Category: Groups
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August 2026 - Another Red Letter Day.
We met at Judith and Phil’s house again for this month's Scrabble meeting. There were 8 of us and as the weather was fine one of the groups played in the garden. Team 1 consisted of Kate, Monica, Jeanette and Ray, Team 2 were Paula, Judith, Phil and Regina. Kate won her game with a score of 170… Read more
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August 2026 - Words & Numbers
July is a busy month for some so we had a small group of 5 players for Rummikub. This number gave us a table of 3 players on the standard Rummikub (numbers) board, plus two who bravely started with the Rummikub (word). Two of these players were determined to win a game this month after… Read more
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August 2026 - Family Search New Feature
Ten members joined Alan’s demonstration of FamilySearch’s new feature – Full Text Search. The Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) has millions of microfilms in a vault in Granite Mountain, Utah, which are not indexed and published to provide easy access. Instead FamilySearch has employed ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) to scan those images and convert them… Read more
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August 2026 - Erratics and Geoparks
Meeting on July 27th There were talks on two very different areas of Geology in our July meeting. In the first half, Les Knight gave a fascinating talk about glacial erratics and the introduction of a database recording these boulders that are found across large areas of the UK. An erratic is a glacially deposited rock… Read more
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August 2026 - Birds of a Feather
POETRY GROUP Our intrepid poetry lovers fought their way through the searing heat of a Barnard Castle morning to meet at Group HQ and discuss “Birds”. Maya Angelou The song of the caged bird is deceptive. It is not a sign of happiness but a cry for freedom: And his tune is heard on the… Read more
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July 2026 - Johannes Vermeer of Delft (1632-75)
In July we explored the life and works of Johannes Vermeer of Delft (1632-75). Although only around 36 of his paintings have survived, he is regarded as one of the supreme masters, above all for his treatment of light. His paintings breathe an atmosphere of coolness, tranquillity and harmony, which has captivated art lovers across… Read more
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August 2026 - Petitions; the glorious 12th; criminal justice and more
Once again, we met on a very hot day but that didn’t put us off from trying to put the world to rights. Our topics included petitions; the glorious 12th; criminal justice; social housing; and surge pricing. We then decided that next month we should try to talk about good news, so ended up talking… Read more
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August 2026 - Restoration of coastal habitats
This month we discussed the possibility of our group getting together with others to organise a community screening of the recent public information film - "The People's Emergency Briefing for Climate and Nature". Its emphasis is on building awareness and understanding of what the climate and nature crisis will mean for ordinary people over the… Read more
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August 2026 - Two Teesdale silkies in the waves at Saltburn
I know that many of my fellow humans consider me bonkers for hurling myself into open water at the very sight of it. But really! These last two months you’d be mad not to. A friend of mine, living in London (poor soul), has had roofers at work, one of whom had the good sense… Read more
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August 2026 - Cause for a limerick.
Monday 10th August at 2pm, at the Old Well Inn, members of the Board game group met . As usual a variety of games were on offer and people decided what they fancied playing and having enjoyable fun, Rummikub and Carcassonne were chosen. Liz and Pete had not long returned from travels in Ireland hence..… Read more