In This Newsletter…
- Trips
- New Chair Fit Group
- Sandbach & District u3a Quiz Night
- Sunday Afternoon Tea & Cakes
- Volunteering – Why not you?
- And finally….
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 one of its main trading days, and a week before Christmas the town centre should be at its most festive — ideal for last-minute gifts, or just a good day out.
This is a proposed trip at the moment. To express your interest please contact Alice on 01270 765856.
More details from burymarket.com
Theatre Trips for 2027 Information
Chair Fit Group
Chair Fit 3 – New Fortnightly Class
By popular demand, an additional Chair Fit class is starting this October.
Where: Rear Hall, St Peter’s Church Hall
When: Fortnightly at 2.00pm
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes
Cost: £3.50 per session
The class is led by Amanda Weston, a Chartered Physiotherapist and experienced Pilates and fitness yoga instructor with over 25 years’ experience.
Sessions include seated and physiotherapy-based exercises to help improve strength, flexibility and joint range of movement, all to music.
Come along for a taster session
The first session is Wednesday 7 October, costing £3.50.
To book your place, email:
paulareillycooper.u3a@gmail.com
If you decide to continue, the remaining pre-Christmas dates are:
21 October • 4 November • 18 November
Three sessions: £10.50, payable in advance.
Why not come along and give Chair Fit a try?
u3a Quiz – Wednesday 11 November 2026
The next u3a Quiz will be held on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at St Mary’s Church Hall, Sandbach.
Hall opens: 7.00pm
Quiz starts: 7.30pm
Entry: £1.50 per person
Teams can have up to six members. Please bring your own drinks and snacks.
There is a limit of 24 teams, so early booking is advised.
To book: email kev1dea2@gmail.com with your team name and team captain’s name.
The organiser will reply to confirm your place. If you don’t receive a reply within a week, please resend your email as it may not have been received.
Please do not simply turn up on the night, as the necessary quiz materials need to be prepared in advance for each team.
Julie Clarke will be devising the questions and operating the microphone on the night.
Sunday Afternoon Tea & Cakes 11th October
Tea, Cake and Good Company
Once a month, members gather at the Wesley Centre for an afternoon of tea, cake and conversation.
Here’s the story behind one of Sandbach U3A’s most popular events.
Volunteering with the u3a – why not you?
Whether it’s helping at an afternoon tea, welcoming members at a meeting, supporting a committee role or offering a skill you already have, there are plenty of ways to make a valuable contribution to Sandbach & District u3a.
In this recent article, current volunteers share their stories, their experiences and their advice for anyone wondering whether they could help.
The answer, it seems, is simple: you probably can.
Click here to read “Why Not You?”
If you’d like to discuss getting more involved, please contact Ken Talbot (volunteers@sandbachu3a.org.uk) who will arrange for the right person to contact you.
And Finally….
Someone asked me recently, “Why is English so hard?”
We’ll begin with box; the plural is boxes;
But the plural of ox is oxen, not oxes,
One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose is never called meese.
You can find a lone mouse or a house full of mice;
But the plural of house is houses not hice.
The plural of man is always men.
But the plural of pan is never pen.
If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet,
And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t two booths be called beeth?
If the singular’s this and the plural is these,
Should the plural of kiss be ever called keese?
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
When the masculine pronouns are he, his, and him;
Just imagine the feminine….she, shis, and shim!
Anonymous
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