Events
The Milford on Sea u3a monthly meetings are held in the Community Centre Hall (renamed ‘The Bridge’) , Sea Road, on the first Tuesday of each month at 2pm.
Our monthly meetings are only for members of Milford on Sea u3a, but if you are thinking of joining, and would like to come along, please contact the Secretary through the contact page and we will arrange it for you.
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| Tue May 7th | A Writer's Journey - researching Human trafficking and modern slavery Speaker: Helen Matthews Helen Matthews is an author of psychological suspense and domestic thrillers, and now has four published novels, two of which include themes of modern slavery. The first novel After Leaving the Village has a theme of human trafficking and has recently been republished by publisher Darkstroke Books, under the title Girl Out of Sight. Her novel The Girl in the Van (published in March 2022 by Darkstroke) has a sub-plot around a different aspect of modern slavery known as 'county lines'. Her books are actually gripping pageturners that sometimes deal with important contemporary social issues. Today’s talk covers Helen’s journey as an author, how she became interested in human trafficking, where victims discovered in the UK have come from, the country of Albania and the work of the anti-slavery charity, Unseen UK, for which she is an Ambassador, and donates her fee to that cause. |
| Tue Jun 4th | Treasures from the Deep Speaker: Kevin Patience: The story of man’s endeavours to recover gold and silver bullion out of the depths, from earliest times to the present day including the recent recovery of 110 tons of silver coins from a shipwreck at a depth of 17,000 ft off the west coast of Africa. The deepest salvage operation to date. Kevin Patience has had 25 years’ experience as a commercial diver and ship salvage specialist in East Africa and the Middle East recovering vessels ranging from small tugs to large tankers. He grew up in Kenya and served in the Royal Air Force, where he also learnt to dive. On leaving the service he completed a commercial diving course, returned to Mombasa and was involved in salvage operations on the Kenya coast. Became a commercial diver in the Arabian Gulf based in Bahrain and later established a marine salvage company in East Africa. He later established a new diving company with contracts throughout the Gulf and East Africa. He has published a number of books on the military and transport history of East Africa and an acclaimed study of the German cruiser ‘Königsberg’ sunk in East Africa in 1915. Has also written articles for a variety of aviation and railway journals. |
| Tue Jul 2nd | Three French Queens and the Shakespeare connection Speaker: Emma Jolly In sixteenth century France there were three influential Queens. Two had literary ambitions and were patrons of the arts – and their writings or their lives are reflected in certain plays. One, Catherine de’ Medici, was rather keen on power. Meet the Queens and see what use Shakespeare made of them, in his plays. Warning: sex, murder and heartbreak all feature. Emma’s been lucky enough to have a career in education which embraced her love of English Literature and Language. She is slightly fanatical about Shakespeare and has carried out a lot of reading about the sixteenth century. She’s also written a couple of books about Shakespeare. |
| Tue Aug 6th | Hidden in Plain Sight - reminders of WW2 in New Forest Speaker: Marc Heighway During the Second World War the New Forest area saw a huge amount of activity. It was home to several airfields, training areas, D-Day camps and an embarkation point, a secret spy school, a POW camp, traps were set for invading armies, and it was also the scene of the biggest ever bomb dropped on UK soil. This presentation takes the form of a photo tour and talk on areas of the New Forest you will be familiar with, but showing you things left over from the war you might not have noticed before, and some of the stories behind them. Marc is a local military historian and keen photographer. He is a SEO Consultant and runs a digital agency with offices in Bournemouth and Southampton. |
| Tue Sep 3rd | Sailing Tall Ships Speaker: Neil Dunnet |
| Tue Oct 1st | Charles Dickens - controversial private life story Speaker: Brian & Jackie Sutton |
| Tue Nov 5th | The Kray twins - murder case Speaker: Paul Stickler |
| Tue Dec 3rd | Hertha Ayrton Portsmouth born award-winning inventor and suffragette Speaker: Jane Glennie |