Sheffield U3A Groups Recruiting
Personal Finance Group
New members are most welcome to our monthly Monday afternoon meetings held at Shirley House, Psalter Lane.
Not being financial experts ourselves, we do sometimes invite outside speakers but we also benefit from the input and experiences of members.
Our Spring Programme:-
Monday February 20: Saving in Retirement
Monday March 19: Home Insurance
Please contact Helen Marsh, Coordinator, on (0114) 230 1622 or at timandhelen@themarshs.plus.com
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Jesus/Christianity Today
The Group has 13 members and more would be welcome. In the four meetings so far we agreed to work at the basic documents about Jesus so we studied the earliest Gospel, Mark, and the basic teaching in the Sermon on the Mount/Plain.
This Spring we are sharing a pile of surveys of the contemporary Judaic and Hellenistic/Roman world. Part of our method is to each choose a book and report on it - others then take it if interested. Lively discussions take place as we have very varied views.
If you are interested in joining us please contact John Vincent on (0114) 243 6688
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JAZZ APPRECIATION
Hopefully someone out there is also interested in Jazz and has a thing or two to share with me and a few others.
The group will be located in S10 at my home in Lodge Moor where we can play virtually any form of recording from audio tapes, through gramophone records (LPs only), CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray disks.
We will start in March 2012 from 13 March and every second Tuesday thereafter. I already have the Ken Burns DVD series, some Jazz Classics in Stereo tapes and quite a few LPs and CDs to get us going and a couple of books as background plus anything we can find on the Web. I have space for up to eight other members. There should be no problems with access.
Applications to John Green on 0114 230 7768 or Email john.green@jngreen.plus.com
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Contract Whist & Double 12 Dominoes
Our members have been meeting to enjoy our games on Sunday evenings.
Since Sundays may not suit everybody, we wonder if any enthusiasts would like to suggest a different evening in the week. If you are interested and want to help us assess the response to this proposal, phone
Gerald Cartwright on (0114) 281-1499
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Rise of Modern China
An exciting story of rebellion, decay, foreign intervention, war and revolution will provide the background to understanding modern China. Our meetings will hope to explore and perhaps provide answers to China’s growth to its present prominence.
If you are keen to pursue this study telephone John Evans on (0114) 230-1173.
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Advanced German Group
The Advanced German Group, which meets every second Tuesday afternoon in members’ houses, would welcome some new members of at least A Level standard.
We generally have a brief discussion (preferably in German) of topical items, personal stories or a set theme followed by translation into English of a text selected by a member. Texts range from book extracts to media articles. Points of grammar, language and content are discussed as we go along. However, the agenda is very much set by members and hence flexible. Two native speakers are on hand to help.
Mike Maas Coordinator (0114) 230-4435
German Intermediate
Our Group has room for some more German language enthusiasts who want to improve their skills.
If you want to discuss this opportunity telephone our Tutor, Robert Wilkinson, on (0114) 236 6624.
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WEEKENDERS
WELCOME to SU3A’s brand-new OPEN Group:
Weekenders!
We think our organisation should not just be mainly Monday to Friday, so we are planning exciting and interesting events to enjoy at the WEEKEND. The Group is open so requires no specific membership. Just come along and join us.
Sunday 22 January 2012: Sunday Lunch,
Ego Restaurant, Surrey St.
Traditional Sunday lunch, 2 Courses £12.95. 3 Courses £14.95.
Arrive 12.15 pm for a 12.30 pm start.
Choose and pay on the day
Saturday 25 February 2012: Curry Night
Viraaj Restaurant, Woodseats.
Arrive 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start.
Pay on the night
Also Saturday 17 March 2012:Charity Quiz (see page 8)
AND MUCH, MUCH MORE TO COME !!
If you wish to come to the Sunday Lunch and/or the Curry Night we need to know the numbers so please complete the form on page 23 and return it to: Dot Sutcliffe, 32 Tapton Crescent Road, Sheffield S10 5DA by Saturday 17 December, enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
If you would like further information please ring me on (0114) 268 5918 or email me on dotsutcliffe32@btinternet.com
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VACANCIES for BRIDGE players at improvers' stage through to intermediate
Monday Bridge wish to give U3A members the opportunity to join their club. Meetings are weekly on Monday afternoons at Abbeydale Sports Club. Monday Bridge are a friendly and supportive group. If you want further details phone their coordinator Pat Latham, 01246 419106
Racketball
Racketball is a gentle form of squash, played with a short handled racket and a bouncy rubber ball, played on a squash court. It is a game favoured by players of a certain age, easy to learn and fun to play. Played inside, it is independent of light and weather, and provides as much exercise as the participant wishes to expend. This note is to invite expressions of interest in setting up a racketball group for U3A members, both beginners and improvers. The location would be Abbeydale Park Rackets and Fitness club (S17 3LJ), where both courts and equipment are available. The suggested time is Monday morning, but this could be varied based on feedback of interest. To find out more, please contact Peter Keen at pckeen2000@yahoo.co.uk
Peter Keen (U3A No 356), 03/11/11
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Sustainable Development
"Sustainable Development? What do they do? It does not sound much fun."
Well, judge for yourself from what we have been doing lately.
In October we went to Ryton Gardens, the home of the charity Garden Organic, which has been extolling the benefits of gardening by feeding the soil naturally year after year rather than giving plants a quick chemical fix since the days when it was the height of eccentricity.
Alongside the expected displays of composting and related activities we found the less predictable, such as a garden visualising the ideas behind biodynamic horticulture, which take organic principles a stage further, and an indoor ‘Vegetable Kingdom’ exhibition area for younger visitors in particular. This was a vivid way of illustrating why vegetables are important to our diet and even what they look like growing in the ground (knowledge that can no longer be taken for granted). The Gardens gave us a pleasant day out in a beautiful setting, with or without the organic messages.
A week or so later we were in the very different setting of Sheffield’s Energy Recovery Facility (a.k.a Bernard Road incinerator) seeing how the ‘rubbish’ from our wheelie bins goes into the National Grid rather than a hole in the ground. We were impressed by the way nothing is wasted if it can possibly be avoided. Heat from burning the rubbish, for example, creates steam to generate electricity; then the steam is condensed back to water and used again. Metal in the ash is reclaimed for scrap (which could quite possibly be recycled in a car) and the ash itself goes into aggregate (which could become the road the car drives on).
Only the dust filtered from the flue gases fails to find a useful job and is sent for safe disposal. If you have to incinerate - and the current wisdom is that sometimes it is the best way – Sheffield is apparently doing it better than most.
We rounded off our tour by climbing aboard a refuse collection vehicle (OK, bin lorry – even the professionals call it that) and did we mention we had lunch beforehand? In fact we nearly always have lunch – and tea too, if we can manage it. More fun than you thought, you see. Why not join us and find that out for yourself?
Rose Tanner/Greta Pearman Coordinators (0114) 245 0200
(0114) 236 3336
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