Category Archives: General

Photo Competition

These are the latest competition winners Last Updated – Sunday, November 8, 2015

19 January 2016 – “St Kilda, The Lonely Isle”

10 am at Christ Church Ministry Centre.  This meeting is open to all U3A members. The speaker is Stephen Halliwell, from Preston, former secretary to Preston Birdwatching and Natural History Society.  His illustrated talk will last approx one hour 15 mins to be followed by questions and answers. Stephen is an experienced public speaker and has… Read More »

Mobile phones and sunbeds

Wednesday, 4 November 2015 – Mobile Phones and Sunbeds Are you worried by what you see written in the press about the danger of radiation from mobile phones, or mobile phone masts?   Are you less worried about the possible dangers from sunbeds? Those who attended the talk by Professor Peter Cole will have been reassured about one… Read More »

Parbold – September 2015 walk

The walk at Parbold was enjoyed by only a few people due to the bad weather in the morning. However at 1.30 the sun came out and 11 of us enjoyed a really good walk in the sun. Some of us finished off the walk in the cafe. Last Updated – Saturday, November 7, 2015

Bob Cratchitt video clip

It’s a musical called ‘Bob Cratchitt, retired’ which tells the story of the character from Charles Dickens‘A Christmas Carol’ as he reaches retirement.  The musical is written by the very talented Eric Midwinter, one of the co-founders responsible for introducing the U3A to the UK during the early 1980’s.  The music has been written by… Read More »

An extra visit – Hesketh Outmarsh 27th October 2015

Arranged at the last minute to catch the high ‘Spring’ tide and good weather, just two members were able to attend this extra visit. Highlights included: Lots of Little Egrets, many at close range Whooper Swans Last Updated – Wednesday, November 4, 2015

National U3A Adviser for German

Instead of our usual twice monthly Wednesday meetings, our dedicated leaders and group members attended for three successive Wednesdays when in early September we had a planned visit from Alastair Sharp,  the National U3A Adviser for German. Alastair was complimentary about the organization and enthusiasm of all involved  “It was interesting, informative and fun,”  he commented in the email… Read More »

Parbold walk

The last walk at Parbold was enjoyed by only a few people due to the bad weather in the morning. However at 1.30 the sun came out and 9 of us enjoyed a really good walks in the sun. Last Updated – Friday, October 16, 2015

Visit to Lunt Meadows 13th October 2015

  A beautiful sunny October morning for the Bird watching group’s first visit to this new wetland reserve near Sefton.  The reserve is still being developed and an additional hide screen was being installed at the time of our visit. Eleven group members attended and a total of thirty seven bird species were recorded. Highlights of… Read More »

New location for October visit

The October meeting on the 13th has been switched to Lunt Meadows near Sefton instead of Pennington Flash. It’s a new venue for the bird group, only 15 minutes away, quite a large reserve with 2 sizeable lakes, reed beds, wild flower meadows and woodland.  The reserve is quite large, has good paths and 3 screen… Read More »

Programme & Notices for October 2015

October Monthly Competition (email to: digiphoto@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk) Topic 1 – Fountains Topic 2 – Fruit and Vegetables The closing date for the October competition is midnight, Sunday 27th September   Plan for Thursday 1st October Meeting – Haskayne Village Hall 2pm Competition Judging, followed by critique Alan Starkie – Using your images to make greetings cards… Read More »

August 2015 Ride

The Cycling Group's First Ride

Twelve hardy souls enjoyed a route led by John Radcliffe under rather grey skies: train from Ormskirk to Sandhills, the Leeds-Liverpool canal through Rimrose Valley to Litherland, Little Crosby and Formby, then back to Ormskirk. See map below. Starting the ride at Sandhills Station, we went towards Liverpool for about 1 km, then made our… Read More »

A Special Encounter

Margaret Gibbon’s sensational Local History Group summer outings have been a testament to her enthusiasm, organisation skills and eye for historical detail.   Last Updated – Monday, August 31, 2015

Music Appreciation – reports on previous meetings

Music Appreciation 2015 Tuesday October 27th:  With the title ” 20th century British composers” , this presentation by Alma & Roger Abel might have been another hearing of some very familiar pieces. Instead they came up with an interesting an entertaining selection of music – mainly from the second half of the century . The… Read More »