Events
Details of all the events organised by our U3A are listed here
The general meetings, social events and theatre trips are open to all members. At the general meeting as well as the Guest speaker there is the opportunity to view the notice boards of the interest groups and chat with their leaders and other members whilst having a cuppa.
The other events organised by individual interest groups may have spaces if you are interested. There are further details of all the events in the newsletter which can be collected at the monthly meetings or downloaded from the welcome page of this website. Alternatively you can contact the leader for more details by going to their page on this site and using the contact 'bird' -in most cases that sends an email directly to their personal email account
| Dates for your Diary | |
|---|---|
| Meetings | |
| Fri Nov 8th | Jane Robinson - The Pioneer Clothing Project |
| Fri Dec 13th | It's that Xmas Quiz again!!! |
| Fri Jan 10th 2020 | Michael Thomas - The Life of a British Medical Officer- part 2 |
| Fri Feb 14th 2020 | Deborah Brody - A Female in Fleet Street |
| Fri Mar 13th 2020 | Andy Thomas - A Conspiracy History of the World |
| Fri Apr 3rd 2020 | Peter Warne - African Wildlife - part 2 |
| Fri May 8th 2020 | Bob Harding-Jones Can I help You? I'm a Paramedic |
| Fri Jun 12th 2020 | James Taylor - Ocean Liners |
| Fri Jul 10th 2020 | Saffron Summerfield - Milton Keynes to Mississippi |
| Fri Sep 11th 2020 | Charlie Haylock - The History of Surnames |
| Fri Oct 9th 2020 | John Hutchinson - Concorde - A 20th Century Icon |
| Fri Nov 13th 2020 | Kate Cole - The Witches of Elizabethan Essex |
| Social Events | |
| Wed Dec 18th | Christmas meal at The Bull |
| Other Events | |
| Wed Oct 30th | Committee Meeting |
| Wed Nov 27th | Committee Meeting |
| Flower Arranging | |
| Wed Nov 13th | Floral frame using a sheet of Oasis |
| Wed Dec 11th | Christmas table arrangement using a glass container |
| History | |
| Thu Nov 21st | Speaker Programme at WMCC, starting at 10.30am. The Railways of Maldon, speaker Nathaniel Dodd. |
| Tue Dec 10th | Speaker Programme at WMCC, starting at 10.30am. Hylands House during WW1, speaker Linda Knock. |
| Thu Jan 16th 2020 | Speaker Programme at WMCC, starting at 10.30am. South Woodham Ferrers New Town Project, speaker John Franklands. |
| Thu Feb 20th 2020 | Speaker Programme at WMCC, starting at 10.30am. The Battle of Maldon, speaker Stephen Nunn. |
| Thu Mar 12th 2020 | Chelmsford Cathedral guided tour |
| Thu Apr 23rd 2020 | Chelmsford Museum guided tour (two tours 10.30am and 11.40am) |
| Thu May 21st 2020 | Chelmsford guided walk down Moulsham Street |
| Tue Jun 16th 2020 | Bury St Edmunds day trip, including guided tours of Georgian Bury and Bury Guildhall |
| Thu Jul 16th 2020 | Royal Gunpowder Mills |
| Thu Sep 17th 2020 | City of London Police Museum |
| Photography | |
| Wed Nov 6th | Talk by David Bridge Photography, Ten Top Tips |
| Photoshoppery | |
| Wed Nov 20th | Concentrating on Portraits of People,Animals etc. Techniques will include Focus variations, vignettes and Poster Art effects |
| Wed Dec 18th | Meeting At 10-11.30 at my house Actions shot incorporating speed effects and out of bounds techniques |
| Wed Jan 15th 2020 | Concentrating on Low Light/ Night images using image sharpening,and silhouettes |
| Real Ale | |
| Thu Oct 24th | Visit to Chelmsford Moulsham Street (lunch at The Cricketers and then the Hop Shop) |
| Thu Nov 28th | Visit to Chelmsford (The Ale House beer festival) |
| Thu Dec 12th | Maldon pub tour, ending at the Queen Victoria |
| Theatre | |
| Sun Nov 10th | Last Night of the Proms Cliffs Pavillion Southend |
| Fri Jan 3rd 2020 | Peter Pan pantomime Cliffs Pavilion Southend |