Bridport & District

Groups

Our Groups meet on a variety of schedules. The list below gives the Group names and the pattern of meetings. Click on a Group name to learn more or to get in touch with the Group Leader. If you have a more general query, or are interested in leading a Group, do get in touch with our Group Coordinator, Mary Thomas, on 01308 281014 or click the Send a Message link above.

New Groups

Dog walking

A weekly dog-walking group has just started. On Monday Feb 4th at 10 am they will meet in the Co-op car park at the far end away from shoppers using the car park.

They will be walking on footpaths around the countryside, to include the coastal paths around Bridport.

For more information, phone leader Jackie Martin on 01308 424399 or see their group page.

World Faiths

Would you like to study objectively the top 20 faiths in the world....their origin, their belief system, their current organization and presence and challenges in the countries of the world today? World Faiths Study Groups 1 and 2 are now full, but there are still places for World Faiths Study Group 3, which starts at the George Hotel, South St on Monday 4 March and then on each first Monday of the month.

If interested, please phone John Grantham on 07500 592906 or click this 20 faiths link to send him a message

News of Groups

Try a U3A Book group for 2019!

There are a couple of spaces in Book Group 6 (max no. is 10)

The first 4 books of the year (provided by DCC’s Reading Group’s Library service) are:

Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall; Graham Greene’s Quiet American; Laura Wilson’s Empty Death; and Maggie O’Farrell’s Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox.

They meet in the centre of Bridport on the first Friday morning of each month, over a cup of coffee, to discuss their findings. If interested please contact John Grantham on 07500-592906.

As of 8 January, Exploring Opera will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month and has spaces for one or two more members both in the Dress Circle and the cheap seats. (It’s not all fat tenors, screechy sopranos and deaths of heroines. Quite often it’s hilarious).

The new Political Discussion 2 Group holds its first meeting on Friday 25 January at 2.30 in the Snug at the George. They will seek to identify the key issues affecting UK politics in 2019 and some of these issues will be topics for future meetings. Brexit is bound to figure but they will make sure they examine other UK and overseas issues as well.

The Crime Fiction Book Group has started and already has a waiting list. See their group page for details but we think it was the wicked stepmother wot dun it.

Trying to solve or create a problem? The Puzzles for Fun group have changed their meeting to the 4th Monday afternoon of each month.

Play Reading 4 Group has room for a couple more cast members.

They meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 2pm in Bridport town centre

All members of the group take it in turns to set the parts of the play. Plays are selected from across various genres including crime, comedy, farce and Shakespeare. No reading preparation is required before the sessions.

Guitar Group is now established, meets on the first Monday morning of the month and has room for more members.

History Group 2 currently offers an opportunity to learn about all The Roman Emperors over the coming months.

Sessions are held at The Snug at The George Hotel, South St, on the 3rd Friday, starting at 10.15am for 10.30am.

For all of the above, see their Group Pages for more information

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If you can help with any of the above or would like to be a member if/when the group starts, please contact Mary Thomas, on 01308 281014 or click the Send a Message link.