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In this update The next Sunday Afternoon Tea & Cakes Sunday get-together on the 8th November 2026 Join us for a relaxed afternoon of tea, coffee, cake, and conversation at our monthly social gathering Venue The Wesley Centre, Sandbach. CW11 1DG Date and Time Sunday 8th November2.00pm – 4pm The event is free to attend …
In This Newsletter… Sandbach Clean Team Quiz Night The Sandbach Clean Team quiz took place on 17th October, and I’m pleased to report that your newsletter editor and her team finished in the top half of the table. The winners, pictured above looking suitably modest, were our very own u3a quizmasters, Julie and Ian Clarke, …
More Than Just a Quiz? For most of the time, St Mary’s Church Hall sits quietly behind its closed curtains, faintly musty and undisturbed, a place that has weathered decades of cubs, WI meetings, yoga classes and the occasional battle with a temperamental sound system. But twice a year, on Sandbach & District u3a Quiz …
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1. What name is given to the formerly heavily industrialised area of central England northwest of Birmingham? 2. What is the full name of the British fashion designer who is the daughter of a member of The Beatles? 3. What was the former unit of currency in Greece prior to the Euro? 4. What is …
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1. What name is given to the fortieth day after Easter when Christ’s passage into heaven is commemorated? ASCENSION DAY 2. What name is given to the Citadel in Moscow containing Russian Government Offices? THE KREMLIN 3. What name is given to a season of heavy rain in South Asia? MONSOON 4. What commodity is …
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Last month we published a lighthearted poem about a reluctant member at the Sunday Tea & Cakes event. It seems he took exception to his depiction… Part 1:The Poem Going An afternoon with the u3a? Not that lot again!“Sweet treats” and a brew – and it’s forecast rain!Molly, my love, this is right up your …
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In This Newsletter… Potential Trip and Theatre dates for 2027 Bury Market — Saturday 19 December. Bury Market has been trading for over five hundred years and is still the biggest and best-known market in the North West. It has hundreds of stalls in a modern setting and is famous for its food. Saturday is …
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In This Newsletter Potential Trip and Theatre dates for 2027 Bury Market — Saturday 19 December. Bury Market has been trading for over five hundred years and is still the biggest and best-known market in the North West. It has hundreds of stalls in a modern setting and is famous for its food. Saturday is …
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Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella swaps the ballroom for wartime London, where a chance meeting between Cinderella and a young RAF pilot blossoms into a night to remember — before the Blitz tears them apart. A moving tribute to the resilience of a city under siege, told through Bourne’s inventive, wordless choreography. Four guys from Jersey who …
Sunday Afternoon Tea & Cakes. Every second Sunday Wesley Centre, Sandbach 2pm-4pm Meet Ron, a reluctant attendee. He went in expecting the worst. Going An afternoon with the u3a? Not that lot again!“Sweet treats” and a brew – and it’s forecast rain!Molly, my love, this is right up your street.But me? Cakes and a cuppa? …
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