Another brilliant day organised by Barbara at the RHS gardens at Bridgewater, outside Manchester. We set off with umbrellas and coats as the weather forecast was for rain, but the gods were smiling on us, and we saw very little....
Read MoreOur outing for April was to the Jodrell Bank Centre for Engagement in Cheshire. The centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to the UK’s largest radio telescope. Following the visit to Jodrell Bank, the group travelled...
Read MoreOur outing for March was to London, travelling with Hull Trains. Members were able to board the train in Beverley, Cottingham, Hull and Brough, all meeting up in the carriage reserved for our travel. Members had the day to do...
Read MoreOur outing to Everton Football Club’s new stadium was so popular that we filled two coaches, one leaving from Hull and one leaving from Cottingham. Unfortunately, the coach leaving Hull had an eventful journey to Liverpool. It...
Read MoreOpening the meeting, Pat Ellis thanked everyone for supporting this first meeting of 2026 and gave a brief but positive update on the progress of Allen Bagshawe, our Chair, following his recent illness, saying he was now back...
Read MoreUnfortunately, on the day of the lunch, our Chair, Allen, was unwell, so Pat welcomed everyone, including our guests: Anna Mills from KCOM, Tim Smith from Acklams Coaches, and Pete Magee from Jupiter Web Solutions, who are all...
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 1st, we held our end-of-season meal. Over one hundred seventy members sat down to a lovely two-course meal in the Kingston Suite at the MKM Stadium. As the country will be celebrating VE Day the following week,...
Read MoreThe National Holocaust Centre and Museum was the brainchild of Stephen and James Smith and their mother, Marina. They are a Christian family. In 1991, they visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s National Museum. On returning to the UK,...
Read MoreOur outing for February was local. A group of members went for lunch at Croft Park Café in Little Weighton.  As you will see in Allen’s March Newsletter, he reported on the lunch, and it looks like they had a good time. After...
Read MoreOur outing in December was to the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds, to see their annual Rock ‘n’ Roll pantomime, which this year was Jack & The Beanstalk. Rock ‘n’ Roll pantomimes at this theatre have become a tradition...
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