We held our Christmas Party at the Church Mouse just outside Durham. Considering there were a lot of us they managed to serve the food quickly, so we all ate together. There is nothing worse than food coming out in dribs and drabs. We all had a good chatter and there [...]
Armistice Day 1/11/1914 Rememberance Day 11/11/2021
Dear Friends, Friday 12th November- Corbridge and Brocksbushes Christmas fayre There are several seats available for this trip. It costs £14 which includes entry to Brocksbushes Christmas fayre. Tuesday 30th November- Morpeth and Heighleygate There are 3 seats available for this trip. It costs £12. To go, follow the instructions below. [...]
The meeting was the first full meeting since February 2020 because of the Covid pandemic. It was held at Seaham Harbour Masonic Hall from 10am to 12md. The meeting had been arranged by the executive committee as a get together and catch up with members after 18 months without meeting. There [...]
Would you like to help keep Seaham free from litter (Pickers & plastic bags are provided by our Council ), come along, have a go, we are a friendly bunch. Start time: 9.30am-11.30am. Do as much or as little as you want but every bit of litter picked up keeps our [...]
As promised I’ll be sitting near Tommy this Tuesday from 1.30 till 2.30 for people to collect posters for the upcoming U3A day. Hopefully if you can take a couple each and distribute them around the town in shops, cafes, doctors surgeries etc. we’ll be able to suitably advertise our wonderful [...]
Durham Cyber Newsletter Please find attached the latest Durham Cyber Newsletter giving you advice on how to stay safe online and information about some of the recent scams in circulation. Regards Vanessa. Attachments Cyber Newsletter December 20.docx - 1,522.2 KB [...]
These nuggets of idiosyncrasies in the usage of our language were found by Brian Angus, he said,” they have been in my drawer for some time, I’m not sure where they came from”. He didn’t say if they were in his top drawer or bottom drawer, I would think if they [...]
Just to remind you all, this year we would have celebrated our 10th Anniversary, in September in some style! Linda Broadbent baked and iced a wonderful anniversary cake for our party. Gordon organised the lovely enamel 10th anniversary badges. There was also a party organised for the Anniversary Celebration at Dalton [...]
As you can probably guess (I have thrown the crystal ball away), the trip has been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions. Let's hope 2021 is a better year for us! GA