Autumn Newsletter 2022
It seems unbelievable that the Summer is over and "The Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness" has arrived, although I am not sorry that the weather is now cooler. The heat was certainly too much for me.
November 15th 2022
Vince Eager Pop star of 1960’s
Christmas social with ukulele and our singing group
We are looking for ways to cut down on the expense of paying for Speakers at the monthly meeting as their prices have increased in line with everything else, so if you have an interest you could talk about it or know of someone who has, please let us know.
October 18th 2022
Over centuries what may kill you in your own garden
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Hi Everyone, Welcome to our Autumn Edition of the Newsletter.
Michael Brown “Death in the garden”
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Take care and much love
Sep/Oct/Nov
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This year's AGM was held in August and the Committee was re elected unopposed so you have got to put up with me for another twelve months. We are, however looking for a new Speaker Seeker as Tony is resigning from this post in December although he will be staying on the Committee. It is important that we find new members to serve on the Committee because we need to have replacements when our current Committee step down.
December 20th 2022
Over the next couple of weeks, you should be receiving your renewal forms. Payment can be made by in person at the October and November meetings by Debit/Credit card, Cash, Cheque or Bank Transfer (if you wish to use Bank Transfer please collect details of our new bank account from a member of the Committee as the Renewal Forms were printed before we changed to Lloyd's).
On Wednesday 21st September some of the Walking Group and I will be attending the culmination of the Mile a Member challenge at Chester House in Irchester to mark the 40th Anniversary of the u3a. Come along and join us, there will be lots to see and do. We have continued to welcome a few new members but it would be lovely to see more. If you know of anyone who has recently retired or is looking for something to do to fill their time, encourage them to come along.
Two trips have been planned, one to London in November and one to Boundary Mills in December but they can only go ahead if there is enough interest. I would like to thank Maria Coleby and Eileen Mason you volunteering to take over the Trips and Theatre Group.
· Payments to the u3a can be cash, cheque, bank transfer credit/debit card
Membership Secretary Pat Stokes 07845 737 697 mrs.stokes156@sky.com
September 20th 2022
Vince Eager Pop star of 1960’s
Monthly Meeting Dates & Speakers
Roger Prescott "Juke Box Jury"
Over centuries what may kill you in your own garden
Newsletter/Web Master/DPO Richard Boyles 01536 744 753 richard@boyles.co.uk
· If you cannot get to the monthly meeting for any reasons, you can get a copy of the Newsletter from either Kettering Library or the Tourist Information desk, Manor House Museum, Kettering or online at www.u3akettering.co.uk
Groups Co ordinator Sue Perkins 01536 519 438 lazygirl_tresham@yahoo.co.uk
Committee Member Elizabeth Woodcock 01536 723 081 bettywoodcock1939@gmail.com
VACANCY
Group Leaders Information
Check that all members of your group are fully paid up members of the U3A. Ensure that you have:
· Bring your membership card with you to the meeting and have it available for checking in.
· Checked their current membership card. (Ask the membership secretary to check if you are unsure)
· The name and telephone of each member’s In Case of Emergency contact. (ICE)
· Membership year runs from 1st November to 31st October and is £15 a year
· Half year 1st May to 31st October £8. More details and membership form on the web site
Presentation and participation based on TV show
Christmas social with ukulele and our singing group
Committee Member Tony Loft 01536 685 166 tonyloft@me.com
· View & Download the newsletter (in glorious colour) from web site, www.U3AKettering.co.uk & click on the links. Select DOWNLOAD LATEST link or to look back for older issues, click newsletter image or any other newsletter links.
· Advise the Membership Secretary, in writing, of any changes to your address, post code, telephone number or email address.
Chairman Diane Tebbutt
· Advise the Group Coordinator and Newsletter Editor of any changes to your group arrangements, e.g. venue, timing, etc.
· If you are unable to attend your Group’s meeting, please advise your Group Leader in advance.
Treasurer Ruth Gunn 01536 482 581 ruthgunn@hotmail.com
November 15th 2022
Speaker Seeker
Members Information
· The post code of your venue will be required by the emergency services if you need to call them.
· If you know one of our members has a special occasion ahead, e.g. important birthday, anniversary or if they are ill and you feel a card from the U3A would be appreciated, please contact the secretary.
Your Kettering U3A Committee 2021-2022
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· Send articles, reports and photographs about your group to the Newsletter Editor. Copy deadline for the newsletter is 2 Saturdays before the monthly meeting.
01536 392 556 di_tebbutt@hotmail.com
Secretary Jane Slack 01536 516 116 janeslack121@hotmail.com
October 18th 2022
Vice Chairman & PR Anne Smith 07786 252 366 a.smith5353@hotmail.com
Michael Brown “Death in the garden”
December 20th 2022
· Keep socially distanced
2. Have the postcode location of your meeting so you can direct the 999 emergency services
· Sanitise your hands when arriving
Newsletter DEADLINE
Format of the meeting:
· Wear a mask unless seated
EDITORIAL
Reminder, we still need a speaker seeker so would anyone like to volunteer?
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Sign up to groups and trips
· Ensure you are ticked in on arrival
2.15 Chairman’s notices followed by this month’s Speaker
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1. Have a copy of your members “In Case Of Emergency” (ICE) details with you so you can contact family or friend
Our meetings at the Eden Centre, 21, Montagu Street, Kettering
Wheelchair disabled access is available at the rear of the building by phoning 01536 484 800
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News Interest Groups Visits and Reports
is 2 Saturdays before the monthly meeting.
You will be reading this the day after the funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II and I have included her ancestry chart back to Alfred the Great. I appreciate you cannot read the detail, but as I am short of group news and photographs this quarter, I have “padded out” what I did receive. Why not join the Family History group and trace your ancestors and even a Royal connection?
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FULL COLOUR from our internet page at www.u3aKettering.co.uk
1.30 Doors open Sign in FREE Refreshments Buy raffle tickets Browse the group notices Have a chat with friends
3. Check that all members of your group are fully paid up members of the U3A so they are covered by the U3A insurance
For those of you with internet access I have continued to regularly e mail you with updates as well as keeping the web site an Facebook up to date. So keep reading the e mails and updates on the web site and please pass on any news to anyone you know who does not have internet
It is with much sadness that I have to report that Gordon recently passed away. Along with his wife Norma and another member they set up the initial meeting in the Cornmarket Hall for possible members of KU3A. They were both on the Steering committee and stayed on the following year as membership secretaries. They both enjoyed many activities one of them being the French group as they were enthusiastic Francophiles. Rumour has it that many happy hours were spent speaking the language with the odd bottle of wine (French of course!) to help things along. On a personal note I and my husband will miss them very much as they were our next door neighbours for over 20 years. Norma is now in Elm Bank. They made a huge contribution to KU3A as many earlier members will Ourremember.thoughts go out to Catherine, Andrew and their three grandchildren. God Bless.
Carole Bradbury
Contact: Mary Earl 01536 522 456 or Bridget Ling 07931 979 596
Busy Needles and Banter
HM Queen Elizabeth
Bake It or Fake It
Sadly, I have to announce the passing of Bob Thorogood. Our thoughts and condolences go to his family and friends.
II 1926 2022
Contact: Mary Wildman 01536 741 marywildman365@gmail222.com
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Bob was Group Leader of the Spanish Group which was open to members of both Kettering and Ise He transformed the group from a self taught group to one working through several language programmes and making lots of progress. He was always very patient holding his pen in the air to call for silence when the group became noisy, which was quite often. He continued running the group throughout lockdown via Zoom and everyone will miss his kindness and sense of Hishumour.working life was spent serving our local community starting as a Police Constable and rising through the ranks to end up as Chief HeSuperintendent.haspublished his autobiography "Behind the Call of Duty" in which he talks about his early life and his many interesting experiences as a policeman.DiTebbutt
Card Playing
Contact: Di Tebbutt 01536 392 di_tebbutt@hotmail.com556
We have planned our reading matter to the end of the year with suggestions from members of the Contact:group.
Canals & Waterways
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Contact: Brenda Boyles 01536 744 brenda@boyles.co.uk753
Pauline Parkin 01536 799 197
Bookworms
More details for each date will be emailed before the date.
We meet at the Bridge Club in Field Street on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month at 2pm. The cost is only £2 and that includes tea, coffee and biscuits. We play different card games as well as Scrabble. We desperately need more members for the group to continue so come along and join us. No prior knowledge is needed as tuition can be given. Our next meetings are on September 22nd, October 13th and 27th, November 10th and 24th and it would be lovely to see you there. If there are other Board games you would like to play, let me know and we could add them if there is enough interest.
walk and talk at Foxton Locks with an experienced Canal and River Trust guide. In August we met at Grafham Water. It had been many years since most of us had been there and it had certainly changed over the years.
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The next meetings are 15th September Stoke Bruerne, meet by the Museum Café at 2pm.
20th October Chester House Estate at Irchester, meet at the café at 2pm. (Note Parking details) 17th November Rushden Lakes. There is a lovely lake to walk round but for those who want to be less energetic, there are plenty of shops of interest those who do not want to walk too far. 15th December. Christmas lunch (TBA)
If you would like to join our group, please contact me.
We meet 2 4pm on the 2nd Monday of the month, plus are continuing our 40 minute Zoom chats at 3pm on all other Mondays. We have plenty of room for new members thanks to the superb FREE facilities offered by the LDS church. New members
Contact: Eileen Mason 01536 725 eileenm1935@gmail.com925
the LDS research centre in Northampton to access record not available from home.
Meetings are held on the second Monday, 2 4pm in the Primary Room of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS), Rothwell Road, Kettering located next to Brewers Fayre/Premier Inn.
12th September we had our annual Beginners—How to start your family history. A repeat of our annual OPEN TO ALL beginners session. See how easy it is to start tracing your family history and get back nearly 200 years in 30 10thminutes!October
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Contact: Richard Boyles 01536 744 richard@boyles.co.uk753
Creative Cards
Family History
Mystery of an Irish Navvy 14th November Family Tree Maker an overview of the software program. 12th December Ireland vs Bombay Puzzle
Family History— Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II
We are a small group and we meet on the second Tuesday of each month. We will be starting to prepare our Christmas cards for December 2022 and we will be making totally new styles and some of the older styles. It becomes quite difficult at times to think of variations you can make but the crafting companies continue to come up with some really attractive cards and some overly fussy ones. Unfortunately we do not have any vacancies at the moment due to the size of the room we use.
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Contact: Di Tebbutt 01536 392 di_tebbutt@hotmail.com556
The group is waiting till the Spring of 2023 before restarting its activities. Suggestions very welcome and if anyone fancies taking over as group leader then contact me.
Contact: Ray Bradbury 01536 516 prbrad@live.co.uk587
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Friday Pop-In
NEW GROUP PROPOSAL Strictly Seated
Charles III is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms. He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II
This group is now meeting regularly at the Kino Lounge on Friday mornings. The official meeting is the first Friday of every month 10 11.15, but some members meet every week. Please come along and join them.
King Charles III
Gardening
One of our new members had volunteered to start a Seated Dance Group called Strictly Seated. If you are interested and would like more details, please contact me by via e mail
Contact: Di Tebbutt di_tebbutt@hotmail.com
NEW HELPERS
I would like to thank Chris Gunn and Malcolm Eales who are now fully trained to assist with the audio and visual requirements at the monthly meetings. Sharing this workload is what the u3a is all about. If anyone else would like to help with this, or any other behind the scenes task, you will most welcome. You do not have to be on the committee to help.
Have Your Say
Contact: Richard Ling 01536 521250 b_r_ling@hotmail.com
Richard Boyles richard@boyles.co.uk
Contact: Annette Chidwick 01536 523 annette.chidwick@tiscali.co.uk867
Knit and Natter
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The group will now meet in the Saint Andrews Church rooms in Kettering town centre the first meeting on Tuesday 8th. March at 2pm. There is parking at the rear accessed from Crown street at the end on the right. We have space for new members so anybody who would like to join us will be most welcome. If you are interested please contact me.
With help, encouragement, patience & practice our newest members have made good progress. Why don't you give it a try !
Painting & Drawing
Contact: Di Tebbutt 01536 392 di_tebbutt@hotmail.com556
Lunch Club is now up and running and usually takes place on the 4th Tuesday of the month but this is not set in stone. We have enjoyed lunches at the Thornhill Arms in Rushton ( thanks to Marian and David Tucker), the Sondes Arms in Rockingham (thanks to Ray) and The Lilacs in Isham.
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NEW GROUP Play Reading
On Thursday 1st September we held our first meeting of the Play Reading Group. At the moment we are meeting at the Bridge Club in Field Street. The meetings will take place on the first Thursday of every month. We are borrowing sets of plays from Northamptonshire Library and our first reading was a one act comedy titled Holmes Sweet Holmes set in the ground floor flat of 221 Baker Street.
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Contact: Di Tebbutt 01536 392 di_tebbutt@hotmail.com556
Anne Smith is organising this month's lunch at the Hare in Loddington, so come and book your place and choose your options at this month's meeting. Thanks to the other people who have agreed to help but I am still looking for volunteers to sort out venues for later in the year, so please let me know.
Contact: Jo Beaver 01933 224 beaver.jean@yahoo.co.uk474
The group meet at a member’s home
Musical Circles
We meet at the North Park Pavilion every 2nd & 4th Thursday afternoon from 2 4p.m.
Contact: Eileen Mason 01536eileenm1935@gmail.com725925
Sing (and Laugh) Out Loud
Pauline Parkin 01536 799 197
The group continues to meet monthly where we knit, sew, cross stitch and chat. It is a lively, friendly social
of our member's 90th birthday by having a lunch party. It was great fun and we all had a wonderful Contact:time.
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We meet at Christ the King Church in Deeble Road once a fortnight from 10.15 until 12.00. Our next meetings are on Friday 30th September, 14th and 28th October and 11th and 25th November. We are about to start preparing to perform at the Christmas meeting at the Eden Centre which will be quite a Despitechallenge.thelackof a pianist and my inability to conduct we still have great fun and there is plenty of laughter and chat, so come along and join us as we have vacancies and you will be made very welcome. We now sing a few songs accompanied by a few of our members playing the ukulele. Remember that singing is incredibly good for both your mental and physical wellbeing. After our meeting on August 19th we celebrated one
Stitchin' Time
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Contact: Mary Cooper (Ise Valley)cooperm1@btinternet.com
We are meeting at St. John’s Church Hall, our new venue, alternative Fridays at 10 a.m. It was good to be able to sing again with our friends, old and new.
Contact: Linda Harris 01536 628 940 (Ise Valley)
We are taking names of members and companions at our monthly meetings at the Eden Centre where you can pay using card, cash or cheque. Hoping we can fill a big coach and all have some fabulous days out.
Alan Bailey 01933 350 147
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12th November we have a coach trip to London.
Ukulele Group—Ise Valley U3A
We would love to have some more players.
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Singing For Pleasure Ise Valley U3A
The Ise Valley U3A Ukulele Group meet fortnightly on Tuesday mornings 10 12. We are all beginners and are sort of following a course from the internet. Training videos and song sheets and are available and with practice you will quickly get to our standard ! There is even a spare Uke if you want to ‘try before you buy’. If you don’t fancy learning the Ukulele (which is a lot of fun) but would just like to sing or play percussion (or any other instrument) with us, the more the Contact:merrier.
Contact : Jackie Rowson 01536 515 u3akettwalk@outlook.com959
Recorder Group Ise Valley U3A I organize (with Sue Hartley) the Ise Valley U3A recorder group. The group is open to anyone who plays, or would like to learn to play the recorder.
Walking Group
Travel & Theatre
12th December we have a trip to Boundary Mills. We expect to see this huge retail outlet village in all it's Christmas glory preparing us the big day on the 25th .
We meet on the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 2.30 to 3.30 in Central Methodist Church in School Lane.
Meetings with Ise Valley
Short Walks Ise Valley U3A
Contact: Wanda Moffatt 01536 659 236 (Ise Valley)
Contact: Maria colebymaria@hotmail.comColebyEileenMason01536 725925
www.isevalleyu3akettering.org.ukU3A
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Travel & Theatre Maria Coleby E mail on page 10 varies varies varies Eileen Mason 01536 725 925
Family History Richard Boyles 01536 744 753 LDS Church, Rothwell Road + Online via Zoom 2nd Monday + 1, 3, 4th Mondays 2.00 4.00pm 3.00 3.40 pm
Stitchin’ Time Pauline Parkin 01536 799 197 Home Salisbury Street 1st Wednesday 2.00 4.00pm
Friday
Spanish Geraldine Hardwck 01536 481203 St. Andrews Church Rooms Fortnightly 2.00 4.00pm
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Busy Needles Mary Wildman
Day Co ordinator Tel.no Venue Frequency Time
1st & 3rd Mondays 10.00 12 noon
Gardening Ray Bradbury 01536 516 587 varies varies varies
Meetings below with Ise Valley u3a
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Musical Circles Eileen Mason 01536 725 925 varies 3rd Wednesday 2.00pm Bookworms Pauline Parkin 01536 799 197 varies 4th Wednesday 2.00 4.00pm
Day Co ordinator Tel.no Venue Frequency Time No fixed day
Singing For Pleasure Linda Harris 01536 628 940 St. John’s Church Hall Alternate Fridays 10.00 12.00
Creative Cards Maggi McGuire & Eileen Mason
Have Your Say Richard Ling 01536 521 250 St. Andrews Church Rooms 2nd Tuesday 2.00 4.00pm
Tuesday
Please contact group co-ordinator for more information before joining a group
Knit and Natter Annette Chidwick 01536 523 867 Home
01536 392 716 01536 725 925 Home 2nd Wednesday 1.30 3.30pm
Walking Jackie Rowson 01536 515 959 Varies 2nd Thursday 10.00 start Canals Waterways Brenda Boyles 01536 744 753 Local visit or days away 3rd Thursday 2.00 4.00pm
Sing (& Laugh) Out Loud Di Tebbutt 01536 392 556 Christ The King, Deeble Road Alternate Fridays 10.15 12.00 Friday Pop In Di Tebbutt 01536 392 556 Kino Lounge, Market Place 1st, 2nd & 4th Friday 10.00 11.30am Bake It or Fake It Mary Earl & Bridget Ling 01536 522 456 07931 979 596 Home 3rd Friday 2.00 4.00pm
Ukulele Alan Bailey 01933 350 147 Home Fortnightly Tuesday 10.00 12.00
Tuesday
Thursday
Thursday
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Canasta Margaret Hall 01536 512 215 Kettering Bridge Club Every Monday 2.00 4.30pm
Short Walks Wanda Moffatt 01536 659 236 Varies 3rd Thursday varies
Monday
Wednesday
01536 741 222 Home Geddington Fortnightly 10.00 12.00 Play Reading Di Tebbutt 01536 392 556 Bridge Club, Field Street 1st Thursday 10.30 12.30pm Card Playing Di Tebbutt 01536 392 556 Bridge Club, Field Street 2nd & 4th Thursday 1.45 3.45 pm Painting and Drawing Jo Beaver 01933 224 474 North Park Pavilion 2nd & 4th Thursdays 2.00 4.00 pm
Friday
The following groups are in conjunction with Ise Valley u3a. Please contact THEIR group co ordinator before joining a group
Recorder Group Mary Cooper 01536 420 336 Central Methodist Church 2nd & 4th Mondays 2.30 3.30 pm
Lunch Club Di Tebbutt 01536 392 556 Varies 4th Tuesday 12.00 2.30pm