by Retford U3A | Jul 21, 2020 | Education and Learning, U3A
Now in their ninth year, the Retford branch of the U3A now has a membership of over 500 people. There are around 50 interest groups and new members often join the U3A specifically to join just one group. There is a full General U3A meeting, held once a month, at the...
by Community Focus | Jul 21, 2020 | Notice, Rotherham
Rotherham Life reader Emma Mercer wrote this poem during the lockdown and has kindly sent it to us so we can share it with you: Remember this won’t be forever By Emma Mercer In a time of uncertainty, we must go with the flow, Stay aware, stay safe and remember to wash...
by Community Focus | Jul 19, 2020 | Community Focus, Rotherham
If, sometime in the future, anyone should ask what I did in the lockdown I’ll have my answer ready. I collected art, or to be precise, photographs of it to make a poster. The idea was sown by Her Majesty the Queen when she alluded to ‘rainbows drawn by children (as)...
by Retford Civic Society | Jul 19, 2020 | Community Event, Retford
Unfortunately, the pandemic has meant that the Retford Civic Society annual project, Retford in Bloom, will not fully happen this year.In most cases, shop fronts and pubs will not have their usual magnificent floral displays, and they will be relying on us all to shop...
by The Dukeries Singers | Jul 18, 2020 | Hobbies, Music
In what is usually a dismal month in the calendar, we had a lovely surprise in the garden — a small flock of long tailed tits (four!) feeding on the fat ball feeder. In 43 years in this garden we have never had this variety of bird in the garden before, but now see...
