Category: Monthly Meetings

We gave a very warm welcome to the multi-talented Mark Walsh who returned for a second visit. His subject this time was,” Here’s a funny thing,” which covered the rise of Music Hall and its artistes. Sometime back in the 1830’s, a very discerning landlord in London decided to devote a room at the back…

Meetings to go ahead We have a couple of meetings scheduled in the coming weeks which are not affected by the delayed opening up after lockdown. Group Convenors – Thursday 24th June 10am. Please let Paul Ettridge know if you can attend or not (groupcoordinator@westwoldsu3a.org) July General Meeting – Thursday 8th July 10.30. You need…

Our April Online Speaker is on Thursday 8th at 10.30am and entitled ‘Mad, Bad & Dangerous’: This talk is about military ideas, inventions and operations that in one way or another, failed to make the grade. Incompetence, haste and wishful thinking have all played their part, in some of the most scandalous failures in military…

This very interesting talk was a darkly humorous look at medicine in the 19th century when ‘chemists’ (and I use that word lightly) mixed all sorts of lethal concoctions together including laudanum, morphine, coca leaves, heroin and arsenic and made their fortunes despite blatantly selling these noxious doses of over- the- counter poisons as cure-alls.…

Don’t forget you can register for a FREE talk coming up this Thursday 14th  at 2pm run by the same company that delivered December’s talk. Details are below: Poisons for Medicine Thursday 14 January at 2pm A darkly humorous look at medicine in the 19th Century. The reign of Victoria saw the development of chemical…

December Online Speaker If you would like to watch our December talk, please click on this link and follow the instructions to register for the talk:  click here… Once registered you will receive a confirmation email with a unique link in it to access the talk. A reminder email will be sent a couple of…

The September newsletter is here… You can access the newsletter from this post or from the email the majority of our members will receive on 18th September 2020. If you haven’t told us your email address or if it has changed… to avoid missing out send your updated email details to membership@westwoldsu3a.org. If you would…

We have received the following opportunity from Andy Smith. He came to West Wolds about three years ago. In the absence of monthly meetings you may wish to watch his video – Andy explains how below: Due to the pandemic – you are unable to hold your meetings – and I am unable to work!…

In light of the Coronavirus, the committee today discussed whether we should hold the General Meeting this Thursday (12th March). We agreed the meeting should go ahead and we would rely on the wisdom and good sense of our members to decide for yourselves as to whether you should attend. If you are over 80…

The next U3A monthly meeting does clash with the date of the General Election however the Festival Hall is not being used for polling and therefore our meeting will go ahead as usual. Meeting as usual in the Festival Hall on 12th December doors opening at 09:45 for refreshments. Mark Walsh – Ukulele maestro, described…

West Wolds U3A 21st AGM Thursday 14th November 2019 at 10.30am The agenda is available by clicking here… Draft minutes from 2018 will be put forward for approval at the meeting and are available by clicking here… Nominations for standing for the committee are as follows: Linda Brighton; Paul Ettridge; Terry Francis; Shelley Franklin; Shirley…

Thursday 14th March sees the start of our 20th Anniversary celebrations. Doors will open at 9.30am and there will be the usual opportunity to browse the variety of groups we now have on offer and to meet old friends and make new ones. Pam Jones from National Office will give a brief talk on her…