Trips and Events
Stansted Mountfitchet u3a runs a number of trips and events.
Our free Monthly Meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month at St. John's Church Hall, Chapel Hill, 1.30pm for 2pm. We normally have a speaker, free tea and coffee are served and you can find information about future trips and events. Prospective new members are welcome to come along to see what we do.
Various Day Trips are organised by members during the year and one or two short Holiday Breaks, normally by coach.
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| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | ||
| Thu May 2nd | Poetry for Pleasure | Sylvia Plath and her work. |
| Wed May 8th | Bus Pass Group | Rayleigh on market day |
| Sat May 11th | Saturday Seminars | A double bill: How Birds Fly & the Evolution of Flight and The Dino-Bird Controversy with Michael Howgate. Saturday Seminar May 2024 |
| Thu May 16th | Meeting | Milton Keynes to Mississippi by Saffron Summerfield Singer, songwriter and musician, Saffron’s career has taken her from live performance on John Peel’s radio show and tv to tours abroad and playing blues guitar in the Mississippi cotton fields with black blues musicians. Her performance today will feature different styles of guitar from classical to blues. |
| Fri May 31st | Day Trips & Holidays | BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL We have arranged a visit to BRICK LANE MUSIC HALL to see a show and have afternoon tea on: Friday 31 May 2024 At a cost of £77.50 which includes Coach Afternoon tea Show - From Rock to Pop – a journey of music through the 50’s, 60’ and 70’s and driver’s tip ITINERARY The coach will leave Stansted from the bus stop by Tesco’s at 12 noon promptly. Show starts at 2.00pm and ends around 5.00pm. Afternoon tea will be served during the interval. We would appreciate it if you could pay by cheque made payable to ‘Stansted Mountfitchet u3a’. If you would like to join us we will be taking bookings at this month’s meeting on Thursday 15 February. |
| June 2024 | ||
| Thu Jun 6th | Poetry for Pleasure | A cornucopia of poems from any culture, anywhere, any time. |
| Thu Jun 20th | Meeting | AGM The Stansted u3a Annual General Meeting will be held at the June general meeting. |
| Thu Jun 20th | Meeting | The Artists of Great Bardfield by Gordon Cummings Gordon is one of the Trustees of the Fry Art Gallery in Saffron Walden and is coming to talk about its collection. |
| Sun Jun 23rd | Bus Pass Group | Guided tour of the Cambridge Mosque (date yet to be confirmed) |
| July 2024 | ||
| Thu Jul 4th | Poetry for Pleasure | Wendy Cope and her work. |
| Thu Jul 18th | Meeting | Spitalfields by David Williams Spitalfields, the East End area adjacent to Liverpool Street once characterized by poverty and crime, has been home successively to Huguenots then Jews escaping persecution and to a vibrant Bangladeshi community today. Incomers from the arts, like Tracey Emmin, have ushered in a new wave of fashion, media and tech to add to the mix – along with sky high property prices. David, a registered City of London Guide, will lead us through it. |
| Wed Jul 24th | Bus Pass Group | Blue Badge guided tour of part of historic Colchester This will be a different area from the tour we had last year which was so well received by the members attending. |
| August 2024 | ||
| Thu Aug 15th | Meeting | “…..and Over Here”: a history of USA wartime aviation in East Anglia by Don Mobley Don is a enthusiastic amateur who loves airplanes and anything to do with them. He speaks on a number of related topics to U3As and other organizations and donates his fees to charity. |
| Sat Aug 17th | Saturday Seminars | Busting the Myths Around Climate Change by Arun Aggarwal |
| September 2024 | ||
| Thu Sep 19th | Meeting | Gemstones and Jewellery by Jason Middleton Women – and men – have worn jewellery in every age everywhere. Jason is a professional gemologist passionate about his subject and he will talk about the role of jewellery from the earliest civilizations until today. He will bring items for handling and a small selection available for purchase if wished. |
| October 2024 | ||
| Sat Oct 12th | Saturday Seminars | AI : Friend or Stranger? with Barry Claydon |
| Thu Oct 17th | Meeting | The Inn at the Top by Neil Hanson Ian is an extremely witty and amusing raconteur whose amazing curriculum vitae includes editing The Good Beer Guide and running Britain’s highest inn, in a remote corner of the Yorkshire Dales. Eccentric characters, bizarre local customs and police raids by appointment all featured in his life there along with winds that could tear car doors off their hinges and winter snow that could cut the inn off for weeks on end. You will laugh! |
| November 2024 | ||
| Sat Nov 16th | Saturday Seminars | Art history with Jo Brooks – full title to be announced shortly. |
| Thu Nov 21st | Meeting | “The Unparalleled Necromancer” by Ian Keable Thus did Charles Dickens headline himself as a performing conjuror, something he was for seven years of his life between writing A Christmas Carol and David Copperfield. Why? Was he any good? What part does magic play in his books? Ian, who is a Gold Star member of the Magic Circle, will describe some of Dickens’ tricks and perform them. Conjuring up Christmas starts here! |