Event Category: Meeting
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General Meeting
Langford Lowfields by Stephen Lovell Read more
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General Meeting
The History of Busking and Street Performance In this talk, we will look at the history of street entertainment, examining the lives of some of the colourful characters that have brightened up our urban spaces over the last three hundred years. From Punch and Judy to Georgian ventriloquists, Regency fiddles to celebrity one man bands. Read more
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General Meeting
Grand Central Railway Reunification Reunification is the most exciting railway project in UK railway preservation. By rebuilding fivehundred meters of track the connection of two halves of the Great Central, one in Leicestershire,the other in Nottinghamshire has created an eighteen mile heritage line to power the EastMidlands tourism economy. Three parts of this plan has Read more
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General Meeting
It’s Hell on Wheels being a Driving Instructor Could you pass your driving test tomorrow? Find out how much the driving test has changedsince you took your test. Be amazed at the funny (and risque) things learner drivers say and thequestions they ask.A mock driving lesson will be held at the end of the talk.Presented Read more
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General Meeting
On parade-State Funerals and Coronations. A unique insight into how large scale ceremonial events of recent years were put together by the Principal Director of Music for the Royal Air Force. Presented by Piers Morrell OBE MVO. Read more
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General Meeting
Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance – Mission Impossible 2 Every day crews from the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance respond to an average of 4 life-threatening emergencies across a 3,500 square mile area. They are now on a mission to bring a second helicopter to the skies over Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, saving even more lives. Read more
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General Meeting
“My Extra Life” presented by Mike Newbould Mike has been a television extra for 18 years and has encountered some interesting and strange people. He talks about the rules and regulations, the pitfalls, the jargon, the pay and his experiences. Read more
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General Meeting
Three members of the voluntary group, Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes , Chris Perkins, Roger Wakefield and Clive Wheatcroft, gave us an informative illustrated account of this charity,Nottinghamshire Blood Bikes, complete with one ‘blood bike’ that managed to be manoeuvred into the Memorial Hall! Through slides, pictures and clear explanations we learnt about the workings of such Read more
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General Meeting
Due to our planned speaker being unavailable our Chair, Chris Stothard saved the day by presenting a talk entitled 'What we did on our holidays-No not really!' Chris Stothard, the Chair of Collingham & District u3a, stood in at the last minute and gave a fascinating talk at the March General Meeting She spoke about Read more
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General Meeting
Going Underground: An Exploration of Nottinghamshire’s Subterranean Spaces Going Underground: An Exploration of Nottinghamshire’s Subterranean Spaces by Dave MooneyThis was an enthusiastic presentation of the County’s underground spaces based on personal exploration andexperiences examining caves, crypts, cellars, reservoirs, dungeons, tunnels and mines.Dave introduced the talk by explaining that Nottinghamshire is made up of Limestone, Sandstone,Mudstone Read more