Past events, 2010-2023
Archive of previous programmes' guest speakers, and other events
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2024
February - The Margaret & Alick Potter Charitable Trust - The work of the Trust, role of volunteers and the experience of those living with dementia, as patients or as carers (Joan Miller & Geraldine Taylor)
January - Erasmus Darwin: a man of many roles (Ron Pateman)
2023
December - Christmas Social, Guest speaker Professor Jamie Medhurst, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University, Christmas and early BBC television
November - What is AI? And how will it affect us? (Dr Amanda Clare, Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University)
October - Visitor Experience Manager, RSPB Ynys-hir (Beverley Dimmock)
September | - | The HOPE Advocacy project (Luc-antoine Bonte, Age Cymru) |
July | - | The Samaritans (Graham Rees) |
June | - | The Aber Eco Hub (Kate Rollt) |
May | - | Detective Cats and Baking Spies - Everything I learned on my author journey (Sarah Todd Taylor) |
April | - | Information Security in the modern world (Dr Hannah Dee) |
March | - | AGM, followed by Sarah Greener from Versus Arthritis. This will be an informal session with time for questions. Sarah’s work comes under the banner of Cwtch Cymru which is a Welsh Government funded initiative, as well as Cymru Versus Arthritis. |
February | - | Wealth protection (Ben Ashenden, BPA Associates) |
January | - | Why do we eat so few crops? (Dr John Warren) |
2022
December | - | 50 years of Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Louise Amery) |
November | - | Turning Back the Tone Wheels of Time: The forgotten genius of engineer & inventor Laurens Hammond (John Grant) |
October | - | What is the leadership we need to address Climate Change? (and how can we help make that happen) [Dr Rachel Lilley] |
September | - | The Cambrian Mountains Society (Dwynen Belsey) |
July | - | The Art of the Cartoonist (Harry Venning) |
May | - | Building a family tree, and discovering real ancestors through DNA (Aislinn Knight) |
April | - | How Aberystwyth began life in Antarctica (Bill Bagley) |
March | - | Outreach activity in maths and physics at Aberystwyth University (Natalie Roberts) |
February | - | Recent Excavations at Pendinas (Fran Murphy) |
January | - | The Talyllyn Railway (Sue Whitehouse) |
2021
December 2021 | - | Social |
November 2021 | - | The work of the Freemasons in the community and beyond (John Fitzpatrick) |
2020
Jan 2020 | - | A Layperson's Guide to Public Key Encryption (Dr Fred Long) |
2019
Dec 2019 | - | "A Solstice Celebration" with great fun and entertainment provided by our interest groups! |
Nov 2019 | - | Welsh Mythology and How It Claimed Me (Milly Jackdaw) |
Oct 2019 | - | Old Land and Traditional Spirits; A Celebration of Ceredigion & Carmarthenshire Ghost Stories. |
. | - | (Jennifer Cairns) |
Sep 2019 | - | Keeping the Family Alive - Women in 18th & 19th Century Wales (Michael Freeman) (***) |
Jul 2019 | - | Keep Still and Don't Blink - interesting old photos in the Ceredigion Archives |
. | - | (Dr Ania Skarzynska) |
Jul 2019 | - | Summer Excursion - Corris Craft Centre and Aberdyfi |
Jun 2019 | - | Old Maps (Dr Ania Skarzynska) |
May 2019 | - | Fast, clean, quiet public transport - why a Victorian innovation failed (Roger Boyle) |
Apr 2019 | - | Students and Statues (History of the Old College) by Elgan Davies |
Mar 2019 | - | AGM - followed by a General Knowledge Quiz |
Feb 2019 | - | Yeti (by Mike Lewis of the Cambrian News) |
Jan 2019 | - | Wales to Argentina - the 19th century merchant & explorer Henry Libanus Jones |
. | - | (Monica Lloyd Williams) |
2018
Dec 2018 | - | Group presentations and Christmas social |
Nov 2018 | - | The Mabinogi - a retelling for our time (Matthew Francis) (***) |
Oct 2018 | - | Cancelled |
Sep 2018 | - | Women tourists in Wales during the 18th & 19th centuries' (Michael Freeman) (***) |
Jul 2018 | - | Stories & Stones - History & Mystery in West Ceredigion (Jennifer Cairns) |
Jun 2018 | - | Chwedlau mewn Gemwaith/Legends in Jewellery (Rhiannon Evans) |
May 2018 | - | The Equine Dick Whittington - the history of the Dyfed Shires |
. | - | - & Celt, the Queen's Welsh Drum Horse (Mark Cole) (***) |
Apr 2018 | - | Dunton’s 50-guinea inspiration: ingenious questions & discreet answers in the 1690s |
. | - | - about the earliest question & answer periodical. (Philip Henry Jones) |
Mar 2018 | - | AGM - followed by a General Knowledge Quiz |
Feb 2018 | - | Llanerchaeron: Tales from the Herb Beds (Penny David) (***) |
Jan 2018 | - | The Lone Welshman at Custer's Last Stand (Mike Lewis) (***) |
2017
Dec 2017 | - | Christmas meeting: with presentations by our interest groups |
Nov 2017 | - | Curious Travellers: Adventures in 18th Century Wales (by Mary-Ann Constantine) |
Oct 2017 | - | Why birds sing - the science of birdsong (by Dr Rupert Marshall) (***) |
Sep 2017 | - | Aberystwyth Through Time (by William Troughton) |
Aug 2017 | - | An outing to Llanon Cottage |
Jul 2017 | - | Health Visiting in Afghanistan (by Yvonne Hughes) |
Jun 2017 | - | Lead mines in Ceredigion (by Stephen Hughes) |
May 2017 | - | Tales from the Coliseum (by Carrie Canham - Curator of Ceredigion Museum) |
Apr 2017 | - | Cors Dyfi reserve and the Osprey Project (Kim Williams) |
Mar 2017 | - | AGM, followed by a fun Quiz |
Feb 2017 | - | Some Treasures of the Hugh Owen Library (Bill Hines) |
Jan 2017 | - | An introduction to Mindfulness" (Rachel Lilley) |
2016
Dec 2016 | - | Christmas meeting: with presentations by our interest groups |
Nov 2016 | - | William Morris's Chemical Adventure (Dr Brian Davies) |
Oct 2016 | - | Montague Burton: the full Monty – chevrons, fans & elephants (Dr Roger Boyle) |
Sep 2016 | - | The Davieses of Llandinam & Gregynog, & the University (Mary Oldham) |
Jul 2016 | - | Making new Opera (Michael McCarthy) |
Jun 2016 | - | The submerged forests on our foreshores (Dr Martin Bates) |
May 2016 | - | The BBC and the Future (Jean Seaton) |
Apr 2016 | - | 1816: The year without a Summer" (Philip Henry Jones) |
Mar 2016 | - | AGM - followed by a General Knowledge Quiz |
Feb 2016 | - | Foreigners in Wales in Victorian times (Gerald Morgan) |
Jan 2016 | - | Reading Yesterday's Handwriting: A New Skill for Tomorrow?" (Dr. Susan Davies) |
Jan 2016 | - | Visit: The Printing rooms in the Aberystwyth School of Art. |
2015
Dec 2015 | - | Christmas meeting: with presentations from our interest groups |
Nov 2015 | - | Central Asia (Thomas Brian Morgan) |
Oct 2015 | - | U3A Aberystwyth took part in the Morlan's 50+Fair |
. | - | The Rivers of Wales (John Gee) |
Sep 2015 | - | Dr Humphrey Foulkes (1673-1737): the antiquary & an intriguing epitaph |
. | - | (Mary Burdett-Jones) |
Jul 2015 | - | Aberystwyth Farmers' Market (Jan Eldridge) |
: | - | Visit: RSPB Ynys-hir & Osprey Project |
: | - | "Film Sessions" - our own thought-provoking cinema event... |
Jun 2015 | - | Threatened & threatening small mammals in Pembrokeshire: animals & diseases |
. | (Dr Claire Risley) | |
May 2015 | - | 'Whodunnits' (Geraint Evans) |
Apr 2015 | - | U3A Aberyswtyth had stall at Morlan's Celebratory Fair |
. | - | (for their 10th Anniversary Weekend) |
Apr 2015 | - | Alternatives to Violence (Elizabeth Darlington) |
Mar 2015 | - | AGM - followed by a Quiz |
Feb 2015 | - | Snowdonian Houses (Richard Suggett) |
Jan 2015 | - | 'Waxing Lyrical: recorded music as we used to hear it' (Hugh Parry) |
2014
Dec 2014 | - | Christmas entertainment - Group Showcases (presentations/readings, by the |
: | - | Play Reading, Recorder, Poetry, German, and Literature, Activity Groups) |
Nov 2014 | - | Making & Colouring the Medieval Book (by Brian Davies) |
: | - | Visit: National Plant Phenomics Centre, Gogerddan |
Oct 2014 | - | 'A Performance Artist Tells Her Story'(by Mar Shro Gora/Margaret Sharrow) |
: | - | U3A at Aberystwyth 50+Fair on 1st October |
. | - | (U3A Aberyswtywth had an information stand at this event) |
Sep 2014 | - | Abraham Cooper (1787-1868) R.A. Animal painter (by Mary Burdett-Jones) |
Jul 2014 | - | CAVO volunteer centre (by Rik Mowbray) |
: | - | Visit: Felin Ganol Watermill, Llanrhystud |
Jun 2014 | - | David Lloyd, the tenor 1912-1969 (by Rhidian Griffiths) |
May 2014 | - | Life In a Care Home (by Nicky Herriot) |
Apr 2014 | - | Minority Languages in Britain (by Glanville Price) |
: | - | "Film Sessions" - thought-provoking cinema visit event... |
. | - | films, & introduction talk on the issues of equality |
Mar 2014 | - | AGM - followed by a Quiz |
Feb 2014 | - | The Other Ethiopia (by Kay Edwards) |
Jan 2014 | - | Visit: Art exhibition & poetry-reading at Tabernacle, Machynlleth |
: | - | "My experiences as a Book Editor" (by Janet Thomas) |
2013
Dec 2013 | - | Christmas entertainment (presentations & readings, by our Interest Groups) |
Nov 2013 | - | China: a story of three generations (by Pru Bell) |
Oct 2013 | - | Jane Austen: her Life, Death & Home (by Lindsay Ashford) |
: | - | Viewing and discussion of DVD, "Talking Justice - Does Prison Work". |
: | - | Visit: Art exhibition at Tabernacle in Machynlleth |
Sep 2013 | - | Britain from Above - RCAHMW (by Natasha Scullion) |
Jul 2013 | - | Visit: Bronant Wildlife Garden |
: | - | "Film Sessions" third of our thought-provoking cinema visit events. |
Jun 2013 | - | Age Cymru Ceredigion |
: | - | Visit: RSPB Ynys-hir and Osprey Project |
May 2013 | - | Birds of Ceredigion (by Mike Hayward) |
Apr 2013 | - | How to Enjoy and Write Haiku and Haiku-Stories (by Ken Jones) |
: | - | "Film Sessions" second cinema screening |
Mar 2013 | - | AGM - followed by a Quiz |
Feb 2013 | - | What is a land plant? Do they grow in communities? (by Andrew Agnew) |
Jan 2013 | - | Kindertransport (by Dr Andrea Hammel) |
: | - | "Film Sessions" first-ever cinema event (& supporting U3A groups' feature) |
2012
Dec 2012 | - | Christmas entertainment - (presentations & readings, by our Interest Groups) & |
... | - | Introduction by Noragh Jones to her book "The Art of Growing Old: Stories We Tell About Old Age" |
Nov 2012 | - | Time in the Theatre (by Richard Hogger) |
Oct 2012 | - | Rainbows (by Professor Len Kersley) |
Sep 2012 | - | Art Nouveau (1890-1914): Its Roots, Development & Impact (by Ian Barclay) |
Jul 2012 | - | Visit: Landre's "Poetry Path" (& Rhydypennau Craft Centre) |
Jun 2012 | - | Visit: Guided tour of the Aberystwyth Arts Centre. |
May 2012 | - | Renewable Energy (by Christopher Lord Smith) |
Apr 2012 | - | Conspiracy Theories (by Dr David Steeds) |
Mar 2012 | - | AGM & premiere performance of "The Long Christmas Dynasty" (by our play reading group) |
Feb 2012 | - | Bee Keeping (by Anne Ovens) |
Jan 2012 | - | The Danube from the Black Forest to the Black Sea (by Glanville Price) |
2011
Dec 2011 | - | Christmas entertainment inc. play reading "Broken Threads" by Dyfi U3A Creative Writing group |
Nov 2011 | - | Aberystywth twin-town Marda, Palestine & Israeli Peace Groups (by Elizabeth Morley) |
Oct 2011 | - | Old Postcards (by Sue Whitehouse) |
Sep 2011 | - | British Humorous & Political Prints (by Phil Garratt) |
Jul 2011 | - | Visit: Welsh Assembly Building Aberystwyth |
Jun 2011 | - | Visit: Talyllyn Railway |
: | - | Politics & Sport (by Dr David Steeds) |
May 2011 | - | Treating Arthritis Naturally (Arthritic Assoc.) |
Apr 2011 | - | R.S.Thomas (by Damian Walford Davies) |
Mar 2011 | - | AGM (followed by Members Quiz) |
Feb 2011 | - | Magistrates in the Community (by Glenda Johnson) & |
... | - | Margaret Frost - on being a wartime aircraft delivery pilot |
- | - | (see magazine feature of Margaret Frost's visit, on Gallery page) |
Jan 2011 | - | Quakers, Then & Now (by O.G.Evans) |
2010
Dec 2010 | - | Christmas entertainment (presentations & readings, by our Interest Groups) |
Oct 2010 | - | Landscapes & Flora of Kenya (by Andrew Agnew) |
Nov 2010 | - | Talyllyn Railway (by Roger Whitehouse) |
Jul 2012 | - | Visit: Rheidol Hydroelectric Scheme, & Butterfly Farm at Capel Bangor |
Jun 2010 | - | Censorship of Aberystwyth Film - "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (by Sue Jones-Davies) |
May 2010 | - | Guided tour of the RSPB Ynyshir Reserve |
Apr 2010 | - | Welsh Chapels - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow (by Lionel Madden) |
Mar 2010 | - | AGM & Quiz |
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