• Clipstone Headstocks

  24th October 2025
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  What an interesting morning we all spent at the Clipstone Headstocks museum. We learned so much from Stuart about the history and the legacy of the site and about Nottingham and the surrounding areas.

  Stuart told us about Raleigh cycles and all the amazing inventions, then about the war years and the many vehicles and flying machines and also about the mine itself and all the machinery.

  There were so many interesting facts and figures, including the depth of the mine, 920 metres, the speed of the lifts, 30 mph for the descent, the amount of coal that was mined, 1 Million tons per year!

  Most of us retired to Rumbles in Vicar Water country park for a delicious variety of lunches and scones, all made fresh in the open kitchen by the talented chef

  Well worth a visit on a Friday at 11am

  https://www.clipstoneheadstocks.com

• Barn Dance

  20th October 2025
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Dance the Night Away

  All the local u3as enjoyed a 'barnstorming' evening at the Forest Town Arena with great music and a caller to direct the dances, together with some lovely hot cobs it was great event

• Juke box jury - Back to the sixties 🎼🎵

  20th August 2025
  

  

  

  

  

  We all arrived and the room setup was amazing so we all found our tables and everyone chatted excitedly

  Roger was doing his setup to make his home studio, he came all the way from Leicestershire and he built it during covid

  Onto the food which was supplied by 'culinary delights' from edwinstowe who served up a delicious ploughman's lunch followed by apple crumble with custard
  we ate like kings and queens

  There were some fantastic outfits as you can see from the photos above

  Roger then introduced the format and set the scene to transport us all back to the sixties, he has a wealth of information and some very interesting facts and figures.
  

  Roger followed the original TV format to the letter and played songs from the 60s from various artists such as The Big Bopper, Beach Boys, The Dubliners, Antony Newley (with Wendy Richard) and Canned Heat to name a few.

  the jury panel were amazing and stole the show
  Lisbeth with the detailed analysis played it straight which was even funnier
  Richard who laughed so hard he looked like a tomato
  Ann with her dry comments and quick wit
  And last but not least the naughty boy Tony who ran rings around the panel and Roger and made everyone howl with his comments and faux southern bias

  there were lots of cheers and jeers from the audience who fell about laughing and clapping

  What an absolutely amazing event put on by the events team, another magnificent effort

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