include some very well known icons from the wine world.
Beginner’s Wine Appreciation
1.30 - 3.00 pm Fridays at St John Headquarters, October to Easter, starting Friday 17th October.
Dorothy and Reg Waite
We started this group in January and it has been very successful with a steady group of enthusiasts wishing to improve their wine knowledge. We have worked through basic wine techniques, laws and grape varieties – with tastings of course and we will continue to expand the range of wines and styles in countries world wide.
Wish You Were Here
9.30 - 11.00 am Thursdays at St John Headquarters
Peter Clewlow
At our meetings, open to all, we have one or two speakers who share with us their experience of a particular holiday. It is informative and fun, so much so that attendance now often hits 40. We have now taken three holidays to Egypt, Lake Garda and Austria with a 4 week cruise through the Mediterranean to the Black Sea booked for September next year.
Programme for Winter Term 2009 *Issued 4th January 2009*
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