Locks Heath

Meetings & Events

Please aim to arrive by 1.45pm at the latest to allow sufficient time for your registration, to see any of the Interest Group Contacts such as Gadabouts and Luncheon Group and then to take your seat before 1.55pm so that the meeting can start promptly at 2.00p.m when the door is locked.

We always have an interesting guest speaker so please join us for an enjoyable afternoon with refreshments.

Visitors are always welcome.


Dates for your Diary
April 2024
Fri Apr 5thPetanqueAll welcome.
Mon Apr 8thSKITTLESSkittles
Tue Apr 9thBook FriendsDiscussing "The Court of Lions" by Jane Johnson.
Tue Apr 9thArt and ArchitectureTalk - William Morris
John Stych
Wed Apr 10thWalkingWicor Recreation Ground PO16 9BY
Porchester Castle
4 miles
St Marys Church Cafe
Fri Apr 12thGarden Group General Meeting
Tue Apr 16thLuncheon GroupAvenue 141 Fareham College
Tue Apr 16thHeritage and CultureHampshire Canals (Ann Gardner)
Fri Apr 19thPetanqueAll welcome.
Wed Apr 24thWalkingHolly Hill Woodland Park, Barnes Lane, SO31 7BH
Holly Hill Woodland Park and River Hamble
4 miles
Universal Boatyard
Fri Apr 26thMeetingLocks Heath u3a AGM
May 2024
Mon May 13thSKITTLESSkittles
Tue May 14thArt and ArchitectureVisit - Isle of Wight / Osborne House - Provisional
David Lee
Tue May 21stHeritage and CultureBishop Waltham Palace visit
Fri May 31stMeetingGeneral Meant with a talk by David Bickerton 'Parents at War'
June 2024
Mon Jun 3rdSKITTLESSkittles
Tue Jun 11thArt and ArchitectureVisit - Sandown Chapel & Whitchurch Silk Mill
Ann Gardner
Fri Jun 28thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk Stephen Hoadley 'RMS Queen Mary. War to Retirement'
July 2024
Mon Jul 1stSKITTLESSkittles
Tue Jul 9thArt and ArchitectureVisit – Winchester College
Pauline Bower
Tue Jul 16thHeritage and CultureRoyal Victoria Chapel and war graves (?)
Fri Jul 26thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk by Jane Glennie 'Lady Maria and the story of Mrs Charles Dickens'
August 2024
Mon Aug 5thSKITTLESSkittles
Fri Aug 30thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk by Alan Jones ‘Roving Reporter’
September 2024
Mon Sep 2ndSKITTLESSkittles
Tue Sep 10thArt and ArchitectureTalk - Hidden Women / DVD - Four with John Betjeman - Victorian Architects and Architecture
Pat Thomas / Jennie Elliot
Tue Sep 17thHeritage and CulturePortsmouth (guided tour by Andrew Negus) or visit and tour of Explosion! Museum, Gosport (Les)
Fri Sep 27thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk by Brenda Margetts 'Biography & Poetry of Pam Ayres'
October 2024
Mon Oct 7thSKITTLESSkittles
Tue Oct 8thArt and ArchitectureTalk - British Victorian Infrastructure
Matt Dolan
Tue Oct 15thHeritage and CultureShow and Tell: historic artefacts (All)
Fri Oct 25thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk by Malcom Wells "So Far So Good'
November 2024
Tue Nov 12thArt and ArchitectureShort Talks - Favourite Victorian artefacts Confirmation of 2025 Programme
All
Tue Nov 19thHeritage and CultureDVD: bonus items from the film “Hugo” featuring Georges Melies (pioneer of the Cinema) and automatons (self-operating mechanisms)
Fri Nov 29thMeetingGeneral Meeting with a talk by John Pitman 'My Life on the Stage'