Category: Groups
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U3A Theatre Group - New Member Information
Welcome to the u3a Theatre Group, this information will help you make the most of being a member.Meetings take place on the second Saturday of each month from about 09.45 in the Echo Church Hall behind Emmanual Church, unless the programme shows a different venue. On arrival you must pay £1.50 and give your name Read more
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BY ANITA L
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BY SARAH T
MAGIC DISTRACTION (April 2026 theme)Jonathan is rather weird,It is exactly as I feared.He won’t eat his meals Of chopped fresh eels, And hides in his roomCurled tight round a broom.Sometimes he gives us a terrible frightBy hanging from the bathroom ceiling light,And dropping on unsuspecting folkFor a joke.The cream you gave me for his skin,Well Read more
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BY DAVID H
The Lucky Charm (inspired by November's theme: Lucky Charm) When the future is unclear You unglove my palm And when I’m lost You take my arm When I feel vulnerable You never harm I tilt at windmills And you disarm I’m overheated And you calm When I’m unravelling you darn I’m lucky You’re the charm. Read more
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BY MIKE K
Magic/Crosswords (April 2026 theme) Nothing quite prepares you for retirement, or the act of retiring, being as fraught as it actually is – at least in my case and experience. I suppose there have been subliminal warnings, the main one being that I have managed to avoid stepping over the threshold for about a decade Read more
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BY MEG F
THE MOST ROMANTIC SUNSET(inspired by September’s theme: “I told you I was right.”)So, you ask how the holiday went! The first one without the kids. Daytime was good; we walked, swam, and explored the island. But the evenings!Hubby was asleep by 10 o’clock while I sat in the bar with my book, indulging my people-watching Read more
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BY JEAN D
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BY PAULINE B
‘Magic’ a 10 – 1 poem (April 2026 theme)Gasps of amazement, almost universal, as the magician transformed cardsFrom scarlet hearts to ebony clubs then peeping outOf the girl’s sleeve but instantly vanished until suddenlyReappearing on the watch no one knewHad been removed from the GroomWhat was this devilish feat,Weird act of enchantmentWhich everyone knowsIs absoluteMAGIC.It Read more
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BY PAT A
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BY ROGER E
Cross words? (inspired by Apr 2026 theme: Crosswords/Magic) The Police Sergeant sat in his customary seat in the bar of the Cross Keys, contemplating the cross-beams overhead with their decorative horse brasses. On one wall hung a fine picture of a pirate ship, the ‘Southern Cross’ brazenly flying the Skull and Crossbones at her crosstrees. Read more