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U3A HISTORY PROGRAMME
September 2023 – July 2024
Last Tuesday in the month 2.30 pm
LAMER ROOM, MEMORIAL HALL, AL4 8AY
This year’s programme includes a varied series of illustrated talks and short videos with an international flavour, ranging from ancient to recent history, and leading to discussion.
Please put the dates in your diary now and transfer them at New Year. Each talk has involved considerable thought and preparation by members of the group so please support as many as you can.
Sept 26 Three Early Staffordshire Photographers
Oct 31 From Chimney Sweeping to Compulsory Education
Nov 28 The Battle of Waterloo and its importance in European History
Jan 30 The Lunar Men who met at full moon and changed the world
Feb 27 ‘I will kill you and I will eat you’ – The Maori Wars
Mar 26 Lion Hunting – ‘The Sport of Kings’
Apr 30 Ireland and India: Home Rule Movements
May 28 Pompeii: Past, Present and Future
June 25 Sixty Years Ago: Where were you in 1963?
July 30 The Pickpockets of Greenwich Fair