U3A in Action - 2009/10

The Neighbourhood Group, comprising Lincoln, Branston, Cliff Villages, Welton, Gainsborough, Witham and the newly formed Heath (based in Bracebridge Heath), combined forces to put on a U3A in Action display in Reepham Village Hall on Saturday 28th February.
Unlike last year's Exhibition which showed completed work by U3A interest groups this one showed the groups actually doing the things thay do.

People were painting, drawing, taking photographs and demonstrating just how the old adage that "the camera never lies" is a load of old hogwash!
There were groups from Cliff Villages making exquisite icing sugar flowers, another producing superb greeting cards and the stitchers were practising their stumpwork - wonderful word that. The Mahjong mob were confusing everybody and the singers showed what they did to achieve the sounds we hear each year at the Christmas party. The Long Walks Group set off on a tramp around the Reepham and Cherry Willingham area - but ther's no truth in the rumour that several people spent quite a time visiting all the boozers they could find looking for the Nutritional Research Group meeting (Pub Lunches to you). The art group had created an outline drawing of a beach scene and people were invited to add colour to it - not quite painting by numbers but you get the idea.
The other U3As were also doing their bit, one group was discussing things they remembered from the past - a bridge playing group was giving everybod the opportunity to watch and think that that wasn't the way they would have played that hand and they certainly wouldn't have gone 3 down doubled and vulnerable! The potters were in action and there were some superb photographs to look at and lots more thing happening.

All in all a very interesting few hours and another chance to marvel at the skills of all the U3A members who took part. The trick now is to come up with something new and innovative for next year - it will be interesting to see what happens!

In May of this year (2010) the neighbourhood group staged another 'U3A' in Action, this time at The Grandstand in Lincoln with the aim of bringing the U3A to the notice of people to the west of Lincoln and possibly discovering whether there was enough interest to consider launching another U3A in the area. Since then Rosemary and Ruth ( our voluntary/unpaid Regional Education & Development Contacts) have been beavering away and plans are afoot to set up a new U3A in Skellingthorpe. More news later.