Category: Groups
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August 2026 - Matisse
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) In his long career, Matisse early established himself as one of the leading figures in contemporary art. In friendly rivalry with Picasso, he constantly pushed the boundaries, experimenting boldly with colour, form and technique. We began our July session with one of Professor Kloss’s masterly short introductions, explaining the significance of Matisse’s… Read more
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August 2026 - Knitting and Natter
It was back to working on our projects this month. Most of us were knitting but we also had a crocheter with us. We all admired the blankets made by one of our members, using a new (to us) technique. Whilst working we talked about scarecrows, modern technology, holidays and Whorlton Bridge. Our next meeting… Read more
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August 2026 - First detailed map of Barnard Castle
Next year marks the two hundredth anniversary of the first detailed map of Barnard Castle. Our August workshop assembled to enjoy an informative and entertaining talk on Georgian Barnard Castle by Dr. Richard Witham. In 1827, the surveyor John Wood published the first detailed map of the town. Intriguingly he noted the owners or occupants… Read more
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July 2026 - Books, Emojis and Live Text
The initial topic for the day was using the app Apple Books. Some had not appreciated how versatile this app is. As well as reading books from the Apple Store, it can be used to store and read PDF's, audiobooks and EPUB files (these generally are books now out of copyright that can be download… Read more
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August 2026 - Introducing David Park
Our July meeting had 2 of our members relating personal recent events in their lives which were absolutely hilarious – and which were told with all the skill of born storytellers (in the best sense of those words!). Was truth going to be more rewarding than fiction? We had been encouraged to sample a new… Read more
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July 2026 - The Age of the Earth
In July, the Science and Technology group assembled to hear a talk with the intriguing title, “The Nailfile, the Puddle and the Tardigrade” by Jenny Lee, and instead of just sitting back and listening, the group had to fill in their handout and answer questions. This, Jenny said, was with the aim of keeping them… Read more
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July 2026 - Agilest Writers Vilified and in Tatters!
We met at Judith and Phil’s house for this month’s Scrabble meeting. There were 7 of us and we split into 2 groups of 3 and 4 for the first round. Monica, Kate and Ray played their first game, which Kate won with a score of 294 including a 7 letter word of TATTERS for… Read more
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July 2026 - Views and Plants in the Tees Valley
On Tuesday 14 July 7 of us met at Hanging Shaw car park for a 5.3mile circular walk. After crossing the main road, we immediately picked up and followed the Pennine Way crossing Cronkley Bridge as we made our way towards High Force Waterfall. After a steep ascent we had fantastic views of the Tees Valley… Read more
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July 2026 - Warm Competition
We met on a warm day in July for an afternoon of heated competition (well, not really heated!). There were two tables playing Carcassonne and one playing Rummikub Word. Carcassonne is a tile-placement game where the players build a medieval French landscape with cities, roads and monasteries to score points. Each player also has a… Read more
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July 2026 - Games on a Warm Day
The Rummikub group were again hosted by our Members in their house near Barnard Castle. As the group grows in number we may use a larger location in the town. In July all the Members had played before so we could launch straight into the games. This time there were 9 of us and we tried playing… Read more