Events
Monthly meetings are held on the last Monday of the month at 2-3pm, at the Trinity Centre, Trinity Churchyard Guildford GU1 3RR. Please note change of venue from 2018-19 meetings. Help with putting out and returning chairs before and after the meetings would be greatly appreciated. Please note that there is an option to change the order of this listing from "Date Order" to "By Category". Some U3A events not organised by Guildford U3A are listed on the Other U3A sites and Events page
Picture credits:
¹Huguenots of Spitalfields
²Dan Pianesi
| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | ||
| Mon Jan 27th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: News from Berlin talk by Irene Black, local writer and speaker and our Guildford U3A newsletter editor. If only I had news from you. Venue Trinity Centre 2pm. |
| February 2020 | ||
| Mon Feb 3rd | Outing | Visit to the Houses of Parliament. Please see Houses of Parliament form for further details and application form. |
| Thu Feb 13th | Study Day | Love in Literature. This study day has been postponed. |
| Mon Feb 24th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: From Arrow to Ebola talk by Pete Starling MA, DHMSA, FRHistS Former curator of the Army Medical Museum, Mychett. The Army Medical Services from the Civil War to the present. Venue Trinity Centre 2pm. |
| Tue Feb 25th | Outing | Coach trip to Methodist Central Halls and Westminster Abbey. See Westminster Abbey publicity and Westminster Abbey application form for details |
| March 2020 | ||
| Mon Mar 2nd | Outing | Rescheduled visit to the Houses of Parliament. Please see Houses of Parliament March trips form for further details and application form. |
| Mon Mar 9th | Outing | Rescheduled visit to the Houses of Parliament. Please see Houses of Parliament March trips form for further details and application form. |
| Thu Mar 12th | Outing | Coach trip to see Tutankhamun Exhibtion. See Tutankhamun application form and Tutankhamun publicity for further details. |
| Sun Mar 15th | Outing | Concert trip to the Royal Festival Hall. PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA,Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen, Andreas Haefliger (piano), Philharmonia Voices and Rodolfus Choir and soloists. Beethoven See Spring 2020 Concerts for further details and booking form. |
| Tue Mar 17th | Outing | The Great Stink - coach and river trip. Guided tours showing the history of London's sewerage system. This trip is now full. A second trip is being arranged for Tuesday 9th June. |
| Mon Mar 23rd | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: Suffragettes in Surrey:1919 talk by Kathy Atherton A historian who specialises in the women's movement. To tie in with when women were first admitted as solicitors. Venue Trinity Centre 2pm. |
| Mon Mar 30th | Outing | Rescheduled visit to the Houses of Parliament. Please see Houses of Parliament March trips form for further details and application form. |
| April 2020 | ||
| Mon Apr 6th | Meeting | U3A Annual Lecture "Living is a risky business". Speaker: Professor Jennifer Rogers University of Surrey 2pm. For more details about the speaker see Jennifer Rogers bio |
| Tue Apr 7th | Other | U3A Easter choral presentation St Nicholas Church 2pm. |
| Sun Apr 19th | Outing | Concert trip to the Royal Festival Hall. PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA. Conductor: Paavo Jarvi, Zhang Zuo (piano) Liszt, Mahler See Spring 2020 Concerts for further details and booking form. |
| Mon Apr 27th | Meeting | Monthly Meeting: The Yehudi Menuhin School talk by a representative from the school Explaining the ethos of the school and bringing some students to play. Venue Trinity Centre 2pm. |
| Thu Apr 30th | Outing | Coach trip to Huguenot Footsteps Guided Walk and Spitalfields Market. Please see Huguenot Walk publicity and Huguenot Walk application form for details. |
| June 2020 | ||
| Tue Jun 9th | Outing | The Great Stink - coach trip and river trip. Guided tours showing the history of London's sewerage system. See The Great Stink publicity and The Great Stink application form for further details. |
| September 2020 | ||
| Thu Sep 17th | Outing | Matinee performance of Carousel at Regents Park Open Air Theatre. Please see Carousel application form for details. Note - this trip is being arranged on a 'ticket only' basis, and we will be travelling to the theatre together using public transport. |