Marple Bridge & Mellor

Events

Monthly Meetings:

Unless otherwise notified, the ordinary monthly meetings are held in St Paul’s Church Hall, Compstall on the third Thursday of each month at 9.30am (for coffee and socializing). To enable members to use the bus service, the business of the meeting will start at 10.15am and will finish at 11.45am approx.

Attendance fee is £2 for members and £2 for visitors.
When attending a meeting please show your Membership Card and have the entrance fee ready (preferably in £1 or £2 coins).

You MUST show your membership card at all U3A events, including groups.

  • Please use the Etherow Country Park Car Park.
  • Please remember to bring and buy books and C.D’s at the monthly meetings.

Dates for your Diary
Open Gardening
Wed Apr 10th Peter Clare – Garden Designer. Shade gardening. Ideas, hints ad tips for shady areas in the garden.
Outings
Tue Apr 16th World of Glass Museum tour, St Helens.
Cost £33.00pp which includes coach hire, driver’s gratuities tea and coffee on arrival, guided tour of the museum, galleries, glass blowing demonstrations and lunch.
Thu May 2nd Sizergh Castle ( National Trust).
Cost £20.00pp for National Trust members, £33.00pp for non members.,this includes coach hire, driver’s gratuities and entry fee.
Fri Jun 14th Harewood House, Leeds.
Cost £31.00pp which includes coach hire, driver’s gratuities and entry fee.
Wed Jul 24th Coal, Canal & Cake. Walking tour of Bridgewater Canal.
Cost... Depending on the numbers 30 or less.. £11pp but 31 and above which will be in two groups ...£16pp, which includes the guided walk along the canal ( fairly flat route) and cake and hot beverage at the end of the walk.
Tue Aug 6th Avro Heritage Museum, Woodford, Stockport - TBA
Thu Sep 5th Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham. - TBA
Thu Oct 10th
→Sun Oct 13th
Glasgow, Rennie Mackintosh and Art Heritage tour
Roy McCarthy coach tour (4days). Cost...£478.
Strolling Group
Tue Apr 2nd Ursula Southon - TBA
Tue May 7th Jenny Summers - TBA
Tue Jun 4th Dorothy Jones and Margaret Williams - TBA
Tue Jul 2nd Peter Warburton and Judy Dunham - TBA
Tue Aug 6th Pat McCrystall - TBA