OUR PROGRAM OF MONDAY TALKS
Our Monday Meetings are held at The Womens' Institute Hall,
Warwick Road, Solihull.
Doors open at 10.00am.
The meetings begin at at 10.10am and conclude at 12.00 noon.
CHECK OUT OUR TALK REPORTS (Top right)
(* denotes guest speaker)
Visitors are most welcome. Why not come on a Monday morning and see if you would like to join us!
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| OUR CURRENT PROGRAM OF 2023 TALKS ARE SHOWN FIRST - but I have left previous talks below to show the type of things we do! | |
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SOLIHULL U3A
😊OUR INTERESTING MONDAY MORNING TALKS & ACTIVITIES - SPRING TERM 2023😊
CONTRARY TO RUMOURS, MANY MEMBERS RESEARCH AND GIVE TALKS, BUT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO!! - WE DO HAVE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS!
BRACKET CODE
(Lit) = Literature
(Hist) = History
(GS) = General Studies
(Misc) = Miscellaneous - we don't know either!
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U3A AUTUMN TERM 2023
MONDAY MORNING TALKS
Sep 11th Lit J K Rowling & Roald Dahl Chris Gilbert Jill Park
Sep 18th Hist To be advised
Sep 25th GS Daddy Long-Legs, Shrinking Sue and a Handful of Deaf Children Trevor Langley*
Oct 2nd Misc Quiz Time Alistair Scott
Oct 9th Lit Hilary Mantel Penny Hoskins
Oct 16th Hist Cixi – A Chinese Empress Vera Scott
Oct 23rd Misc Outing to Police Museum
Oct 30th GS Law and Order in Birmingham – Tales from the front line *Carolyn Williams
Nov 6th Lit Barbara Cartland Lynn Roff
Nov 13th Hist To be advised
Nov 20th GS Little Maids and the Wandering Butler *Jill Kashi
Nov 27th Misc Monday Morning at the Movies John Phillips
Dec 4th Lit Mary Shelley Carol Ann Duffy Jenni Atkinson John Phillips
Dec 11th Hist To be advised
Dec 18th GS Shanties and Songs of the Sea *Michael Skinner
Winter/Spring Term commences Monday 8th January 2024
Lit = Literature
Hist = History
GS = General Studies
Misc = Miscellaneous
SOLIHULL U3A WINTER/SPRING TERM 2024
8th Jan Lit Beatrix Potter Maryssa Ford
15th Jan Hist Venice John Phillips
22nd Jan GS Those Damn Tin Cans *Pam & David Humphries
29th Jan Misc Monday Morning at the Movies John Phillips
5th Feb Lit Poetry Please Alistair Scott
12th Feb Hist Glasgow Alistair Scott
19th Feb GS Editing the UK’s 4th Oldest Weekly Paper *John Butterworth
26th Feb Misc Annual General Meeting
4th Mar Lit Shakespeare’s Heroines Play Reading Group
11th Mar Hist Whitby / Amsterdam Chris Gilbert / Jill Park
18th Mar GS The Life of Samuel Johnson *Speaker from Dr Johnson House Lichfield
25th Mar EASTER BREAK
1st Apr EASTER BREAK
Spring/Summer Term commences Monday 8th April 2024
Lit = Literature
Hist = History
GS = General Studies
Misc = Miscellaneous
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| Apr 17th | (Lit) | George Eliot | Alistair Scott | |
| Apr 24th | (Hist) | To be confirmed | |
May 1st *MAY BANK HOLIDAY*
May 8th *BANK HOLIDAY FOR CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III*
| May15th | (GS) | How the BBC Proms get to your Screen | Mark Kershaw* | |
| May 22nd | (Lit) | E Nesbitt | Mary Scott | |
May 29th *SPRING BANK HOLIDAY*
| June 5th | (Hist) | To be confirmed |
| June 12th | (GS) | The History of Stourbridge Glass | Kate Round* |
| June 19th | (Misc) | Members’ Choice – Bring a CD | Alistair Scott |
| June 26th | (Lit) | Barbara Cartland | Lynn Roff |
| July 3rd | (Hist) | To be confirmed |
| July 10th | (GS) | Midlands Air Ambulance | Kay Starkey* |
| July 17th | (Misc) | History of Music in Song | Maggie Farmer* |
*Denotes Guest Speakers
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PREVIOUS TALKS
| Jan 9th (Lit) | School Stories | Alistair & Mary Scott | |
| Jan 16th (Hist) | To be confirmed | |
| Jan 23rd (GS) | Gloucester & Warwickshire Steam Railway Past & Present | John Mayell* | |
| Jan 30th (Misc) | Monday Morning at the Movies | John Phillips | |
| Feb 6th (Lit) | Bring a Book | Janet Phillips | |
| Feb 13th (Hist) | To be confirmed | |
| Feb 20th (Misc) | Annual General Meeting | BUT THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS!! | |
| Feb 27th (GS) | Bee Magic | Bob Harrison * | |
| March 6th (Lit) | St Patrick’s Day Celebration | John Phillips - Yeats and Beyond | |
| March 13th (Hist) | To be confirmed | |
| Mar 20th (GS) | Sentenced to the Seas | David Clark * | |
| Mar 27th (Misc) Easter Quiz | To be confirmed | |
Summer Term commences Monday April 17th.
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PREVIOUS MONDAY MORNING TALKS
SPRING TERM 2022
| January 10 (Lit) | Robert Burns & The Lassies | Alistair Scott | |
| January 17 (Hist) | Nefertiti & Zenobia | Mamdooh & Catherine | |
| | Hatshepsut | Chris Gilbert | |
| January 24 (GS) | The Millennium Way | Barry Durman* | |
| January 31 (Lit) | Agatha Christie | Chris Gilbert | |
| | Daphne du Maurier | Jill Park | |
| February 7 (Misc) | Monday Morning at the Movies | John Phillips | |
| February 14 (Hist) | Cleopatra | Vera Scott | |
| | Inez de Castro | John Phillips | |
| February 21 (Misc) | Annual General Meeting | |
| February 28 GS) | Sandwell Town Crier | Adrian Holmes* | |
| March 7 (Lit) | Bring a Book | Janet Phillips | |
| March 14 (Hist) | Mary Queen of Scots | Alistair Scott | |
| | Lady Jane Grey | Beryl Thomas | |
| March 21 (GS) | Backstage at Birmingham Rep | Sylvia Gill & Dot Emm* | |
| March 28 (Misc) | Quiz Morning | Alistair Scott | |
| April 4 (Lit) | Dame Edith Sitwell | Janet Phillips | |
| | Aphra Behn | John Phillips | |
SUMMER TERM 2022
| April 25 (Hist) | Marie Antoinette | Penny Hoskins | |
| | Eleanor of Aquitaine | Derek Hoskins | |
May 2 BANK HOLIDAY
May 9 NO MEETING 2 Night Coach trip - Guided Tour of Chester and Port Sunlight
| May 16 (GS) | Backside of Birmingham | "James" * |
| May 23 (Lit) | Female Crime Writers | Mary & Alistair Scott |
| May 30 (Misc) | Monday Morning at the Movies | John Phillips |
| June 6 (Misc) | Jubilee Quiz | Alistair Scott |
| June 13 (GS) | The Grand Hotel | Pam Eyres* |
| June 20 (Misc) | Singing the decades | Maggy Farmer* |
| June 27 (Lit) | Anne Tyler | Jill Park | |
| | Harper Lee | Chris Gilbert | |
| July 4 (Hist) | Christina of Sweden | Christine Evans | |
| | Wu Zetian (China) | Chris Gilbert | |
| July 11 (Misc) | Virtual Guided Tour of the Outer Circle | David & Pam Humphries* | |
| July 18 (Misc) | Caravaggio | Alistair Scott | |
Break up for Summer and start back on 12th September 2022
AUTUMN TERM 2022
| Sept 12 (Lit) | School Stories | Alistair & Mary Scott | |
| Sept 19 (Hist) | History Talk TBC | |
| Sept 26 (GS) | Mad Dogs | Geoff Lambert* | |
| Oct 3 (Misc) | The Phillips in Japan | Janet & John Phillips | |
| Oct 10 (Lit) | Poetry Please | Members' Choice | |
| Oct 17 (Hist) | History Talk TBC |
| Oct 24 (GS) | A Tale of Two Settlements | Jenni Atkinson & Kate Dale | |
| Oct 31 (Misc) | Bring a CD | Members' Choice | |
| Nov 7 (Lit) | Louisa M Alcott | Lynn Roff | |
| Nov 14 (Hist) | History Talk TBC | |
| Nov 21 (GS) | Escape from Germany | David Hess* | |
| Nov 28 (Lit) | Book Club | Hilary Derby et al | |
| Dec 5 (Hist) | History Talk TBC | |
| Dec 12 (Misc) | #Christmas Celebration | The Harvester Trio* | |
