Events
Please note our Monthly Meetings take place at the Queen Victoria Hall (QVH), West Street, Oundle on the second Monday of each month, Public Holidays excepted. The doors open at 2.00 p.m.
| Dates for your Diary | |
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| Meetings | |
| Mon Sep 9th | Having first visited us in November 2022 to talk about ‘A Day Above the Canary Isles’, John Nowell is returning in September to talk about one of his series of ‘County books’ i.e. ‘A Day Above Northamptonshire’. An aviator since he first flew a De Havilland Chipmunk at the age of 14, John’s RAF career enabled him to fly Avro Shackletons as well as some of the great flying boats. When his wife Christine introduced him to photography he found a whole new career putting together the ‘Now and Then’ books along with the ‘A Day Above…’ series of photographic coffee table books. John’s first book was made at the request of the Sultan of Oman. Entitled ‘A Day Above Oman’ the book features a collection of perfectly preserved 5000 year-old tombs which John discovered during a photographic sortie of the area. This discovery made the front page of The Times and led to John becoming a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. The photographs in the book led to John becoming a Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society and his photographs are now used worldwide for a variety of uses, including being on all the different denominations of the Omani currency, the Riyal. |
| Mon Oct 14th | Colin Hill was a Police Officer in the Met and in the late 80’s / early 90’s he was a Close Protection Officer with the Royal Family. At our monthly meeting in October Colin's talk ‘Would you Adam and Eve It’, is about his time doing that job. |
| Wed Oct 23rd | Group Leaders' Meeting to be held from 2.30pm to 4pm at Barnwell Village Hall. This is a chance to catch up with the latest news and developments as well as to meet other Group Leaders and members of the Committee. Of course all this will be accompanied by tasty refreshments. If you are a leader of a group in our u3a, do come along for some laughter, some learning and of course, plenty of chat. |
| Mon Nov 11th | Helen Frost is our speaker at the November monthly meeting. As befits the day she will be talking to us about 'Keeping the Faith at the Front in World War One'. This is described as a fascinating, thought-provoking, inspiring, funny and yet incredibly moving talk which focuses on the idea that ‘some people had a faith and some did not’. So how did the men and women from many different countries and faiths observe their religion overseas whilst serving in the Great War? How did they cope with the constant mental and physical strain that years of war perpetuated?’ |
| Mon Dec 9th | Christmas Celebration If you have a 'party piece' which you would like to perform please let the Chairman know. |