Southport University Extension Society Newsletter: February 2020 Meeting: 6th March Our next meeting will be held on Friday 6th March at 2pm at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. Dr Glenn Godenho will speak on the subject of PHAROAHS AND WARLORDS. Images of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs suggest that they were seen as powerful, infallible,…
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Party-poppers and bangs are not normally features of SUES meetings, but it was appropriate that our recent talk on ‘Violent Volcanoes’ by Hazel Clark ended with a demonstration which displayed both. The topic, as did the one at our last meeting, illustrated our attempt to broaden the scope of our talks to include a greater…
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Seasonal Greetings and Latest News Meeting: 10th January Our next meeting will be held on Friday 10th January at 2pm at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. The subject of the talk will be VIOLENT VOLCANOES and the presenter is Hazel Clark, a recognised lecturer at the University of Liverpool. Volcanic eruptions are some…
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Present – Hazel Fort, Bob Neate, John Sharp, Roger MitchellApologies from Peter Firth and Alan Potter The record of the meeting held on 26th July 2019 was approved and signed. With the approval of those present and the prior approval of Peter Firth and Alan Potter, Roger Mitchell was appointed as Secretary. His role will…
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THE NEW SEASON STARTS A new era starts for SUES this September. Our 2019-20 programme includes three seven-session courses as well as four of the usual Friday afternoon meetings. Details of the long courses were included in the last newsletter and will be found on our website. We are now able to supply information on…
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At our meeting on 27th July Peter Firth presented a talk on Martin Luther. As well as being complete in itself, it also served as an introduction to Peter’s seven-session course on the Reformation in Europe, starting in September. This was the last meeting of the 2018-19 season and our first at a new venue,…
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(Present: Hazel Fort, Bob Neate, John Sharp, Peter Firth) The record of the meeting held on 17th June was approved and signed. After a discussion on the need to update our arrangements for authorising cheques and bank transactions, the following resolution was agreed unanimously. (The absent members of the committee, Roger Mitchell and Alan Potter,…
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We are now able to provide the following information about the single-day events, which take place on Fridays at 2pm at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport. 22nd November 2019 THE WHAT, WHEN, HOW AND WHY OF SCIENCE AT SOUTHPORT’S NATIONAL NATURE RESERVES David Mercer, Natural England 10th January 2020 VIOLENT VOLCANOES Hazel Clark,…
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(Present: Hazel Fort, Peter Firth, Roger Mitchell, John Sharp) It was agreed that we should be slightly more formal with our procedures, so the record of the previous meeting was signed. Hazel Fort retains the original and John Sharp a copy. There was an update on arrangements for the 2019-20 programme. Continuing Education (CE) have…
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The Society exists to promote continuing education in the Southport area, in association with the University of Liverpool. The programme for 2019-20 will consist of three seven-session courses and four single-day events. All activities will take place at All Saints Church Hall, Park Road, Southport, PR9 9JR; the longer courses on Mondays at 10.30 am…
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