The Who’s Who page has been updated to show the new Committee and Officers following the AGM on May 11th 2016.
Link to the updated page is below.
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May/Jun 2016 U3A Magazine Now Online
May/Jun 2016 edition of the U3A of Highbridge Magazine can be found on the Magazine page on the Main Menu. For convenience a direct link to the Magazine is shown below.
Update: Hinkley Point Trip
The visit to Hinkley Point Power Station has been booked for the 11th August 2016, and coach transport has been arranged to get us there. A pub lunch at the Friendly Spirit at Cannington has also been booked.
The cost for the coach will be £7.00 pp, picking up at 8.30am from Berrow, 8.40am from Pier St and 8.50am from Highbridge.
I will have a menu to pre order meals 2wks prior to our visit.
Please contact Vour Orchard on 01278 788984 as soon as possible if you are interested in going on this trip.
Holiday: Weymouth 2017
We are taking bookings for the holiday to Prince Regent Hotel, Weymouth from January 30th to February 3rd 2017 price £120.00, £10 supplement for sea view room. We have Twin and Sea View Twin rooms available. The price includes Coach pick up & return to Highbridge, half board en suite accommodation, live entertainment every evening. This is a lovely Hotel situated on Weymouth seafront and will be a lovely break to banish the Winter blues! Please see Di or Brenda at the Wednesday coffee morning or telephone 01278 781009.
Group Updates
The Photography Group is currently on a sabbatical and is expected to restart at some point in the future.
The Creative Writing and Sewing Groups have sadly closed for the foreseeable future due to lack of regular attendees.
Details for the above groups have been removed from this website and will be reinstated should those group restart in future.
Trip to Hinkley Point Power Station
A new trip to Hinkley Point Power Station will be arranged for sometime in August (exact date and price to be advised).
Should you wish to go on this tour, you will need a current British passport, or a photo driving licence, PLUS your birth certificate.
NO photographs to be taken and NO mobile phones allowed.
It is recommended that you wear sensible shoes, i.e. no sandals or high heels.
There will be a talk at EDF Office in Bridgwater prior to the visit to Hinkley B on the morning of the visit.
Please let Vour know if you are interested before the end of April.
Tel. 01278 788984.
Local History Group Formation Meeting
Local History Group
There is to be a meeting at
Southwell House
On Wednesday 13th April at 2.30 pm
To discuss and, hopefully, form this new group.
The purpose of this group is to study and investigate the history of, Highbridge and its surrounding area, also when the opportunities arise, to spend some time looking into the history of places which we feel warrant further investigation and that have been suggested by group members.
Please add your name to this list and, if you are able, come along to the meeting.
Theatre Trip: Save the Last Dance for Me
For information please ring Ann Cross on 01278 786425.
U3A Annual Lunch 2016 Photo
Photo taken at the U3A Annual Lunch at the Beachcomber, Brean on March 9th 2016. Many thanks to Wendy Conibeer for sending it in.
Isle of Wight Holiday Vacancy
We have had a cancellation of a Twin Room for the Isle of Wight holiday, 6th to 10th June, £210.00 per person. This includes coach pick up from Highbridge to Isle of Wight, 4 nights half board & live entertainment every evening. To book or for more information please contact Di on 01278 781009.
Mar/Apr 2016 U3A Magazine Now Online
Mar/Apr 2016 edition of the U3A of Highbridge Magazine can be found on the Magazine page on the Main Menu. For convenience a direct link to the Magazine is shown below.
New Ukulele Group
The formation of our own Ukulele Band Group has moved on quite a bit since the initial announcement was made in the last magazine. The group held its inaugural meeting at the Community Hall on Thursday 4th February, Mick Emms, its Leader, had gathered together 7 members who were interested in learning to play this instrument.
We wish them all success and look forward to them entertaining us in the not too distant future.
Away Days for 2016 Updated with Prices
The events list has been updated to show prices for all upcoming Away Days in 2016. For convenience a link to the events list is shown below.
Holiday in Bournemouth 2016
46 members set off on a Cold but Sunny morning for a 4 night break in Daishs Sands Hotel, Bournemouth. We all had an excellent time, the hotel was in a good position only a short walk to the Cliff Top which had lovely walks either into the town 1 way or to Sandbanks the other. The food & entertainment was excellent & Vour received a shock when Elvis crept up on her!
We are now looking forward to our next trip in June when we are going to Daishs Hotel, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. This holiday is fully booked!
Di Barnard
Jan/Feb 2016 U3A Magazine Now Online
Jan/Feb 2016 edition of the U3A of Highbridge Magazine can be found on the Magazine page on the Main Menu. For convenience a direct link to the Magazine is shown below.
Di Barnard Interviewed on Radio
I was looking up Bath Christmas Market on the internet prior to visiting with our U3A, I saw there was a Facebook page so went on there & ticked the question ‘who’s going?’.
In a short time I received a message from Radio Bristol asking if I would agree to being interviewed by the morning programme, as they were doing a special programme on the Christmas market & they wanted to speak to people that were coming from various places.
I replied stating I would do it, but questioned if they would want me as I’m an oldie & have a fairly broad Somerset accent!! They came straight back & said I seem just what they want and arranged to telephone me on the Wednesday afternoon.
I went off to coffee morning on the Wednesday feeling quite a celebrity & shared the news with my friends that I was to be on the Radio!
When I got home I was on tenterhooks waiting for the phone to ring when it did I spoke to a very pleasant man who briefly asked various questions & asked me to be ready by the phone at 8.25 the next morning to receive the call to go on air.
Dead on 8.25 the phone rang & when I answered It was explained that the programme would be relayed over the phone to me & I just had to listen & wait until I heard ‘ We now have a lady, Diane Barnard from Burnham on Sea who is going to Bath Christmas Market today on a coach with friends from Highbridge U3A. They asked me how many were going & what we intended to do & if I had been before. I made sure I gave another mention to Highbridge U3A & said what a good Club it is, I made them have a giggle when I said there is a coach load of oldies waiting to descend on Bath with our full purses to live it up!
My husband missed hearing it as I had thought it would also be on Somerset Sound but it wasn’t! We then managed to find Radio Bristol on our TV and we’re pleased to hear it repeated at 9am.
I went off to catch the coach at 9.15 & was pleased to let my friends know of my new found fame.
Di Barnard
Holiday to Bournemouth Update
We have had a cancellation of a single room for the holiday to Bournemouth on January 16th to January 20th 2016. The total cost is £115.00 (includes single supplement of £10.00
For further information or to book please contact Di Barnard on 01278 781009.
Proposed Away Days for 2016 Added
The proposed Away Days for 2016 are now shown in the Events List. Please note that these trips are provisional and no prices are available yet; these will be added in due course.
For convenience a direct link to the events list is shown below.
XMAS HAMPER
We intend to again produce a Hamper similar to last year’s and are inviting all members to donate suitable items.
The draw will take place during the Coffee Morning on Wednesday 9th December; the items will therefore be required not later than Wednesday 2nd December so that the hamper may be produced; plus additional baskets as last year, if a surplus of items are donated.