News Update

Petra Ralph asks whether any members would be interested in getting together to travel around the UK.  A retired Nurse who  has worked in the medical field all her working life, Petra is now looking for similar minded friends keen to travel. Contact Petra this link.

Are you interested in hearing other peoples ideas and opinions? We have a vacancy in our Monday morning friendly and relaxed discussion group and would love to hear from you. Please get in touch via this link.

We are looking for more members who would like to join Wine Tasting Group 3. We meet in members’ homes on the second Wednesday of the month starting at 7.30pm. The next meeting will be on June 10th. Please register your interest on the website or via this link.

Are any of our members interested in regular providing hands on help with some of the day to day tasks that they can do with their phones/tablets/computers? – asks  Peter Motley. This means every day tasks such as: Email; sending pictures, sending to groups, detecting SPAM etc Calendar: using online calendar, sharing Video calling – how to Photos – managing the ever increasing volume Ride sharing apps – Uber etc NHS app QR codes Other similar items of interest If so, please reply to Peter letting us know which topics…

The current Advanced Spanish Group is full – but are other members out there who might be interested in joining a new Spanish conversation group – time and place and other details to be sorted out between prospective members? Participants would need to be fairly fluent in Spanish, either by studying at a reasonable level, living or working in a Spanish seeking country, and capable of helping each other with difficulties in the language. Please send any responses to Stephanie Carn the…

In April the group gathered around two large tables and we were divided into teams. One was set to build electric generators, the other to make a simple electric motor driven by a 3 volt battery. Along with some simple instructions a coil of copper wire and some magnets our dexterity was challenged in winding 300 coils of wire around a flimsy armature but eventually the motor wire and the diode lit up on generating a brief current.

The Millennium Dome Diamond Robbery, Jools Lloyd Jools was the Surveillance Team Leader working alongside The Flying Squad on their investigation into what became one of the most famous attempted robberies in criminal history. The attempt to steal the DeBeers Millennium Star and Blue Diamonds on display in a vault at the Millennium Dome in November 2000. The robbery has been subject to documentaries by ITV and Netflix (both of which Jools took part in), and has…

We now have vacancies for new members who have a basic understanding of ACOL and are looking for a game of bridge with a friendly group on a Tuesday afternoon. We meet from 2.00pm to 4.30pm at the St Blaize Centre in Boxgrove. Follow this link for more information.