Shared Learning projects
This page gives details of any Shared Learning Projects (SLPs) that Ealing U3A is taking part in. SLPs are the ‘flagship’ of U3A enquiry-led learning and a great opportunity for members of several U3As to get involved in shared research projects with external organisations for the benefit of the wider community. For more information on SLPs in the London region, see London SLPs.
BOSTON MANOR HOUSE Research Project
Hounslow Council approached Ealing U3A in early 2020, inviting us to undertake a research project on Boston Manor House, the Jacobean Manor House built in 1623, in Brentford. The Council would like the research project to result in materials which could be used in the House when it reopens to the public following major refurbishment.
The first meeting of the shared learning project [SLP] was held in March 2020, under the leadership of Ruth Wheatman, and a plan was devised for the research which looked into three distinct eras of the House.
Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns in 2019/20, the project team was unable to visit the house and a review of the scope of the research and the topics to be addressed was required.
This project is now complete; if you would like to know more about it, please contact Derek Atkinson using the Vice-Chair email.
'SHOOTING STARS' Project
Gunnersbury Park Museum acquired the collection of Roy Gough, a former stills photographer at the world renowned Ealing Studios for a number of years in the mid-20th Century. The Museum ran a project called 'Shooting Stars' to help identify, catalogue and eventually display a collection of these photos.
Ealing U3A worked with Gunnersbury on this project and many of our members with an interest in films and some knowledge of films from that era took part.
There wrer some files available related to this project, which gave more details:
- The original Shooting Stars presentation from Gunnersbury Park Museum about this project
- A selection of photos provided to Ealing U3A from the collection - Batch 1 photos
- A second selection of photos provided to Ealing U3A - due to file size, these are split into Batch 2 Part 1 photos, Batch 2 Part 2 photos and Batch 2 Part 3 photos files.
- Further photos were provided in two further batches - Batch 3 and 4. These files are very large and were shared between U3A members of this project using Dropbox.
Gunnersbury Park Museum held a free outdoor exhibition in the park of the Roy Gough/Ealing Studios photographs in 2021.
This project is now complete; if you are interested in finding out more about it, contact Sue Peach via the Interest Groups Co-ordinator email.