Trips and Outings
ALL DAY TRIPS, OUTINGS, HOLIDAYS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE EVENTS PAGE
Upcoming Trips are a JCB Factory Tour, a chance to see Scottish threesome folk band North Sea Gas, and a Sunday afternoon visit to see and hear the fabulous organ at Pipes in the Peaks - see the Events page for more details
Reports of Recent Visits
We got back into gear on 15th February when fifteen members opted to support the Denstone Players with a visit to their annual Pantomime, which this year was Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates. We were met at the door by a member of the Drama Group who directed us to our specially reserved seats…so we felt very welcome…and particularly because we were mentioned several times by actors during the performance. It was a wonderful evening, action-packed with a cast of 40, and great acting with modern music we all recognised that had us clapping and tapping our feet! The costumes were superb…a credit to the villagers of Denstone who spend many months creating these innovative outfits. It truly is an event which appears to involve the whole community - it seems you missed a good time - oh yes you did! See photos to the right of this page.
New Vic Theatre
At the end of the year (2023) nine of us went to the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle to where they were entertained by the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir - there were about forty of them and they made a beautiful sound. Members travelled by “car share” and it transpired to be a very successful evening.
Simon Haas
Kedleston Hall
On Monday 4th December, after a deluge of snow during the weekend 39 of us set off for a visit to Kedleston Hall - see photos. Several members had visited the Hall previously but as with all properties of the National Trust there so always something to see that we hadn’t noticed before and this was true of Kedleston, which is an 18th.century House designed by Robert Adam. The furniture and carpets are superb and each room was decorated especially for Christmas with garlands and a tree in each room. We were fascinated by the many tree “ornaments” made by their volunteers from old newspapers etc. We were most impressed. Inside the hall is a museum full of items collected during the Curzen’s time in India…..a vast collection, and we marvelled at the vast amount and size of items which had been transported to England. Refreshments in the cafe included mince pies, mulled wine and hot spicy apple juice…very welcome on such a cold wet day. We arrived back in Uttoxeter mid-afternoon, before dark, expressed our appreciation to Trevor our driver for his patience in driving the whole day in pouring rain!
Hoping for better weather on our next venture……so watch this space!!
Hazel Glover Carol Hogan
Hazel Glover is leading the ‘Trips & Visits’ Group that the Committee has set up. She would like to compile a data base of members interested in them and who would like to be informed about upcoming events. If that is you, please contact Hazel Glover by clicking on the Blue Bird , or see her at Open House on a Wednesday morning.
Hazel Glover, Simon Haas, Carol Hogan and Brenda Welch
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