The guest speaker at this month’s meeting of Ruddington and District U3A is Andy Smart. Join the retired local newspaper journalist and radio broadcaster as he shares stories about his career from The Nottingham Post to Radio Trent at the monthly Monday meetings, run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. The group is for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. The Ruddington &…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. Membership for a full year is £20, and you can either join at the meeting, and chat to members, or find out more from the website. The Ruddington & District Branch was formed in 2018. The more members there are the…
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The guest speaker at this month’s meeting of Ruddington and District U3A is singer and guitarist Trevor Leeson. On Monday 19th February 2024 his talk will be on ‘The Merseybeats’ – one of the famous sixties groups of which he was a member. However, Trevor actually started in the music business in 1958, thanks to Lonnie Donegan, before also working with other huge stars such as Ken Dodd, Little Richard and the Electric Light Orchestra, so he’ll have plenty of stories to tell. This is certainly a talk not to be…
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Ruddington Gardeners’ Association is open to everyone, whatever your age! RGA hold events, trips and meetings with speakers throughout the year. Members meet on the last Wednesday of each month in the village. The group says “The RGA is open to everyone in Ruddington and beyond, of all ages and abilities; armchair gardeners, patio and window box planters, to those more ‘green fingered’ and allotment holders.” This month, the Talk will be “A Peep at my Plot” with members’ photographs and slides on Wednesday 31st January at 7.30pm in The Hermitage. Membership is £5…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. Guest Speaker PC Kelly Charlie from Rushcliffe Police talks about ‘Cybersecurity’ – along with addressing other local areas of concern – on Monday 15th January. Membership for a full year is £20, and you can either join at the meeting, and…
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Get an insight into the island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean, ‘Iceland – Land of Fire and Ice’ is a talk by Peter and Margaret Foss – hosted by Ruddington Women’s Institute. It says the couple “have travelled extensively in Iceland and will be sharing photographs and their experiences of the landscape, culture and people”. The event is at the WI monthly meeting on Wednesday 9th August at 7.15pm in St Peter’s Rooms. Ruddington WI has been around since 1924 – it has a friendly bunch of members and they’d…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. ‘Nottingham Street Pastors’ will be this month’s scheduled talk with guest speaker Lynne Miles. Non-members are always welcome. You can attend for free at the first session and the branch says “but must thereafter join to be entitled to attend further meetings”.…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. This month’s scheduled guest talk will be ‘From Barrow to Baghdad and Back’ with Philip Caine. Non-members are always welcome. You can attend for free at the first session and the branch says “but must thereafter join to be entitled to attend further meetings”.…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. This month’s scheduled talk will be on ‘Fire Prevention’ with guest Craig Langton. Non-members are always welcome. You can attend for free at the first session and the branch says “but must thereafter join to be entitled to attend further meetings”. Membership for…
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Monday’s monthly meeting is run by our local U3A – University of the Third Age. It’s for “retired and semi-retired people to make new friends, keep active and learn together. Of course it’s not a university in the usual sense. It’s a university of life” says the Ruddington and District U3A. This month’s scheduled Guest Speaker is Bob Massey on ‘The Biggest Worsted Mill’. Non-members are always welcome. You can attend for free at the first session and the branch says “but must thereafter join to be entitled to attend further meetings”. Membership…
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