Callander & West Perthshire U3A

Newsletter Issue No. 47

August 2018

NEW MEMBERS ONLY

FILL IN A REGISTRATION

FORM AT THE AGM

OR DOWNLOAD FROM

OUR WEBSITE ‘Callander and West Perthshire U3A’

AGM & ENROLMENT DAY

THURSDAY 23rd AUGUST 2.00-4.00pm

CALLANDER KIRK HALL

Short AGM followed by refreshments

and signing in for all the groups

Annual Subscriptions will be collected in the

neighbouring room

£10 per member

£5 if you belong to another U3A

RETURNING MEMBERS

NO NEED TO FILL IN A

FORM - BRING CASH OR

CHEQUE TO THE AGM IN

AN ENVELOPE WITH YOUR

NAME ON THE FRONT

or

Send cheque payable to ‘Callander & West Perthshire U3A’

to

John Champness

Membership Secretary

18 Robertson Way

Callander FK17 8JF

EXPLORING

CLASSIC CINEMA

This is a new group starting

soon and the leader will attend

and give more details of dates

and venue at the AGM

In accordance with Third Age Trust advice the members present at the AGM will be asked to

approve the alteration of Clause 3 (Purposes) of the C&WP Constitution

C&WP

TIMETABLE

2018

GROUP LEADER AND

CONTACT

DETAILS

TIME VENUE START

DATE

MONDAY Current Affairs Barbara Legg 01877 330 742

10am -12noon fortnightly

The Fire Station

Callander

17 Sept.

Scottish Country

Dancing

Kath Millar 01877 339 872

2.00 - 3.30pm weekly

St Andrews Church Hall

3 Sept.

German Conversation Gudrun Sawyer 01786 822 086

10am - 12noon fortnightly

Ledcameroch

House,

Perth Rd.

Dunblane

24 Sept.

Singing for Pleasure Fiona Martin

01567 830 233

Barbara Legg

01877 330 742

10.30am - 12noon

fortnightly

Trust Housing

Common Room

Callander

24 Sept.

Bridge for Beginners

& Advanced

Mike Robinson

01877 331 183

2.00 - 4.00pm weekly

The Old Bank Callander

Ongoing

Topics in the History

of Art

Keverne Smith

01360 440 293

2.00 - 4.00pm

Monthly

The Fire Station

Callander

17 Sept.

Ancient History

& Art

Peter Ireland

01877 330 444

10am - 12noon

Weekly

Oakbank

Callander

24 Sept.

TUESDAY Maths in Art and

Literature

Paul Prescott 01877 330 032

10am - 12noon

Fortnightly The Fire Station

Callander

Starting Jan

2019

Book Group Rosemary Fraser

01877 330 662

11.00am 1st Tues of month

McLaren High School

4 Sept.

Swimming Ethel Blyth

01877 330 123

To be confirmed McLaren

Leisure Centre

28 Aug.

Poetry Reading Marguerite Kobs 01360 850 722

2.00 - 4.00pm 2nd Tues of month

Callander Lodge 12 Sept.

Wine tasting Romma Clements &

John Kelly

01877 382 956

2.30 - 4.00pm 3rd Tues of month

‘Glenartney’

Gartmore

18 Sept.

Mahjong Fiona Gibson

01877 331 508

2.00 - 4.00pm

fortnightly

The Old Bank

Callander

18 Sept.

Painting for Fun Alison Ferguson

01567 830 405

2.00-4.00pm

weekly

Killin Hotel 11 Sept.

WEDNESDAY French (Beginners) Alexandra Russell

01877 331 581

10.30am - 12.15pm

weekly

The Old Bank

Callander

5 Sept.

Painting for Pleasure Brenda Kennedy

01877 330 490

2.00 - 4.00pm

weekly

The Fire Station

Callander

12 Sept.

Intermediate Spanish Contact:

Margaret Warnock

01877 330159

10.15am - 12noon

weekly

Trust Housing

Common Room

Callander

Ongoing

Current Affairs Barbara Legg 01877 330 742

10.00am – 12noon

monthly Killin Hotel 26 Sept.

10 Oct.

7 Nov.

5 Dec.

French Conversation Paul Hicks

01567 830 359

2.30 - 4.00pm

weekly Killin Hotel 20 Sept.

Ancient History

& Art

Peter Ireland

01877 330 444

10am - 12noon

Weekly

Oakbank

Callander

24 Sept.

C&WP

TIMETABLE

2018

GROUP LEADER AND

CONTACT

DETAILS

TIME

VENUE START

DATE

THURSDAY Quintessentials

Trish Dunn 01877 330 850

10.30am-12noon Fortnightly

The Old Bank Callander

Ongoing

Antiques

Appreciation

Peter Mehta

01786 473 768

10.00am - 12noon

Monthly

The Fire Station

Callander

27 Sept.

French (Intermediate) Alexandra Russell 01877 331 581

2.00 - 4.00pm Weekly

The Old Bank Callander

6 Sept.

Rock Music

Appreciation

Jill Johnston

01877 384 227

6.30pm

Monthly

Various 20 Sept.

‘Imperfect Pitch’

Instrumental Group

Isobel McGuire

01877 385 253 2.00 - 3.30pm

Weekly

The Fire Station

Callander

13 Sept.

Geology Jim Leddy

01786 825 249

Group 1 10-12noon

Group 2.0-4.00pm

‘Ellerslie’

Keir Street

Dunblane

11 Oct.

15 Nov.

13 Dec.

‘Knit & Natter’ Liz Reece-Heal

01877 331 834

2.00 - 4.00pm

Fortnightly

7 Livingstone

Avenue

Callander

30 Aug.

FRIDAY Table Tennis Alan Legg

01877 330 742

10.00am start

Weekly

McLaren

Leisure Centre

Callander

Ongoing

Le Français Actuel Alexandra Russell 01877 331 581

10.30am-12.15pm

Weekly

The Old Bank Callander

7 Sept.

Armchair Astronomy Keith Wilson

01877 330 059

10.00am - 12noon

Monthly

The Fire Station

Callander

21 Sept.

Music Appreciation John Champness

01877 330 955

2.00 - 4.00pm 1st Fri of month

21 Lendrick Ave

Callander 7 Sept.

Gardening Contact:

Kath Millar

01877 339 872

2.00 - 3.30pm 3rd Fri of month

St. Andrews

Hall, Callander

21 Sept.

Travellers’ Tales Pat Wilson

01877 330 151

2.00 - 4.00pm Bi-monthly

‘Somerled’

Kilmahog

28 Sept.

Scottish History Contact:

Kath Millar

01877 339 872

10.00 -11.30am 2nd Fri of month

St Andrews

Hall, Callander

14 Sept.

Bridge for Beginners

& Advanced

To be confirmed 2.00-4.00pm

Weekly

Killin Hotel Ongoing

SUNDAY Sunday Lunch Group Christine Ffinch

01877 339 024

Bi-monthly Various 9 Sept.

OTHER GROUPS:

‘Out and About’ - Group Leader Douglas Cumming 01786 850 461

Theatre Outings - Group Leaders Olga Watkins 01877 330 587 and Marilyn Moore 01877 330 511

Singles Holidays Group: Group Leader Christine Ffinch 01877 339 024

NEW GROUP IN KILLIN STARTING LATE SEPTEMBER - Geology for Beginners - Leader - Ken Chew

Please contact Fiona Martin for more information - 01567 830 233 fionamm66@gmail.com

NEW GROUP IN CALLANDER - Exploring Classic Cinema - Leader David Skelsley - further details at the AGM

LOTTIE GREGORY

A Memory

Margaret Warnock

Members of the U3A Spanish Class were shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death

in July of Lottie Gregory, the leader and much valued Spanish tutor of our class for the last

two years.

Lottie gave of her knowledge with enthusiasm and warmth and we will miss her greatly. We

discovered a little of her very full and active life through our conversations (mostly in

Spanish!) each week and, since her death, have learnt more about the breadth of her

interests, her generosity and her amazing energy.

A graduate in French and Spanish, Lottie worked as an administrator at the University of

Stirling, firstly in the Macrobert Centre and then in the School of Education, playing a

crucial role in the setting up and running of SCILT, the Scottish Centre for Information on

Language Teaching. A keen walker and cyclist, she climbed all the Munroes, and then

proceeded to climb the Corbetts, completing this achievement in 2016. She was a good

golfer and for many years she was a member of the Dunblane Golf Club, serving as

Women's Captain for a while. After her retirement she was a founding member and leader of

the Stirling University Retired Staff Association Walking Group, and for several years she

passed on her love of the Spanish language by teaching undergraduates following the

beginners' Spanish course at the University. Recently she had been teaching English to

refugees in Falkirk.

She had three children: Andrew, Susan and Thomas and loved to spend time with them and

her grandchildren. Our thoughts go out to them at this sad time.

Finally, it seems fitting to quote some of the tributes that flooded in from the class on

hearing of Lottie’s passing:

“Lottie was always so bright and enthusiastic, such a lovely person and so eager to help us

all with our Spanish - one of the best teachers.”

“She was kind and very generous with her time and knowledge - a great teacher and an

inspiring person.”

“She was such a lovely person and so tolerant and patient in teaching us.”

“[I] found her to be very kind and warm and encouraging and interesting and was very

grateful for her really excellent tuition - she put a lot of thought, time and effort into helping

us all improve - a great generosity of spirit. She was so lively it’s hard to think she’s gone.”

The new C&WP Committee will meet after the AGM to agree the date of the next meeting

01877 330 587

01786 850 461

01567 830 405

01877 330 511

01877 339 144

01567 830 233

01786 473 768

01360 850 722

01877 331 834

01877 330 742

01877 331 581

Chairman: Ray Watkins raywatkins2000@aol.com

Vice Chair: Myra Cumming myracumming@hotmail.co.uk

Secretary: Ali Ferguson ali49ferguson@gmail.com

Treasurer: Marilyn Moore marilynemery@hotmail.com

Groups Coordinator: Chris Corden cjcorden@hotmail.com

Social Secretary: Position vacant

Website Manager: Peter Mehta pwmehta@googlemail.com

Publicity: Marguerite Kobs marguerite.kobs@btinternet.com

Group e-mails: Philip Reece-Heal 000prh@gmail.com

Non-voting members

Honorary President: Barbara Legg alan.barbara1@gmail.com

Disability Adviser: Alexandra Russell alexandrarussell.ar@gmail.com

C&WP COMMITTEE

Membership Sec: John Champness will continue to retain membership data and liaise with the

Treasurer on collection of subscriptions john_champness@hotmail.com 01877 330 955

Greetings to any of our members who have been ill or otherwise laid up during our summer recess. If you have difficulty getting to the AGM remember you don’t have to sign in on the day, you

can send in your subs by cheque for £10 made payable to ‘Callander & West Perthshire U3A’

posted to John Champness, Membership Secretary, 18 Robertson Way, Callander FK17 8JF

Philip Reece-Heal

taking his

medicine with a

brave face

We wish you all a speedy

recovery and look forward to seeing everyone back in their

groups as soon as possible.