WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AND AROUND COOKRIDGE AND HORSFORTH

Those who have moved to Leeds during the last two years or so may like to join the New to Leeds list.  Short walking tours of different parts of the city centre can be arranged during the spring/summer, and possibly visits to other sites of interest.  Please contact me, Lorraine Harding.  Email address in Member Directory.

Come and join us each Wednesday morning at 10 at St Pauls church just of Otley Old Road for a gentle game of Indoor Kurling and for a chat. Bending down not required as we have pushers to help us.  

Here is a link to a short video of the Daytones singing today for those who missed a really good fun performance.

 https://www.facebook.com/100002595713907/videos/872137748464407/

TThere are some pictures in the Gallery as well

The following email has come from Leeds City Museum and may interest you.

Dear staff,

I'm messaging to ask if you could kindly forward the following event invitation to your members:

https://www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/death-afterlife-and-between-tales-geneva-bible-and-beyond

The event, sponsored the University of Leeds and the Leverhulme Trust, will be at Leeds City Museum between 2:30 to 3:30 and is completely free of charge. It is organised within the context of the 'Living with Death' exhibition at the Leeds City Museum. A number of members from Leeds' U3A are attending. If you would like to book your place, please email me at M.Condorelli@leeds.ac.uk as seats are limited.

Best wishes,

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Dr Marco Condorelli

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow

School of English

University of Leeds

John Wood is singing in a Jazz Choir concert on the 2nd November at 14:30 at Bramhope Methodist Church, Full details below

The national AGM took place recently and a major change in how the U3A is managed and governed was voted through and will now take place. Full details can be found by following this link.

updates-from-our-agm

One result of the changes is that there will be elections for representatives to join the Council or the Board. If you wish to shape the future of the U3A nationally why not stand for one of these bodies?

It is now possible to register for this event. Please note that we will have a limited number of places available because of fire regulations at CVH. There will be approximately 20 members of the Daytones Barbershop Choir attending which reduces the number of members we can accommodate. It is therefore important that if you are intending to attend that you register early. Thank you.

There are some pictures on the Gallery page from this mornings talk on Alaska including that large Grissly bear.

I get regular emails from the national U3A called U3A Friends newsletters. You can sign up for these as well.

Go to https://www.u3a.org.uk/news/newsletter

Jenny Jones had a look and reported back

"There's a lot of information about past events, all quite interesting.

There's quite a lot of information in that message, some things that might interest our members, including ...

On-line events which include 'Bring a friend' week

Book u3aweek@u3a.org.uk for ...

24th Sept ...Development of Barnsdale Gardens, Nick Hamilton

25th Sept ....Upgrade your brain, dementia-proof your diet and lifestyle, Patrick Holford

26th Sept ....The secret lives of garden bees, Jean Vernon

Also there is now a Quiz Library on the u3a website.

u3a are collecting  photos of war memorials that mean something to members, share photos on the Help us Remember page.

Members can book for the Cheltenham Literature Festival on its website, quoting LF23 U3AC  at the end of August

Look on the Bridge website for an on-line course on Bridge. "

 

Our annual visit to Napoleon's will take place on Tuesday 1st February, 2025. 

Please make a note of the date; registration will be available in November when the price will be confirmed.

This is a popular event so make sure you watch the website for when more details become available.