T+S – Stone age Sefton

Posted on 27th January 2022 by philcdav

28 members attended the Wednesday afternoon meeting for a talk by Molly Toal, the Communications and Engagement Officer of the Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve, part of the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.

A fascinating story and laptop presentation of the geography, history and archaeology of the Lunt Meadows ‘dig’ gave us a vivid insight into our local prehistory back over 9000 years.

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Later this year we will be taking a guided tour of the ‘dig’ so watch this space for news. The presentation was ‘free’. A donation of £50 has been made.

Our next meeting is Feb 9th with Colin discussing computer security.

T+S meeting 12th Jan. cancelled

Posted on 9th January 2022 by Colin Bennett

The Technology and Science meeting scheduled for Wednesday 12th January in Kensington House has been cancelled. Sorry for any inconvenience

Technology and science – 08/12

Posted on 8th December 2021 by philcdav

15 members turned up for ‘The Chemistry of Christmas’ talk by Phil followed by a home made Christmas cake sampling. Cakes produced by Sylvia Adams and Denis Stevens were the highlight of the show. A show of hands voted for Denis’s cake (left) by 10/5.

Check out the Chemistry Advent Calendar here

Technology and science

Posted on 16th November 2021 by philcdav

Future Dates for your diary.

10th Nov. Moons of the solar system – John Blundell

24th Nov. Electricity – Dangerous Stuff – Bill Tubey

8th Dec. Chemistry of Christmas – Phil Davidson

12th January – Your Privacy on the Internet by Colin Bennett

The Davy Notebooks Project

Posted on 30th October 2021 by philcdav

Dear U3A member secretary,

I’m Dr Andrew Lacey, Senior Research Associate in the Department of English Literature and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. I found your e-mail address on the contact pages of the U3A website.

The Davy Notebooks Project (wp.lancs.ac.uk/davynotebooks) is currently doing some exciting research, with the help of the public, that may be of interest to your members. We and an international community of over 1400 volunteer transcribers are currently transcribing, using the people-powered research platform Zooniverse, Sir Humphry Davy’s (1778-1829) handwritten notebooks (around 70 in all), many of which have never been transcribed before.

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Technology and science

Posted on 5th October 2021 by philcdav

We have had to cancel the October 13th meeting due to a funeral at the club.

The Tech and Science plan will be shoved back accordingly.

Wed. 27th Oct – ‘it ain’t half hot mum‘ with Will Harley

Stone age Sefton talk

Posted on 29th September 2021 by philcdav

We have had an offer of a free talk ! Any one interested please ?
I would be happy to book them for the Tech and Science group but could add others

I am reaching out to local groups in the area to offer introductory talks about the heritage project the Lancashire Wildlife Trust have at Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve in Sefton. We are currently running a heritage project about the site called the Mesolithic and Modern Life project, engaging visitors and local communities with the fascinating wildlife, stone age archaeology and water management techniques that we have on our nature reserve.

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