Take a trip down memory lane at virtual meeting

A talk on nostalgia’s impact on wellbeing will form the basis of an online talk to members of the Paisley and District u3a.

University of Southampton professor, Tim Wildschut, will deliver a seminar using home movies to introduce members to come of the concepts he studies.

Historic footage produced by members of Paisley Camcorder Club will be shown during the event, which takes place tomorrow at 7pm.

This free event is part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival, in collaboration with Renfrewshire Leisure and Paisley and District u3a.

Current or potential members can book via Eventbrite.

The group’s chair, Kathy O’Donnell said: “Given the pandemic’s effect on people’s mental health generally, we all welcome healthy feel-good factors to help us cope with covid.

“This‘ projecting wellness’ talk is a timely event for us given it follows on from Mental Health awareness week.

“There are three short home movies to watch :‘Doon the water’, ‘Burma during the war’ and ‘A lost relative’.

“Afterwards we can share what memories these different films evoked.

“It’s still a film night so bring popcorn if you want.”

Professor Tim Wildschut said: “Nostalgia has suffered a bad reputation.

“For centuries it was seen as a form of physical or mental dysfunction.

“But over the past twenty years psychological research has rehabilitated the emotion, and it is now seen as an adaptive way of responding to, and bouncing back from, negative experiences.”

Details of this free live talk from: https://u3asites.org.uk/paisley/welcome