{"id":15289,"date":"2021-10-24T14:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T13:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/?p=15289"},"modified":"2021-11-22T21:15:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T21:15:57","slug":"wtu3a-newsletter-october-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/newsletter\/wtu3a-newsletter-october-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"WTu3a Newsletter &#8211; October 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15289\" class=\"elementor elementor-15289\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6013515b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6013515b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dbeb014\" data-id=\"4dbeb014\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40430e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-fancy-text\" data-id=\"40430e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-fancy-text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<div  class=\"eael-fancy-text-container style-1\" data-fancy-text-id=\"40430e8\" data-fancy-text=\"|October Newsletter|October Newsletter|October Newsletter\" data-fancy-text-transition-type=\"typing\" data-fancy-text-speed=\"50\" data-fancy-text-delay=\"2500\" data-fancy-text-cursor=\"yes\" data-fancy-text-loop=\"yes\" data-fancy-text-action=\"page_load\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-fancy-text-prefix\">The <\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"eael-fancy-text-40430e8\" class=\"eael-fancy-text-strings solid-color\">\n\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\tOctober Newsletter, October Newsletter, October Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"eael-fancy-text-suffix\"> is now available!  <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- close .eael-fancy-text-container -->\n\n\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697609b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"697609b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Newsletter-header-image-e1513187870761.jpg 1348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>\u00a0It&#8217;s a packed full edition! Read it\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/WTU3A-newsletter-October-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">This months talk at the General Meeting on Thursday 28th October\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">is\u00a0<\/span><strong><em>From Guns and Roses to Hearts and Flowers\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>and the speaker is\u00a0Catherine Jones. She will speak about how she went from being an army officer, to being a writer of romantic fiction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>2022 Diaries have arrived\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0are now available to collect at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Membership cards<\/strong> will also be available to collect for those that have not yet done so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grub Club<\/strong> &#8211; the next outing is 29th October at the Crows Nest. \u00a0Contact <a href=\"mailto:grubclub@wtu3a.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grubclub@wtu3a.org.uk<\/a> to book your place. \u00a0Only 20 available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science &amp; Technology <\/strong>&#8211; Still places available on the trip to The Silverstone Museum on 4th November. \u00a0Contact: \u00a0<strong>science@wtu3a.org.uk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\">lick the link <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtu3a.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/Speakers-for-WTu3a-General-Meetings-Oct21-Jan22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\"> to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from October 2021 to January 2022 at the Rugby Club.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cab7df0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7cab7df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-assistive-listening-systems\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\"> <button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Listen to this<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"The October Newsletter, October Newsletter, October Newsletter is now available! \u00a0It\\'s a packed full edition! 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