Our thanks go to Lynda, our Speaker Secretary for arranging our visit to Cobham Hall facilitated by Christophe Bull, one of the Cobham Hall guides, and a former speaker at one of our monthly meetings. David posted a great review of the visit this on our member’s only Facebook group:
“Forty-one members of our U3A enjoyed a fascinating day out today at Cobham Hall, near Gravesend. This magnificent building is rich in history and dates back to the Elizabethan era. It was once home to the Earls of Darnley but was sold to the government when the then owners ran out of money. The maintenance of the building swallows up cash at a frightening rate.
In the early Sixties it had a new lease of life as a girls' school and today accommodates some 200 pupils from around the world. If you would like any of your grandchildren to attend, you'd better start saving now as the fees for boarders are £45,000 a year! At the end of the tour, we all enjoyed refreshments including tea and coffee and some delicious home-made scones, plus fresh cream and jam. A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon all round.”
SCIENCE SEMINAR - John Twisleton
Some of our members attended the recent annual Science Seminar hosted by Sevenoaks u3a at East Malling Research Centre. John gives a brief summary of the seminar on the subject FUTURE ENERGY - ALTERNATIVES TO FOSSIL FUELS: Science Seminar - Future Energy
SHEERNESS DOCKYARD VISIT - David Jones
Those of you who have read the February issue of the Third Age Matters magazine (TAM) will have noticed a much shorter version of the article, written by our member David Jones, a retired newspaper editor. Unfortunately, gremlins struck at the printers and the caption to the photograph accompanying the article described Lynda Jones, who helped organise the visit, as the wife of Ken Pugh, our wine appreciation group leader! We thought you might like to read the full version Sheerness Dockyard TAM Article
WILDLIFE GARDENING
Helen, one of our members who is also involved with the Kent Wildlife Trust has been sending us articles on how to encourage wildlife into your garden. Click here Wildlife Gardening to find out more.
WRITER'S CORNER
We have also created a Writer's Corner where you will find several articles and poems on a variety of subjects. We certainly have some talented members! Click the link Writer's Corner to see what our members have written.
POETRY CORNER
We have also received several interesting, humorous and thought provoking poems, you will find them here Poetry Corner
It's been wonderful to see so many of you getting involved in writing over the past few weeks. I would like to personally thank all those that have sent to us their articles and poems for publication and please keep them coming. Many members have told me how much they are enjoying them, not only reading them but writing them also.
