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          Date: 13/09/2026
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          We provide an information desk on the second Wednesday of every month between 10:30 and 11:30am. This is normally located upstairs in Sandbach Library but with the following exceptions:
          From July to October it is available on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month.
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Category: Other News

Local community, member or miscellaneous news not directly related to our U3A operation

Posted on 11/10/202018/10/2020

Fun Music Quiz Number 28 – 12 Oct 2020

FUN MUSIC QUIZ NUMBER 28 1.La Scala Opera House is situated in which city?     2. Farrokh Bulsara born in 1946 is the real name of which legendary singer? 3. What was the name of the younger brother of The Bee Gees, also a Singer/Songwriter, who died at the age of 30 in 1988? …

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Posted on 11/10/202018/10/2020

Lockdown Quiz #29 12 Oct 2020

SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NUMBER 29 1.Daisy Buchanan & Nick Carraway are characters in which novel of 1925?     2. Which word means relating to or resembling an Eagle?     3. In the novel Moby Dick, Captain Ahab was the Captain of which ship?     4. What is the French name …

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Posted on 04/10/202011/10/2020

Fun Music Quiz Number 27 – 5 Oct 2020

FUN MUSIC QUIZ NUMBER 27 1.Which Verdi Opera is set in Egypt?     2. Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta born in 1986 is the real name of which US Singer? 3. Billy Flynn &Mama Morton are characters from which Film & Stage Musical? 4. Duo, John & Edward Grimes, who represented Ireland in The Eurovision …

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Posted on 04/10/202011/10/2020

Lockdown Quiz #28 5 Oct 2020

SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NUMBER 28 1.Which politician was the only female member of ‘The Gang of Four’ who founded the Social Democratic Party in 1981? 2. What is the largest moon of Jupiter, named after the cupbearer of the Greek Gods? 3. What is the name given to the handle or shaft of …

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Posted on 27/09/202004/10/2020

Fun Music Quiz Number 26 – 28 Sep 2020

FUN MUSIC QUIZ NUMBER 26   1.Which Film & Stage Musical, written by Mel Brooks, features the song: ‘Springtime for Hitler’? 2. Hunky Dory, Aladdin Sane & Heroes are among the many albums released by which iconic singer? 3. Which Austrian Composer wrote The Radetzky March in 1848? 4. What is the first name of …

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Posted on 27/09/202004/10/2020

Lockdown Quiz #27 28 Sep 2020

SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NUMBER 27 1.UNGREASED is an anagram of which item of clothing?     2. What is the common name for the furcula, a bone found in birds?     3. Sternutation is the medical name for which common bodily function?     4. What is the name of the Australian …

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Posted on 22/09/202022/09/2020

Third Age Trust Guidance on Restarting Groups 21 Sep 2020

Posted on 20/09/202027/09/2020

Fun Music Quiz Number 25 – 21 Sep 2020

FUN MUSIC QUIZ NUMBER 25   1.Which winner of The X Factor had a Number 1 hit with a version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’? 2. Linda, Maureen, Anne, Bernadette & Coleen were all members of which family group? 3. Telegram Sam, Ride a White Swan & Get it On were all songs by which 1970’s …

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Posted on 20/09/202027/09/2020

Lockdown Quiz #26 21 Sep 2020

SANDBACH U3A GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ NUMBER 26 1.Which Outlaw was shot dead by US Lawman Pat Garrett in 1881?     2. Which famous London Landmark stands on Ludgate Hill?     3. The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology is situated in which British City? 4. Which Journalist & Author is the Mother of …

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Posted on 13/09/202020/09/2020

Fun Music Quiz Number 24 – 14 Sep 2020

FUN MUSIC QUIZ NUMBER 24 1.Rave On, That’ll be the Day & Oh Boy! Are all songs recorded by which 1950’s singer? 2. Which British singer, popular during the 1960’s & 1970’s was known as: ‘The Man with the Golden Voice’? 3. Brian Bennet, Bruce Welch & Jet Harris have all been members of which …

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