Our History and Contacts
We started off at Mike Eastwood's Creative Writing group, but decided to continue as a group
purely for our own pleasure.
We agreed to meet at each others homes on the last Tuesday in the month at 10:30.
We want to keep the Group small for mutual support.
If you are interested however, we could take a couple more members, but you may wish to wait for Mike Eastwood's new Creative Writing course in the Autumn.
Contact Ken on this number:07842 162629
The way we work in the 'Scribblers' group, is during our monthly meeting, we suggest a word or topic to write about for the next meeting.
When we meet, we read out our contribution and 'gently' suggest where we can improve each other. In the main we do it for fun, for a little education; which is in the spirit of the U3A and to test ourselves.
Last time our task was to write a review. It could be on a book, film, TV programme or whatever we wanted.
You can read one of our member's reviews below.
A Bit of Goonery
Once the screechy voice of Bluebottle (Peter Sellers) called out, “I’m falling in the wa-ater” I knew I was in for a wonderful half hour of giggles, belly laughs and wonderment. That such mirth could be given by five young men standing in front of a microphone, reading from a script, makes me want to wave my arms toward them in awe.
Moriarty, Bloodnock, Secombe, Drednock, the names and voices were endless. Created in the 50s and now repeated some sixty years later, the Goon shows have lost none of their Herculean talent to entertain and hold an audience’s attention.
The stories were ridiculous; accepting ten shillings to move a piano from one room to another, then discovering that the piano was in Venezuela, to finding Shangri La, where they remained as children forever. There was no booze, no cigarettes, no sex and the disclosures were followed by the scream of, “Get me out of here”. The ingenuity was limitless.
The sketches were interspersed with Max Gilgray on the harmonica and Ray Ellington with a gentle jazz number, their introductions being seamlessly linked to the sketches. It was all so professionally presented in days when the media was finding its way.
How did the BBC allow such ground breaking comedies when their original charter was designed to inform and educate? Comedies like The Clitheroe Kid, The Navy lark, Round The Horn and would you believe, Educating Archie, the star being a dummy handled by ventriloquist Peter Brough; we actually laughed at an unseen dummy, are still listened to with affection, and gaining new and younger listeners all the time.
Long may they reign.
