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We meet occasionally to enjoy a meal and good company

Dining 1

We are a group of 30 people that meet occasionally to enjoy a meal and good company.

Members of the group are invited to organise a meal each month for either lunch or early evening on a date of their choosing.

The time and date of each meal is circulated by the group leader, when members are invited to contact the meal organiser to book their meal. Generally that involves making a menu choice at the time of booking.

Those attending at any one time will number between 15 –20.

August dining is a BBQ when members bring along a plate.

Canasta

We meet to play Canasta in the Age Concern Hall at 1.30 until 4.00 on alternate Saturdays. All are welcome to join us for this fun card game. Good company and tea and cake 🍰 included in the £3.00. email Vivienne on viv_fowler@hotmail.com if interested.

 

 

Scrabble 1

We meet at 2pm on the last Thursday of every month.

Not too competitive, but trying to raise the bar all the time.

Philosophy

We meet from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon on the third Wednesday of the month at the Sunny Side Hall, 14 Webb Lane, Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 9JE

Special free parking arrangements are available. There is a kitchen where members can make drinks.

We discuss a topic previously chosen by a group member. She/he then introduces the topic, followed by a discussion where each member contributes as much as they wish. In some cases, material is sent out before the meeting to enable the group to prepare.

Many members use the internet to discover relevant information, which enriches the discussion. We have a coffee break after an hour, which enables general conversation. Topics covered in the past, include:

  • Plato
  • Ideology
  • Arne Næss
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Rights and Responsibilities
  • Assisted Suicide

as well as the thoughts of individual philosophers ranging from Confucious to Marx.

No previous knowledge of philosophy is needed, and an open mind is a big advantage.

Theatre visits

We arrange visits to local venues to see plays chosen by the group. At each meeting we discuss recent plays we have seen, choose plays to visit, and look at videos or read plays, etc.

Transport is arranged for each visit which allows members who are unable to visit the theatres individually to join with others to do so.

Visits are usually to theatres in Havant, Portsmouth and other venues nearby. Visits to HIADS are usually left to individual members to organise themselves, as are visits to Chichester. We also visit the plays at London theatres screened at local cinemas.

Scrabble 2

We play scrabble from 2pm every 2nd Tuesday of the month at a member's house.