by Schoolreaders | Apr 23, 2022 | Children's Group, Community Focus, Education and Learning, Gainsborough
National children’s literacy charity, Schoolreaders, is urgently looking for enthusiastic volunteers to step forward to help local primary school children who need help to catch up on their reading. Schoolreaders, which matches volunteers to schools to listen to...
by Retford u3a | Apr 20, 2022 | Community facility, Education and Learning, Group meeting, Heritage, Hobbies, Retford, Social Group, Support Group, U3A
Retford u3a finished its year (April to March) on a high note with highly informative meetings in February and March, featuring two strong presentations that brought Retford past and present together. In February, Jenny King told over 80 members the story of how her...
by Worksop Archaeological and Local History Society | Apr 20, 2022 | Education and Learning, Group meeting, Heritage, Hobbies, Social Group, Worksop
The February meeting took place at Worksop Archaeological and Local History Society’s new venue of the Poplars Church and was the last of the afternoon meetings until November. Chairman Malcolm Dolby was again the speaker for the meeting and the subject was ‘Street...
by Worksop Society of Artists | Apr 19, 2022 | Art, Education and Learning, Group meeting, Heritage, Hobbies, Social Group, Worksop
Worksop Society of Artists meets every Monday from 10.00am to 3.00pm at the Cricket Club, Worksop. The group does a projected life drawing once a month and a workshop. One of the artists takes the workshop using a different material each week, and these have always...
by Retford Art Society | Apr 15, 2022 | Art, Community Focus, Education and Learning, Group meeting, Heritage, Hobbies, Retford, Social Group
Retford Art Society is holding its spring exhibition at St Swithun’s Church, Retford, beginning on Thursday 28th April. The exhibition will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for three weeks, ending on Saturday 14th May and also on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May....
by Rotherham u3a | Apr 15, 2022 | Education and Learning, Group meeting, Hobbies, Rotherham, Social Group, U3A
During the first part of the 20th century, holidaying abroad remained financially unattainable for most of the UK population. The introduction of package holidays in the 1950s changed all that, opening holidays abroad to the public. By 1960, mainland Spain and its...
