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Committee Vacancies
This is an appeal to the members of Lichfield U3A for volunteers to stand for election at the Annual General Meeting in July. There are two vacancies on the committee. If you feel you could volunteer to join the committee and would like to discuss what is involved please get in touch with me. It is important that members do come forward and help to manage their U3A. DON’T BE SHY.
Rosemary Tole Tel. No. 01543 263981
History Group
The next History Course will be on The History of the U.S.A. The talks will be given by Martyn Hall and will commence in June 2015 and run for ten months. All sessions will take place at St Chad’s Church Hall in the Leasowe on the first Wednesday of each month, starting at 10.00am.
Members will be required to register for this course and will be able to do so at our next History session on May 6th or by ringing Brenda Towlson on 01543 263591.
Cakes still needed for the 21st Celebrations.
Please contact Veronica if you could make a special dietary cake for the 14th October event. (See details reprinted below.)
Local History
The next meeting will be held at the Duke of York on Green hill on Monday 18th May at 2.30pm. The subject will be OUR LICHFIELD HERITAGE. Further information can be obtained from Mike Stone on 07811915669 (Email; )
Hardy Perennials Gardening Group
We are holding a Plant Sale in Rosemary Tole's garden on the afternoon of Thursday May 14th from 2pm - 4pm. We would be grateful for donations of any excess plants you may have. Do come along and join us - our resident garden experts - Margaret and Stella, will be on hand to give any advice you may need. All interested U3A members are most welcome - Hardy Perennials or even 'Half Hardy Annuals'!
Plant Sale is at -38, Longbridge Rd LichfieldWS14 9EN
Questers' Group
Thursday May 28 at 2pm. Narrow boat experience. Cost £12, limited numbers as this is the owner's home. Enjoy a cruise along the canal whilst learning about life on the waterways.
Tuesday June 2 at 1pm. Aldridge Museum of Road Transport to include a ride on an old bus. £5 payable in advance. A few places still available.
Wednesday June 17 at 10.30am. Lichfield Cathedral Library Tour. A new selection of books from the archives. Cost £12 payable immediately. Very limited numbers.
Contact Hazel Whitehouse on 01543 682907 or
(if after 12th April) Terry Price on 01543 671747
Lichfield U3A now subscribes to U3A ON-LINE
All members and groups in Lichfield U3A now have access to the wide range of courses offered internationally by U3A ONLINE.
This service from U3A is based in Australia and provides access to their long experience of offering “distance learning”. U3A Online is the world-first virtual University of the Third Age delivering online learning via the Internet.
The courses offered cover:
- World Affairs and History
- Nature
- Writing & Creativity
- Lifestyle
- Science
If you want to see all the courses available, go to Once you have the list of individual study courses, click on any course name to get the content list for that specific course. If you want to sign-up then please contact me for the Lichfield Group U3A login and password as we already have group membership. Additional courses then cost 20 AUD per course – that’s just £11 pa for the whole group, regardless of numbers in your group.
Please let me know if you need further information.
Chris
Membership renewal
Members are asked to pay the subscription for 2015-16 (£12.00) before the 30th June. Any chequesreceived will not be banked until after 1st June. Although our present rules do allow up to 3 months for renewal it will help our treasurer and membership secretary greatly if you pay promptly. Thank you.
How to renew…
- Renew in person
- You can renew in person at a monthly meeting. The new cards will be available at the June meeting.
- Or by post,
- Please send a cheque payable to LICHFIELD U3A, enclosing a s.a.e. to Linda Lowe, 19, Benson Close, Lichfield WS13 6DA
- Or by Standing order.
- These are preferred as it saves me a lot of work!
Linda Lowe
Architecture Group
The Architecturegroup will be going to Middleton Hall for an Architectural tour on Friday, 17th July.
Non members of the group will be welcome to join us.
Details from June Thorne,
Telephone:- 01543 318374 or
Email:-
Lichfield Festival of Music
Lichfield Festival of Music is held over two Saturdays every November and is now in its 38th Year. Its purpose is to provide opportunities for musicians of all kinds to receive a professional adjudication of their performances as well as to perform in front of an audience. The Festival attracts entrants from all over the Midlands and beyond.
The organizers are seeking to recruit more stewards, once again, from U3A, to carry out the essential support to ensure everything runs smoothly.
If you are interested in becoming a steward please telephone Margaret Frean (01543 411050). This year’s Festival will be held on Sat. 14th and Sat. 21st November. Stewards will receive a free ticket for the concert given by the winners of their classes on the evening of the final Saturday.
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