In March 2018 we discussed the origins and history of the Shipping Forecast.
The Shipping Forecast is produced by the Met Office on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It was first broadcast on 1 January 1924 as a weather bulletin called Weather Shipping before moving to the BBC a year later.
Here is a link to the BBC special
Best wishes for the New Year from Colin and Phil
We restart on January 8th with a few lines on Coke
The table games group restarts on Monday Jan. 6th
We currently ONLY offer Bridge in a very light hearted way. Beginners are welcome and its a great place to start the week so come along and give us a try.
Click here for details
Our Line dancing group had their Christmas lunch today.
Some great music and flashy dancing followed by a buffet lunch by Val and Kevin
Here is a link to the BBC’s Martin Lewis podcast – SCAM Epidemic.
It’s an interesting listen and some great learning.
Call at the Tuesday coffee morning help desk for any IT related issues you might have. We can usually point you in the right direction.
Following on from last Wednesdays talk about gemstones we found
this article in the ScienceAlert ‘online magazine’ that may be of interest?
Our last presentation for 2024 will be on Nov 26th.
We will take a look at the history and chemistry of gemstones.
All are welcome, no free samples though !
We will restart on Jan 8th 2025, topics to be announced
Have a great Christmas and New year
More and more news of late regarding scams, particularly on-line. For those who missed the excellent presentation on ‘computer fraud’ there is a booklet published by the North West Regional Crime Unit that’s freely available and on line. Click link below:
Its full of useful information regarding scams, avoiding them and how to deal with them. The download is in PDF form. If you have issues with reading it then please contact the Digital Help Desk folk on the website.
New financial fraud rules become active on Monday 7th October.
You might also be interested to hear about the new rules
on the BBC ‘money box’ podcast article link here.
Oct 09: ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor’ with Bob
Oct 23: Space telescopes with John
Nov 13: Top 3 spices
Nov 27: Gemstones
Oct 09: ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor’ with Bob
Oct 23: Thalidomide – History and science
Nov 13: Top 3 spices – History, chemistry & usage
Nov 27: Gemstones