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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Blue John Cavern, April 25th. 2018

 David Barker organised an outing to Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Blue John Cavern on April 25th. 2018.

 

 

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Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a unique eighteenth century industrial works. Catch a glimpse of life at home and at work at a rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 18th century.

Abbeydale Works was once a producer of agricultural tools and the largest water-powered industrial site on the River Sheaf. It is now a group of Grade I and Grade II listed buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

See the Manager’s House and Worker’s Cottage, waterwheels, workshops, tilt hammers, a grinding hull, steam engine and the last complete surviving crucible steel furnance in the UK!

Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet has been restored and transformed following a 3 year £1million Heritage Lottery Funded restoration project completed in 2016.

The new gallery tells the story behind the works, its people and their working lives.

The world famous Blue John Cavern in Castleton in the  Peak District has been said to be the finest that can be seen by the general public in Western Europe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of our members enjoyed an outing to the charming town of Uppingham and Rockingham Castle, on Wednesday August 1st 2018.

 

Many thanks to Jim Bergin for the photographs in the following slideshow.

 

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Date for your diary: Outing to Masson Mills, Tuesday September 18th 2018

Pat Wilkinson arranged an outing to 

Sir Richard Arkwright’s MASSON MILLS, followed by a visit to Carsington Water

Masson Mills Working Textile Museum

Masson Mills house a fascinating collection of authentic historic textile machinery dating from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. In 2010 the collection was described as “possibly the UK’s finest collection of working textile machines” and includes machinery originally from Masson Mills, along with a large collection of other items and artefacts from textile mills all over Britain.

 

 

Masson Mills Weaving Shed

Masson Mills Shopping Village really is a unique shopping experience with sixty different retail concepts set over five floors, all under one roof. – with designer clothes, jewellery, lingerie, golf, gifts, beer, whisky and food, ladies and men’s clothing from The Edinburgh Woollen Mill and much more. ‘City centre shopping without the city’ The shopping village adjoins Masson Mills Working Textile Museum.

 

Carsington Water was the last major reservoir to be built in the 20th Century.  Set amongst beautiful scenery it is so accessible to so many and feels a little bit like a ‘day at the seaside’ with an infectious ‘feel good’ factor.

 

Zumba Gold activity group closed to new members

 

Our Zumba GOLD Activity group is full to capacity, so I am unable to welcome NEW  members at the moment. If you would like me to add your name to the waiting list, please contact me.

Rose Gwilt

 

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Day: Saturday (monthly)

Time: 12.00 noon for 12.30pm meal

Group Leader: Jenny Bloor

 

Jenny offers a warm welcome to new members who enjoy eating out and who would come to dine as a solo person.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Group

Attendance: £2.50 per session

Time: Monday 10.00 am-12.15 pm

Venue: Walton Village Hall

 

 

 

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New Activity Group: ZUMBA GOLD

You are invited to attend a TASTER session of a new group, ZUMBA GOLD

on THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 7th. at 2.00 pm at Berkswich Methodist Church Hall, Walton on the Hill. The session will last for one hour and the cost will be £1!

If there is enough interest, I plan to continue the class as a regular activity group for our members. The attendance fee will be £2.50 per session, to cover hire of the hall and cost of a qualified teacher from GROOVE ACADEMY, Stafford. 

http://www.grooveacademy.co.uk/aerobic-classes/

 

All the fun of Zumba but without the bouncing and twisting. You can still get a good workout in the class. Also perfect if you are new to exercise. 

Zumba Gold is perfect for

Active older adults who are looking for a modified Zumba®class that recreates the original moves you love at a lower-intensity.

How It Works

The design of the class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba®choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination. Come ready to sweat, and prepare to leave empowered and feeling strong.

Benefits

Class focuses on all elements of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular conditioning, flexibility and balance!

 

For more information, please contact Rose Gwilt

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CIRENCESTER-Tuesday 9th. May 2017

 

This outing was led by David Wilkinson who is the retired Stafford Borough archaeologist and who used to live and work in Cirencester, known as the capital of the Cotswolds.

 

Low aerial view of the Cirencester amphitheatre

 

Corinium Museum, Cirencester

The award winning Corinium Museum is the must-see visitor attraction of the Cotswolds.
Leave the 21st century behind you and discover the treasures of the Cotswolds as you explore its history at this multi award winning Museum.

The Corinium Museum has one of the finest and most extensive Roman collections in the country. Corinium, Roman Cirencester, was the second largest Roman town outside London and the major Roman administration centre for south-western Britain.

Other attractions include the Brewery Arts Centre and the parish church.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outing to Rode Hall and Gardens, Cheshire Tuesday August 1st. 2017

 

Janet arranged an outing to Rode Hall, one of Cheshire’s most exquisite country houses.  Discover more about its rich heritage and how the Baker Wilbraham family who have owned it for approaching three hundred and fifty years, have contended with the challenges of social change and architectural trends through to its ongoing conservation and restoration today.

Rode’s Grade II listed park and gardens are amongst the finest in Cheshire.  A seventeenth-century survey described ‘orchards, gardens and courts within the Greene before ye hall’ but there are no further records of the grounds until 1790 when Richard Wilbraham Bootle commissioned a ‘Red Book’ from the landscape gardener Humphry Repton (1752 – 1818).

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MIDDLEPORT POTTERY AND LITTLE MORETON HALL-Thursday April 6th. 2017

David Barker has arranged an outing to Middleport Pottery, Buslem on Thursday April 6th. 

Middleport is the home of the world famous Burleigh.

Blue Heritage Storage Jar

 

At Burleigh Pottery, the skilled team of craftspeople have been producing Burleighware at The Middleport Pottery since 1889. It takes 25 pairs of hands to create a single piece of Burleigh pottery, and each pot is meticulously hand-finished. Creating something good, something that lasts, something that is above fashion and trends, something timeless, can’t be hurried.

 

After a tour of the factory, at about 12.30pm. our coach will take us on to Little Moreton Hall (National Trust) where lunch will be followed by a guided tour.

https://www.burleigh.co.uk/

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Cost: £22.25 per person for NT members, £30.75 for non NT members.

For full details, please see the February edition of your Newsletter

A visit to the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, was a FIRST for a group of our Phoenix ‘STRICTLY’ fans.

We were treated to all three finalists from the recent TV competition – Louise Redknapp and Kevin Clifton, Danny Mac and Oti Mabuse and winner Ore Oduba, dancing with Karen (wife of Kevin) rather than Joanne (sister of Kevin) Clifton, who’s busy in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

The line-up also included Daisy Lowe and Aljaz Skorjanec and Lesley Joseph, with Gorka Marquez rather than Anton du Beke.

 

The amazing show included some fantastic group numbers. We were treated to a tribute to West Side Story, a steamy Argentine Tango to Chicago, a fabulous 60s number to Hairspray (with Ed throwing himself into it wearing a camp bright pink suit) and a 1930s Hollywood routine with top hats, tails and feather fans.

The aerial acrobatics, indoor fireworks and flame effects to added to the drama.

Ed Balls received the lowest scores, but the loudest applause and a standing ovation!

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Everyone in the sell out arena had a smile on their face during an afternoon of  fun filled, family entertainment.

Absolutely brilliant!!!!

And my winners were Danni & Oti  

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Rose Gwilt

 

 

Gentle Exercise Class

Regular weekly activity.

Our Gentle Exercise Group is back! Please note, we still have a waiting list due to numbers being restricted. Please bring your own drink.

Group Leader: Prue Bradley

  • Day: Friday
  • Time: 10.00am-11.30am
  • Venue: Walton Village Hall
  • Fee: £1.50 per session

Non competitive gentle exercises which are based on Tai Chi, low impact slow motion movements are designed to keep joints supple and improve flexibility. Standing and seated exercises only. i.e no floor exercises.

Thanks to Prue, Sue & Pat (above) for leading the Group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charity Donations

At the Annual General Meeting, members were asked to vote for four of the following charities to support for the next twelve months:

MASE (MONTHLY ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT EVENING)

MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE

KATHARINE HOUSE

HOME START

DONNA LOUISE TRUST

STAFFS WILDLIFE TRUST

Members voted to continue to support KATHARINE HOUSE, STAFFS WILDLIFE TRUST, MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE and replace HOME START with DONNA LOUISE TRUST.

Please click on the links below for more information:

http://www.donnalouisetrust.org/

http://www.midlandsairambulance.com/

https://www.khhospice.org.uk/

http://www.staffs-wildlife.org.uk/

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