Bob Morris gave a really interesting presentation to the group on Wednesday. Entitled ‘All you need to know about drugs – Mostly the legal ones‘ it gave an insight into pharmacy operations in simple ‘lay persons’ language.

Various topics were covered including: looking after yourself, health literacy, pharmacy speak, the British National Formulary and drug ‘side effects’.

The BNF was particularly of note as it gives anyone the opportunity to examine prescription drug data online.

The public awareness campaign – National Pharmacy week ,
‘Ask Your Pharmacist’  this year will be on 31 October – 7 November.

Well done Bob

September topics.

Sep 14  ‘all you need to know about drugs’ with Bob

Sep 28  ‘magic mushrooms’ with Phil

New members welcome to our ‘science for fun’ sessions, 2.30 at Kensington house.

Here are the subjects for June:

8th      More electrical distribution with Bill

22nd    GPS update with Colin

We will then close for the summer, resuming on September 14th with a talk on ‘drugs’ with Bob. Have a great break – Colin and Phil

Here are the dates for the T+S talks in May.
All u3a  members welcome.

Kensington House, 2.30 pm

11th   10 most dangerous plants
25th   archeological dating

April dates for your diary.

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.

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

Future Dates for your diary.

8th Dec.   Chemistry of Christmas – Phil Davidson