Events & OutingsEvents & Outings
VISIT TO BERKELEY
Thursday 9th September
Join us for a visit to Berkeley, Gloucestershire, to enjoy a day visiting this unique town.
Berkeley Castle has been lived in by the same family for over 900 years. It is where history has been made, where Edward II was murdered, where the Barons of the West gathered before Magna Carta and where Queen Elizabeth I hunted and played bowls.
Where other castles were romanticised or "modernised" by the Georgians or the Victorians, Berkeley quietly survived as what it is: a Norman fortress with an enclosing curtain wall, built and enlarged through the mediaeval period and beyond into a secure, comfortable, substantial home.
A few minutes walk away is the Edward Jenner Museum, the home of the man who demonstrated that by deliberately giving his patient a dose of cowpox, an immunity against smallpox developed, i.e. vaccination. The many other less well known talents of this intriguing man are illustrated in the Museum.
Both venues and the town of Berkeley have a variety of places providing refreshments.
Leave Wells at 9.30 am, return at approx 5.30 pm.
Cost: £19.50 each - Covers coach cost, driver’s gratuity and entry to both Castle and Museum (concessions). Please complete the cutout slip at the end of the Wells U3A Spring 2010 Newsletter and send with your cheque payable to Wells U3A to the contact name and address on the form.
ETHNIC EATING
Tuesday 28th September
I have found another cuisine for us to try! This time we are going to eat Filipino food at the Prince of Wales Inn at Peasedown St John where our hosts are Clarissa and Graham. Clarissa is a Filipina and is the chef who will be preparing lunch for us.
I have arranged a meal where we shall have the opportunity to sample several traditional dishes and have made a booking for Tuesday 28th September. A coach has been booked to take us there and back and we shall leave Wells Bus Station at 11.30 am returning to Wells by about 3.30 pm.
The cost of the meal will be £14 per head and the coach £5 per head. Both prices include gratuities.
If you would like to reserve a place, please refer to the entry in the Wells U3A Members Autumn 2010 Newsletter.
Margaret
WORKSHOPS
Friday 15th October 2010
Burnham-on-Sea community centre
Workshop Groups
Family History, leader Pat Hase
Painting with Pastels, leader Mike Hoskins
Post World War II British History, leader Robert Mair
Digital Photography, the compact camera, leader Gwen Hoskins
| 9.45 am | Arrival & coffee/tea |
| 10.15 am | Welcome |
| 10.30 am | Group Sessions |
| 11.30 am | Coffee/tea |
| 11.45 am | Group discussions |
| 12.15 pm | Plenary report back, questions and comments |
| 1.00 pm | Disperse |
COST: £2 per person attending.
Please note that car parking at the Community Centre will be £2 for up to 4 hours, free to disabled badge holders
If you would like to reserve a place, please refer to the entry in the Wells U3A Members Autumn 2010 Newsletter. N.B. booking required no later than 8th September 2010.
Hazel
HARVEST SUPPER
Friday 29th October 2010
7.00 pm, St Thomas Church Hall, Wells
Our annual Harvest Supper has come round again. Terry Merrettsmith will be entertaining us with his illustrated and humorous talk entitled "Down Memory Lane‟. I'm sure we could all add our own memories to his Volunteers to provide or help with setting out the hall, various salads and medium sized baked potatoes are most welcome and please don't forget some contributions to our raffle. Stuck for ideas? How about a pretty bunch of flowers or box of produce from your garden?
Cost: £7.50 per person
If you would like to reserve a place, please fill in the coupon at the back of the Wells U3A Members Autumn 2010 Newsletter.
Liz
MOROCCEAN COOKERY DEMONSTRATION
At BEAH’s English & Mediterranean Restaurant
Tuesday 2nd November 2010
by the owner of BEAH‟s restaurant, Noureddine Bzize
Noureddine will show you how to prepare an authentic Moroccan Chicken cous cous along with a popular dessert 'Briwat'.
Following the demonstration you will have the opportunity to eat both dishes you have watched being prepared.
Demonstration will start at 11.00 am and lunch will be served at 12.45 pm.
Cost per person £18.50 (including gratuities)
To book your place, please send the cut-out slip from the back of the Wells U3A Members Autumn Newsletter 2010 together with a cheque for £18.50 per person.
Tony