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Lanark & District U3A Newsletter

September 2014 Issue 2

Chairperson’s report

I am looking forward to welcoming back everyone in September to Lanark Memorial Hall, our new venue. I should perhaps remind you that your £15 yearly membership payment is now due if you have not already paid in advance, as I have, since I am trying to gain Brownie Points as your new Chairperson (after all, I have to set a good example!).

A few groups, including Art, Beginners Italian, Poetry Appreciation and Croquet, have continued over the Summer, but I am sure, Like me, a lot of you will be looking forward to your group choices restarting in September. I know that Loraine, my vice-chairperson, has been looking at the new Autumn/Winter programme at the Memorial Hall and is trying to organise a good variety of genre to suit all tastes.

Rosemary Train

Lanark Memorial Hall

The venue for all our General Meetings commencing September 2014

St Leonard Street, Lanark. ML11 7AB

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Directions and Access

Travelling up the High Street keep LEFT onto St Leonard Street. (Follow signs for Carstairs and Edinburgh)

The Hall is on the left before the next set of traffic lights.

Car Parking On passing the Hall at the traffic lights on St Leonard Street turn left.

Proceed through the next set of traffic lights onto Kildare Road. Take first right into Kildare Place, the entry to the car park is here.

Access

There are two entry doors to the hall, one at the rear, down steps from Hall Place and the other from the frontage on St Leonards Street. A LIFT, should it be required, is available from the front entrance, .

Hall Entrance

This is on the left after ascending a short flight of stairs.

Date Subject Speaker

17th September 2014 Farming the Organic Way Whitmuir Organics

8th October 2014 Yes, Minister Professor John Howie

19th November 2014 'Supporting the Children's Hospice' Robina Wilson

17th December 2014 Christmas Meal New Lanark Mill Hotel

21st January 2015 Mountain Rescue Services PC Grant Little

18th February 2015 African Experiences Jim Percival

18th March 2015 General Roy Puts Britain on the Map Jean Barr

15th April 2015 Maintaining our Parks -and more SLC Parks Department

20th May 2015 Annual General Meeting To be arranged

General Meeting information

For October ONLY the meeting has moved to the SECOND Wednesday—the 8th.

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Family History Group Paul Archibald is now back full time at Lanark Library after his hip operation and is willing to continue to help those of us who are in the family history group by having a round-robin meeting once a month to review our progress and to help with any problems we might have, or to point us in the right direction. As Paul is going on holiday in September, he hopes to have the first meeting sometime in October, (date to be confirmed). If you are interested in joining this group, Paul recommends that you first attend the 2 day course that he runs at the Library (cost is £5) as an introduction to researching your family history. This may not be necessary if you have already done a little researching.

What is this strange article used for—answer later.

Poetry Reading Group Appreciates Poets Laureate Our July meeting was an unexpectedly rewarding one, perhaps because we had pushed ourselves out of our comfort zone, to find poems by poets laureate, with biographical information. We were agreeably surprised by some of the poetry, as well as the poets. Did you know – The prime minister advises the monarch on which poet to appoint. Current poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, was born in the Gorbals. When she was first proposed as poet laureate in 1999, it was felt she was too controversial a figure, being both female and lesbian, and Andrew Motion was chosen instead. She was eventually appointed 10 years later.

Robert Southey, poet laureate in 1813, wrote several anti-war poems. These were not well received at the time. His most enduring contribution to literature is his story of Goldilocks and the three bears.

John Masefield, author of ‘Sea Fever’ and ‘Cargoes’, suffered badly from seasickness, and hated the violence of life at sea. When Tennyson died in 1892, it was felt that none of the poets then living (Kipling, Hardy, Rosetti, Swinburne) was of sufficient distinction to succeed him. The eventual appointee, Alfred Austin, had served the Conservative party

well in his journalism. He was ridiculed and criticised throughout his tenure. When poet Sylvia Plath killed herself in 1963, many of Plath’s fans blamed her husband, Ted Hughes ( later poet laureate), though she had attempted suicide before she met Hughes. They repeatedly chiselled the name ‘Hughes’ off her gravestone.

John Betjeman had the traditional poet laureate’s remuneration, a barrel of sherry, reinstated. He was not a fan of modern life, as can be seen from his poem ‘Inexpensive Progress’, which ends:

‘When all our roads are lighted

by concrete monsters sited like gallows overhead,

bathed in the yellow vomit each monster belches from it

we’ll know that we are dead.’

U3A DIARIES for 2015

These will be available for collection at the next U3A meeting. ( Sept.17) for those who submitted orders. Cost £2

U3A branded goods can now be purchased.

1) Americano-style travel mug - £3.75 2) Travel mug with handle - £ 3.75 3) Luxury lined A6 notebook - £1.50 4) Credit card magnifier - 85p

U3A Merchandise

Groups As the new session is about to start the groups will be starting up again.

Beginners French group—Sadly, Sandra will not be continuing the group. If there is the demand would someone consider leading it , perhaps by following a course such as the BBC Active Course? Scrabble (Lanark) - this small group is looking for a new leader. If you can help please let us know. Book group (2nd) - there was an earlier demand for a 2nd Book group to be set up.

If you are interested in this could you please indicate your interest via the website.

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Pub Lunch & Discussion

Friday 4th July 2014, named American Independence Day, we held a discussion on the Scottish Independence Referendum.

Both sides put forward a very interesting argument on how best to vote come 18th September 2014.

There were no "casualties" with both sides respecting each others point of view The "don't knows" asked questions to try and make a positive decision on a YES or NO vote on the big day.

Friday 1st August 2014 our topics were:

What's the Future of Antibiotics? and on a lighter note What Things Make Us Grumpy Old Men and Women?

Both Ken Liddell and Nelson Waters gave the facts on how overuse of antibiotics worldwide is making bacteria resistant to this type of drug. No real research has been made over the last 27 years by pharmaceutical companies who have no incentive financially to develop new drugs. A possible scenario is for world health authorities and wealthier nations to combine with these companies on funding. On the things that make us grumpy, this ranged from bad driving, lack of politeness, bad grammar and some American terms used in every day life "see you later" etc. A conclusion was that the values and principles we have learned at our mother’s knee seem to be missing in today’s society.

Ken

Walking with the U3A

Our core group of U3A walkers ventures forth on the first Wednesday of each month to explore the best of Lanarkshire's countryside and towns. Never deterred by the weather (so far, anyway), our walks' programme is interesting and varied following the course of a gurgling stream, (The Kerse), reflecting on our industrial heritage (Wilsontown), discovering the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott's —- 'Castle Dangerous’ (Douglas Castle) and, of course, appreciating the views all around (Blackhill). There is the possibility of a few more distant walks this coming session.

Walks generally take 1.5 - 2.5 hours and there is usually a lunch stop to follow. Information on each next walk is provided at U3A monthly meetings.

Hope you can join us this session!

Pat

Beginners Italian

This small (but perfectly formed group) has met regularly during the summer to continue working through the BBC Active beginners course. As well as following the course websites have been recommended for home study to provide a fun way to increase vocabulary while also getting to grips with some basic Italian grammar. When this course is complete I plan to invite new members to join in trialling an exciting new immersion course for beginners, a course developed by U3A members in England and one which makes extensive use of the Internet for home study to balance a conversational approach used in class from the outset.

More information on the course will be sent out to anyone who is interested in joining me in what proves to be a very exciting opportunity.

It is likely that this course will commence in October on Thursday afternoons in my home, as is currently the case, and information will be available at either the September or October General Meeting.

Kay Gall

Programme was recently sent out by email and is now available via the website. Theatre

A provisional theatre programme for 2014/15 has been compiled, which hopefully contains something for everyone. Incorporated within it is the variety that theatre presents - drama, musicals, plays, ballet etc. and also music. It covers a wide range of both amateur and professional performances in local venues and also the principal cities.

Programme includes ‘Shortis & Simpson’, ‘The Billy Joel Songbook’, ‘Duo BIZ’ Art’, ‘Ghost’, ‘Sing Along (Sounds of Wartime)’, ‘Graggii Classics’, ‘Spiders Web’, ‘South Pacific’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’, ‘Madame Butterfly’,

‘Wicked’ and more. As you can see quite a selection so do get in touch to book your place.

If you want to propose something that is not in the programme then please let me know in order that it may be included, if possible, to allow further interested members to attend and enjoy it as well.

Please do remember that once you put your name down as going that you are liable to pay for the ticket/s or find a replacement member to take your place. (No refund can made.)

Loraine

Lanark & District U3A

Scrabble (Carluke) How do you spell MIAOW ? Everyone has to agree this player is the only one that ever gets it correct.

We continue to play four times per month. There has been a very slight decrease in the numbers

attending but that is to be expected at this time of the year. I must tell you about a strange

happening within the group. Every time a new word comes into our vocabulary there seems to be a

problem with our biological hard disk. In no time at all that word seems to, mysteriously to get

deleted from the said hard disc. Ah well – the joys of advancing years.

Nelson

The Art Appreciation Group On Wed., 2nd July, five members of the Art Appreciation Group travelled to Edinburgh to attend a talk at The Scottish National Gallery on the life of the artist John Byrne

followed by a visit to The National Portrait Gallery to see an exhibition of his work. The lecture was given by Robert Hewison, cultural historian and Visiting Professor from Lancaster University. The talk, entitled ‘John Byrne: A Portrait‘ provided a very interesting background and introduction to the many diverse talents of John Byrne. He was born on 6th January, 1940 in Paisley and grew up in the Ferguslie Park housing scheme. After leaving school in 5th year prior to sitting his ‘Highers’ he started work as a ‘slab boy’ mixing powder for the designer at A. F. Stoddart, carpet manufacturers in nearby Elderslie. In 1958 he was accepted for Glasgow School of Art and in his final year there he

won the Bellahouston Award , the School’s most prestigious painting prize. After spending 6 months in Italy he returned to London, where after many a trudge around the galleries without anyone showing much interest in his work, he took the bull by the horns and sent a small picture to Mayfair’s Portal Gallery claiming to be the work of his father, Patrick. The gallery asked to see more of ‘Patrick’s’ work. Byrne painted another half dozen in the ‘naive’ style of the first result, a one-man Mayfair show and instant acclaim. From the early seventies, John Byrne showed his diverse talents as a designer of theatre sets and record covers. We probably know him best as the writer of the play ‘The Slab Boys’ and the immensely successful T.V. series ‘Tutti Frutti’ starring Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson and Richard Wilson followed by another series, ‘Your Cheatin’ Heart with Tilda Swinton. At The National Portrait Gallery we saw a varied selection of his works from across his career which depicted friends and family as well as famous sitters, such as Tilda Swinton (he is the biological father of her twins) and Billy Connolly. The exhibition is on until 19th October and is well worth a visit. The building has been recently renovated and has a stunning interior as well as a spacious glass elevator.

A guided tour of Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art is proposed for September.

LUNCH GROUP World Cup Football, Wimbledon, the Open Golf Championship and the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014.

Now you are all thinking, what have these things got to do with dining out? Well, I'm sure after watching all these sports you will have been inspired to take up some sort of recreation throughout the summer recess and are now looking forward to putting all these pounds lost (weight not money) back on again and what better way to do it than by joining the Lunch Group.

Our first lunch of the new season is on Wednesday, 24th September at the ‘Wide Mouthed Frog Restaurant’ in Dalziel Park Hotel, Motherwell.

As usual, we will meet at 12.30pm, giving us time to order drinks, chat etc., before dining at 1.00pm. Three courses from the Twilight Menu (for those of us in our twilight years) is priced at around £12.25. Price to be confirmed but is inclusive of tea, coffee and a gratuity.

I will email you all nearer the time with full details and menu attached. Looking forward to September and hope to see some new faces amongst the old. No offence intended to the latter!!

Missed you all. Gillian

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The Invitation

‘How the Ballad came about’

It all started with Margaret Grant, Community

Librarian, popping into the U3A Poetry Appreciation

group, to say that she was wanting a poem to

celebrate the Centenary of the Lindsay Institute

(Lanark Library).

The request was passed on to the U3A Poetry Writing

group, along with five pages of typescript covering

the history of The Institute.

As leader of the group, I extracted as many facts as

I could from this and began on a simple four line

rhyming poem. When the poetry writing group

met it seemed it was best for me to continue the

poem, with the support and blessing of the others.

There was an evening gathering at the beginning of

July as part of the centenary celebrations and I was

invited to read the poem as part of the programme.

This I did, to an appreciative audience and

subsequently there were plans to frame a copy of

the poem to be displayed in the library.

Muriel Burns

THE BALLAD OF THE LINDSAY INSTITUTE

A man of import to the town of Lanark A man of culture and wisdom and wealth A joiner and builder, he went off to London Then to Australia, to improve his health This man, Charles Lindsay, returned then to Lanark And down hill from the town he purchased some land Built Ridgepark House and laid out the gardens Then looked around for more ways to expand

He died and left money to help young and old,

Capital set aside for the town to enjoy

And, after delay in finding a site

Trustees found an architect they could employ

So Lindsay Institute came into being

Built mostly by men who lived in the town

Opened by the Provost in 1914

With marble floored entrance hall — this was the crown

The centre of community life it became

A library, museum and reading room too,

To start with, each day, sixty books were on loan

Then more people came and numbers soon grew

Over the years the money ran out

The people of Lanark were asked to donate

A thousand pounds to buy books and pay staff

When this was done — the result was great

The books and a bookcase to house the collection

Were used for the Smellie Library too

Natural history and fossils and others were added

To contribute to all that the library could do

The rooms were changed round — I.T. was added

The needs of the children more catered for

Others were often using the library

Archaeology, twining and many more

What of our library as we look to the future?

New changes are planned to go on apace

As long as the people of Lanark will use it

There's lots to look forward to — Watch this space!

Table Tennis

This group meets on a Friday afternoon in

Lanark Lifestyle.

NO experience is require and coaching is available. Proficiency level: Absolute beginners to Advanced.

Come along and try it.

Please ensure that you have an Active Age card as

this is required in order to make a regular U3A booking in Lifestyles.

CURLING

If you enjoyed watching the sport of curling during the Winter Olympics then you can come and “have a try” via the U3A. With fully trained curling coaches you will be given all equipment and instruction on how to play a game of curling.

We meet at Hamilton Ice Rink on Thursday mornings – 10 am to 12 pm – but the curling season will not begin until end of September/beginning of October. Costs will be £2 per session.

All you need to wear is trousers that will allow you to bend comfortably and a pair of trainer shoes (with clean soles so that no dirt is brought onto the ice).

If you are interested then you can contact myself, I’m happy to answer any questions. Anne Hood

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Outings group

This years outings will normally take place on the second Wednesday of the month although a change to this will be necessary in October to fit in with the availability of the Memorial Hall for the General Meeting. Our first outing will be to Little Sparta, a garden created by Ian Hamilton Findlay on September 10th. "a garden which is itself a major artwork encompassing within it both horticultural elements and individual works in such materials as stone, wood and metal." This will be a morning only outing using shared cars . To satisfy demand for two similar outdoor visits we may also be offering the opportunity to make an afternoon visit to Jupiter Artworld later in September when entry will be free as an educational visit. In October (on October 15th the THIRD Wednesday) we will be visiting The National Mining Museum at Newtongrange in Midlothian. Further dates and locations will be announced at General Meetings and as always there should be a varied programme to suit all tastes. If you're not already a member of this group you can still come along to the planning meeting on Tuesday 26th and if there is somewhere you would like us to visit you can let us know. As I have an ever growing list of members for this group I will be asking those currently on the list to confirm that they still wish to be included in my regular

emails. If you would like to join us let me know via our website.

Kay Gall

Art group

Change of group leader I am finishing my stint as group leader of the Art Group at the end of September. I am away for two months in the Autumn for my son's wedding in New Zealand. And then we hope to sell our house in the Spring. My husband is retiring in March - he always said he never would - and so we are moving to the west coast to be nearer family and because we like the sea. Though I shall miss Lanark and the Art Group. Ian Irving has said he will take it on - he already shares it with me. He knows a lot about art and has a considerable wealth of art material. He shall host the group on one Tuesday and Linda Dawson the next Tuesday. So there will be an art group meet every week.

Val Ballard

GARDENING

The Group, naturally, carried on during the summer. There has been a lot going on with Public Garden visits,

visiting each other’s garden, plant swapping and passing on tips about any successes or disasters we may have had being the main activities.

The main Public Gardens visited were Kailzie near Peebles and Greenbank near Clarkston.

At both we had conducted tours which were very informative and entertaining.

What was it for?

The Tallest Sunflower competition is coming to its

conclusion with the best one (by Christine), so far standing

at 10 feet and six inches.

It is hoped that there are no latecomers with taller plants as

the measuring pole which I cobbled together is only 10ft in

length.

Nelson

Lanark & District U3A

Art Appreciation - August 2014

Originally these two pictures by Vincent Van Gogh painted in 1886 and 1887, were judged to be self portraits.

It is easy to see the similarities of colour and style and the facial and hair comparisons. For me, however, the striking difference is the expression in the eyes. The haunted look of Van Gogh and the calm of the other. Though you could say the other is Vincent on a good day. It was not until 1928 that the son of Alexander Reid acquired the portrait and was able to identify his father. This picture was eventually bought by Glasgow Corporation for f170,000 in 1974 and is on display in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Alexander Reid , son of James Reid the Glasgow art dealer, lodged for six months with the Van Gogh brothers, Vincent and Theo at 17 Rue Lepic in Paris in late 1886 and early 1887. During that time Van Gogh painted two portraits of Reid. When Alexander was depressed over some romantic disappointments Van Gogh suggested a double suicide. Reid quickly decided to return to Glasgow as he judged Vincent mad. He brought back the two pictures which Van Gogh had gifted him. Back in Glasgow James Reid disliked the pictures as he refused to deal in any kind of modern art. When Alexander was away on art business he sold the portraits to a French dealer for £10. There must have been some strong words when Alexander found out! By 1914 Alexander Reid was the foremost art dealer in Glasgow. He encouraged and sponsored the modern painters of the day such as Degas and the Scottish Colourists Peploe and Hunter. Reid had a long happy, successful and wealthy life. Van Gogh was not so fortunate. The expression in the eyes, for me, says it all. Incidentally, the seated portrait of Reid passed through several private hands until it was donated to Oklahoma University in 2000 .

Jean Barr

Sunset at Montmajour

Vincent and Theo buried together in Auvers-sur-Oise.

Vincent's stone bears the inscription: Ici Repose Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890),

Theo's Ici Repose Theodore van Gogh (1857–1891) The Potato Eaters

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An account of a 'Once in a lifetime experience'.

Bob and Jean Barr, Clydesiders, at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014

Bob and Jean applied to be volunteer helpers at this summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. After individual interviews it was several months of waiting before Bob and Jean were both offered posts in the Transport Section, Bob at training venues- Ravenscraig and Dalzell Park- and Jean at the Media Centre, SECC. Training, and fitting for uniforms, soon followed and finally the big day arrived - July 23rd, the commencement of the 2014 Commonwealth Games!

Here's what Bob and Jean had to say about their individual experiences. Bob

My first job was at Ravenscraig, a training centre for weight lifting, power weights, judo, wrestling and gymnastics. It was here that I welcomed the athletes and escorted them to the appropriate part of the centre to access training equipment. This proved a wonderful opportunity to talk to athletes from all over the world and to contrast athletic teams from the better off large countries with smaller nations with limited resources. Wherever they came from, all were most appreciative of our efforts.

Following this I transferred for eight shifts to Dalzell Park where some of the Rugby Seven teams were to train. The teams were from Kenya, Uganda, Samoa, New Zealand, Malaysia and the Cook Islands. Again we checked the buses and the athletes' accreditation before directing them to their training pitch. There was an added bonus at this venue as we could watch Motherwell F C training and contrast the physique of the rugby players with the footballers. This gave me my first view of rugby sevens and I watched the games at Ibrox with a new interest, especially when I could recognise individual players. For my last two days I was again based at Ravenscraig.

I found the entire experience very worthwhile. It was good to be part of a much larger team which contributed to the success of the games. After 17 years of retirement I found it physically challenging - but I would do it again tomorrow if I got the chance! Jean

On that first morning I felt very noticeable as the only one in a Clydesider uniform as I waited for the 6.30am train at Carluke. As the journey neared the Exhibition Centre stop I was joined by many others. It was then as one of a large crowd that I began to feel a small part of something really big as I walked to the Media Bus Area where I would be working.

I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with volunteer colleagues as we directed journalists, media personnel and athletes to the correct bus. In doing our task we were enabling the smooth running of the Games. We were a team!

As the days progressed I came to regret that I was not thirty years younger with the stamina I had then. The shifts were long and we had little shelter so there were times we baked under the sun when the weather surprised us all. The foreign journalists who had been expecting Scotland to be wet and cold were ready with jokes about our unpre-dictable weather. Of course, we also got soaked when it rained, as it inevitably did.

We got to know bus drivers from all over Britain, many from Ulster, who had to find their way around Glasgow. Many were 'characters' who did not always understand that we, as volunteers, were unpaid. Food came to have a great significance for us all as we had accepted that it would be sandwiches for lunch and dinner. These were tasty but after three weeks we wearied of them. How we longed for some hot food!

I was very pleased that the Games were so successful. I was very proud of Glasgow and its people and of Scotland.

But most of all I was proud that Bob and I had been part, albeit a small part, of a large organisation that had delivered a Commonwealth Games that had been so:

‘PURE,

DEAD, BRILLIANT'.

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And finally........ I don’t know why I didn’t work this out sooner. I use shampoo in the shower. When I wash my hair, the shampoo runs down my whole body, and printed very clearly on the shampoo label is this warning: ‘FOR EXTRA BODY AND VOLUME’ . No wonder I have been gaining weight! Well, I have got rid of the shampoo, and I am going to start showering with Fairy Liquid instead. Its label reads: ‘DISSOLVES FAT THAT IS OTHERWISE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE’.

Problem solved!

‘The U3A and Me’ by Ken Forrest

My background is in engineering, qualifying and working with a local company I moved on in my career in the late seventies to a multi-national organisation specialising in the design, build and installation of industrial valves, pumps and heat exchangers used in water & sewage works, steel plants, food manufacture, traditional and nuclear power stations and the oil industry. My role initially was sales engineer and after two years works manager. I was later promoted to the role of managing director in charge of five locations throughout the U.K. Our American owners decided for economic reasons to move all production to China in 2001 closing down production and servicing in Britain which made all UK employees redundant. In December 2001, my wife Gillian and I started our own business, specialising in personalised embroidered clothing and promotional business gifts, named appropriately "Logos On" We supplied garments to schools, restaurants, sports clubs, local authorities and large companies. While the bulk of our business was in the U.K. we had orders from as far afield as America, Japan and Europe. We sold our business in December 2011 and retired.

Now the question was what were we going to do in retirement?!!

While I played sports in my younger days I had no outside interest or sports in later life, however help was at hand by way of the U3A We had heard of this organisation through a friend and decided to go along and give it a try.

This has been a revelation. We are both involved in several groups attending regularly and in May 2012 was asked to chair a new group called Pub Lunch and Discussion. My wife says that as this involves the two things I am good at - eating and talking, so possibly, I have the right qualifications.

PL & D meet the first Friday of every month with a different topic each month chosen by the members.

Help with your Home—-Care & Repair in South Lanarkshire

Care & Repair is a ‘not for profit’ charitable organisation whose aim is to allow those over 65, or those with disabilities, to live safely, securely and comfortably in their own homes and communities. It provides a range of services using qualified trades-people and technical staff to support those who wish to repair, adapt and improve their homes. The ‘Care’ aspect of our work is important to us and is integral to all we do.

Small Repairs. This service carries out minor jobs and repairs to your home and includes Joiner work, Electrical work and minor Plumbing work. Home Safety Service. Through the ‘Safe as House’ project you get a free home survey and free equipment installed such as door chains, window and door alarms, personal alarms etc. This is supported by the Police, Fire service and South Lanarkshire Council. Heating and Energy Advice. We can carry out a free survey and advise on improving your heating, your insulation and getting the most cost effective fuel tariff. Larger Repair, Maintenance and Adaptation Work Our technical officers can visit to advise and support you to get larger jobs done to your property. They can survey the work with you, get suitable contractor prices, monitor the work and check it is properly completed. They also provide an advice service over the phone.

If you are in need of assistance please contact us: 01555 666200

Contributions from anyone who has something to say, be it about the U3A as a whole, one of the groups or as an individual are welcomed.

Email: Sheila Easton with your input at sheilaeaston40@gmail.com

Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Publicity group: Sheila Easton, Nelson Waters, Kay Gall, Jim Allan