Events
EVENTS run for members include coach trips and social outings. Our trips and outings are open to all members with charges depending on costs.
SPEAKER MEETINGS are usually held monthly on the LAST MONDAY of the month at Exning Road Club starting at 2.30pm and are available for all members, and prospective members.
Please look out for date changes when there is a bank holiday in the month.
Our speakers at the monthly meetings are carefully chosen to provide interesting and stimulating talks on a wide variety of interests and topics. We welcome any feedback on the speaker or the meeting in general. After the formal presentation there is always the opportunity to talk to the speaker individually and to chat with other members over a cup of tea or coffee.
We are a member of the U3A East of England Region who hold events and run projects - details to be found in their latest newsletter here: East of England Region News Bulletin
There are also Third Age Trust National Events, including quizzes, challenges, and projects. For more information click NATIONAL EVENTS, only open to u3a members.
Speaker Secretary, David Soanes. (Tel: 01638 664457)
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| Dates for your Diary | |
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| Meetings | |
| Mon Apr 29th | The Mulberry Harbour Project An idea of pure genius. Here will be told the story of a tiny harbour in North Wales leading to one of the most audacious seaborne operations the world has ever seen. You will hear about coincidence, chance and sheer luck. In two months time it will be the eightieth and probably last meaningful anniversary of those of us who were alive in 1944. PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE FOR THIS MEETING ONLY TO THE RACING CENTRE (Sorry - change of plan - here is an updated speaker for today.) |
| Mon May 20th | Adam Bleese - Above the Law Adrian worked for years as a civilian operator of cameras on board Suffolk Police Helicopters. His talk covers his career and how the force has changed, not necessarily for the better. He sets out how he fell into this unusual line of work and gives plenty of anecdotes about his time up in the air. |
| Mon Jun 24th | Joanna Hudson - the last climbing boy Graham Brewster was an 11-year-old climbing boy whose death up a chimney in 1875 when working at a mental asylum in Cambridgeshire was the catalyst for a change in the child labour laws that changed the lives of children across the land. This talk is about her journey finding out about George and shock that his story is largely unknown. She will take us back to industrial Britain when child labour was the backbone of the industrial age. She'll take us through her journey and how George's story unfolded before her eyes. There's more to her project to get his name known and you'll be amazed at what she has uncovered and what may be discovered in the future. |
| Fri Jul 12th | Summer Outing – Coach Trip to Cromer £20 coach fare only OR £48 to include End of the Pier Variety Show see Booking Form |
| Mon Jul 29th | Annual General Meeting 2024 Exning Road Club, 2.30pm |
| Mon Aug 19th | Speaker Meeting - TBA |
| Mon Sep 30th | Speaker Meeting - Linda Pargetter with "Maud's Story - the last working Wherry". |
| Mon Oct 28th | Speaker Meeting - Brian Bignall with "Folding Back the Years - the 60's Music Scene". |
| Mon Nov 25th | Speaker Meeting - Kevin Boardman with "Waggons Ho" - the Oregon Trail |
| Mon Dec 16th | Speaker Meeting - Stephen Ashcroft with "The Science of Santa". |
| Outings | |
| Fri Jul 12th | Summer Outing – Coach Trip to Cromer £20 coach fare only OR £48 to include End of the Pier Variety Show see Booking Form |