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Date
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Meeting
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Chair
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Host
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Monday
7th September |
Review
a book of your choice and say why it is special to you |
Maggie |
Linda |
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Wed.
16th Sept.
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Book
Club –
holiday reads |
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Maggie |
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Tuesday
22nd September |
Research a
British city or town and bring an object or photograph of an object
associated with that area
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Georgie |
Sheila |
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Wednesday
7th October |
Present
a local “brown sign” attraction to the group - with
the aim of voting for the favourite one at the end of the meeting for the
group to visit during the next programme |
Jane |
Annelene |
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Mon
19th Oct
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Book
Club – The Gathering – Anne Enright |
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Annelene |
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Thursday
22nd October |
Civilisations
of the world in the 16th century – research
what was happening at this time in one part of the world to compare with
what was going on elsewhere at the same time |
Beverly |
Jean |
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Wednesday
4th November |
Theatre visit
– The Pitmen Painters at the Lyceum
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Georgie |
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Wed
11th Nov
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Book
Club – Notes at an Exhibition – Patrick Gayle |
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Liz |
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Tuesday
17th November |
Telephone
Treasure Trail
Please
arrive at 7.45. for a prompt start at 8.00. Bring
reference books if you have them please
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Maggie |
TBC |
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Wednesday
2nd December |
Compensation
Crazy – are
we as a society blaming and claiming too much? Bring an example for
discussion in a small group? Are lawyers/ the media/ the Americans to
blame? |
Sheila |
Stella |
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Tues
8th Dec
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Book
Club – Finding Violet Park – J Valentine |
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Jean |
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Thursday
17th December |
Mini
Saga on the theme of Christmas – compose
a story with a beginning, a middle and an end using no more than
words excluding the title |
Catherine |
Rachel |
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Monday
4th January |
Annual
Dronfield NWR News Quiz – a
quiz on national and international events of 2009. Also a look at our
predictions for 2009 made at the beginning of the year and predictions for
2010 |
Janet |
Dee |
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Book
Club – Any book by Daphne du Maurier |
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Tuesday
19th January |
Barak
Obama one year on – how
is he doing? Did America and the world expect too much or is he living up
to expectations? Small group discussions on various aspects of his
administration |
Jean |
Liz |
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Wednesday
3rd February |
Abstract
Art – how
do we respond to the “blop on the canvas”?
Choose an abstract painting, try
to see the original, find out the artist’s intention, bring along a
postcard of it and discuss why you do/don’t like it |
Linda |
Pam |
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Book
Club
– Restless
– William Boyd |
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Thursday
18th February |
Seasonal Poetry
Evening – choose
a poem to share with the group which reflects this time of year –
Valentine’s Day, Wintry weather or the dawn of Spring perhaps
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Pam |
Mags |
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Monday
1st March |
Planning
meeting – a
chance to suggest and discuss in small groups ideas for the next programme
and things you like or don’t like about the way our group and its
meetings are run |
Georgie
& Maggie |
Linda |
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Book
Club
– Sea of Poppies – A Ghosh |
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Tuesday
16th March |
“Bridges”
– what
does this word make you think of? You could research a specific bridge or
the implications of the building or destruction of a particular bridge.
What about metaphorical meanings of the word? |
Mags |
Sheila |
