| Status: | Active, full but can join waiting list |
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| When: | Fortnightly on Wednesday afternoons (Dates by mutual agreement) 2 - 4 pm |
| Venue: | Members Home |
| Cost: | 50p |
We bring along a piece of our written work, on an agreed subject, and everybody quietly reads everybody else’s ‘homework’. We then discuss the merits thereof and occasionally offer constructive suggestions in a friendly atmosphere.
This is followed by fun literary exercises – we aim to learn something new each session – and a cup of tea.
The subject for the following meeting is decided upon and a pleasant time is had by all!
It is a very happy group with lively discussions.
If you would like to be put on the waitlist, contact the Group Contact above..
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Pieces from our Creative Writing Groups
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Snowdrops by Patricia Saunders
After endless snow showers, In short daylight hours, On banks and in woodlands, Are tiny white flowers. Their down-hanging bells, With scalloped green edges, And their long, spiky leaves, Making sprawls under hedges And along the path edges, Bringing freshness and hope.
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Wildfire by Pam Forey
The rumour must have spread like wildfire. I could hear the hiss and crack of the voices in the office as I came down the corridor. Another rumour running wild, I thought, not in the least concerned. They always fizzled out in a day or two, extinguished by lack of information and dying interest. They…
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I was alone by Anne Appleboam
It was pitch black, a uniform darkness that was completely disorientating. How stupid could I have been? As a regular caver I knew the rules: never explore on your own, double check all your equipment being two of the most important. I had planned this trip to a cave in the Peak District with a…
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"Favourite u3a Things" - performed by our Simply Singing group at our Open Day
By Margaret Green, from our Simply Singing group. To be sung loudly to the tune of ‘My Favourite Things’. Rodgers & Hammerstein would have been proud to have composed these additional verses 🙂 Tennis and Ballet and T’ai Chi and Walking,Painting and Drawing and Yoga and Cycling,Wheels, Wings and Windows to help run your day,These…