STOP PRESS  -  MAGAZINE DELIVERERS NEEDED
Deliverer/s needed for the following areas:-
   Bay View Gardens                  Ashley Avenue
               Eton Road                                     Broadhurst Gardens
                   Marine Drive                              Part of Burnham Road
     Mallard Place                            Highburn Close
 
There are about 14 magazines to be delivered and at the moment they are all delivered by one person but they can be split up into smaller groups if necessary.  The magazine only comes out every 2 months and you can deliver them at your convenience, within reason.
If you can help please contact Margaret on 789540


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 DAY TRIPS   2017 
Usual Times for Leaving:
Pepperall Rd. 9:10 am
Apex Park 9:15 am  
Pier Street   9:20 am 
The Vets (opposite Community Centre) 9:30 am
Love Lane bus stop (opposite The Rosewood) 9:35 am

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​**2 seats available for Cardiff shopping   £12

HOLIDAY GROUP   Holidays 

​​ ONE SINGLE and 2 Double rooms have become available for 
TURKEY & TINSEL  - NIDD HALL. 
December 11th for 5 days £295
These will need to be booked and paid for very soon.  Please contact Sue Mead on 792021  if you would like to take advantage of this

We thank you all for your support and are now in the process of looking at
ideas for later in 2018.
Keep your eyes peeled either on the Notice board (Thursdays) on the website
or in the magazine for details of present and forthcoming notices and holidays.
See also the team on Thursday coffee mornings in Room 3.
Thank you from The Holiday Team 
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LOCHS & GLENS of  SCOTLAND TO ARDGARTEN HOTEL.
 24-29th April 2018 - 6 days.
Please see notice board for further details, also express your
interest to Holiday Team, Room 3. 
We will start collecting deposits from July 2017.
​Early booking essential

​ Holiday Team - Lynn Mathews. Jean & Geoff Hollingworth & Sue Meads. 

THEATRE GROUP

CRAZY FOR YOU
Bristol Hippodrome (coach) 12th Oct £26
Seats still available

ALADDIN
Christmas panto Bristol (coach) 2nd January 2018  £24
Contact Jill Tomkin
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GARDENING GROUP - 2017

Committee: Diane Cruickshank 787856     John Reed     783640
                            Janet Hill                      782337      Paula Milne   325234
This programme may be liable for changes due to unforeseen circumstances, so please check with members of the committee before an event.
Please note that due to increased costs, the attendance fee at the Community Centre events will be £2.00 per meeting.

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Silver Anniversary Lunch
will be held at The Beachcomber - Thursday 19th October 2017 at 12.30.
This will be a Carvery Lunch plus dessert and coffee and mints.
Cost £14 per head.
Cheques and choice of menu will be taken by the Holiday Group, Room 3,
from mid-August.
This will follow straight on from the tree-planting, (see Silver Anniversary page.)

COMMUNITY CENTRE NEWS
HISTORY PROJECT   Friday 3rd November
from 10 - 12.30 .at the Community Centre.
As part of the U3A Anniversary Celebrations, we are holding an Exhibition of historical documents about Burnham and Saint Andrew’s Church.    
The documents are presently held by Myra Cox who has agreed that they be handed over after the Exhibition, to the County Records Office for safe keeping.
 These are part of our local heritage, so this Event will be an opportunity to see how thingswere some 200 years ago.
 There will also be films of Burnham past shown by John Strickland.
 Refreshments will be on sale.
 Ken Hindle
  PEGGY BESSANT
Our oldest member will be at the Coffee Morning on 23rd November  just after her 100th birthday. 
GROUPS LATEST​
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​The EASY WALKING  group desperately needs a new Leader; if you can help please contact Sandra 685544.  Otherwise this group will have to close.
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PHILOSOPHY GROUP
The Philosophy group discusses how the public figures of today could  learn from the Philosophers of yesterday.  We meet on the last Friday of the month at 10.30 a.m at the home of Rosalie Dilkes 6 The Gables, Allandale Road TA8 2HG. Telephone 01278 256210. Please come and join us.  We end the session at 12 noon.
The next meeting of the Philosophy group will be on Friday October 27th when we will be looking at the Philosophy of Kant.
 Rosalie Dilkes

OPERA GROUP 
First meeting of the Opera Group will be on November 3rd 2017.  We will be starting with Eugene Onegin and then we will discuss our future programme.
The venue is at the home of Rosalie Dilkes 6 The Gables, Allandale Road TA8 2HG telephone 01278 256210 curtain up at 7 p.m.
Look forward to seeing all our members on November 3rd.
Rosalie
No meeting in December.

BARN DANCING
 David Napper is our group leader, assisted by his wife Irene & what a fun event to be part of. We meet at 2pm, on the 2nd/4th & 5th Thursday of every month at Burnham Methodist Church, College Street.
Why not come along & give it a go - there's always room for 1 or 2 more
​Sandra Nelson
NEW GROUPS
Spanish Conversation for Beginners
Starting in November.  Two classes per month, day and time to be decided, depending on Hall availabity.  Aim is to inspire confidence in basic communication skills and have some fun along the way. If interested, please contact Chris Noble on 01278 751808
Hasta la vista!
 ASTRONOMY
The recent total eclipse showed that a lot of people are interested in what happens beyond this Earth, but don't know that much. If you want to find out, there will be a Group meeting on the 4th Tuesday at 10:30 , starting October 24th, at room 4 in the Community Centre .
(It will not include night-time observations unless enough people really really want !)
Phone 01278 795258 or email  editor@burnhamu3a@gmail.com for further information

LIGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC GROUP
to be held on the first Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. We aim to play a complete work from the Concert  Hall repertoire..
We will meet at the home of Rosalie Dilkes, 6 The Gables, Allandale Road TA8 2HG telephone 01278 256210
We will be using YouTube so you will be able to watch the performance from a Concert Hall.
Our first meeting will be on November 1st 2017 when we will be playing Beethoven's Violin Concerto.

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You will be given all the support you need to start a group so why not give it a go?..........after all the success of our U3A is in the strength of the groups.
Please register your interest by signing the flyer in the Community Centre
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