by Rotherham U3A | May 10, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
Paul Hudson, the Look North weatherman, knows a good photograph when he sees it. As regular fans know, each day he broadcasts two or three of the best photos sent to him by viewers. If you happened to be watching on 17th January, you’d have seen the amazing picture...
by Gainsborough U3A | May 1, 2019 | Education and Learning, Gainsborough, U3A
On a Tuesday morning in April a group of nine Gainsborough U3A Buccaneers Group members descended on The Picasso Pottery Café in Gainsborough, to try their hand at painting on pottery. Fortified by hot beverages and toast or cakes, they then each chose a white bisque...
by Rotherham U3A | Apr 4, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
An old Yorkshire joke maintains that the only good thing from Lancashire is the road to Yorkshire. Lancastrians get a laugh by reversing the road’s direction. On 11th April, the Rotherham U3A ‘Out and About’ group, without prejudice, travel the road from east to west...
by Rotherham U3A | Mar 4, 2019 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, Rotherham, U3A
The ritual of spring cleaning spans 3,000 years and many cultures. It seems that lengthening days and milder temperatures prompt in us an almost-inborn urge to de-clutter, clean and re-organise our surroundings. The promoters of UK National Spring-Cleaning Week 2019,...
by Rotherham U3A | Feb 5, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
Sitting writing this at 4.00pm in early January, it’s almost dark outside. Today has been cold and grey, and without school traffic the streets are unusually quiet. At this time of year, we older people can feel isolated and perhaps lonely. It’s hard to get up and go,...
by Rotherham U3A | Jan 16, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
Bonne Année, Buon Anno, Frohes Neues Jahr, Novus Annus, Happy New Year! “Do you speak English?” A common cry of many British holidaymakers abroad. We’re renowned for our reluctance to speak another language. Is it arrogance, laziness, fear of looking foolish or are we...
