Open meeting
SPRING PROGRAMME 2024
AT THE STEVENAGE COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE,
ROARING MEG STEVENAGE SG1 1XN
(Cost £2 per meeting inc. tea & biscuits)
Jan 11th SOCIAL AFTERNOON (Tabletop games)
Jan 18th Chris Budd – “Songs, Soundtracks, Albums & Psychedelia”
Jan 25th Reg Hibbert – “Into the Heart of Japan”
Feb 1st Barbara Doherty - “History of the Hospice Movement & Isabel Hospice”
Feb 8th Gary Fisher “Henry V – All You Need to Know about Agincourt”
Feb 15th AGM
Feb 22nd HALF TERM BREAK
Feb 29th Dr Helen Fry CANCELLED. New talk TBA
Mar 7th Jo Laurie – “Tales from the Riverbank”
Mar 14th Photography Group
Mar 21st David Burnell – “The Underground at War”
Mar 28th END OF TERM ACTIVITIES
SUMMER PROGRAMME 2024
April 25th SOCIAL AFTERNOON (Quizzes)
May 2nd NO THURSDAY OPEN MEETING – COMMUNITY CENTRE USED AS A POLLING STATION
May 9th Colin Richards – “Design of Gadgets & Household Appliances”
May16th Chris Truran - “Digital Forensics – Who is Watching You”
May 23rd Ian Waller - “Mending Bodies & Saving Souls“
May 30th HALF TERM BREAK
June 6th Reg Hibbert - “The Great Migration & Big Game Safari”
June 13th Mike Barbakoff –“The Women of Bletchley”
June 20th Murray Craig – “The Guildhall, The Lord Mayor &
The City of London”
June 27th Lucy Allen - “The Highs & Lows of a Stuntwoman’s Life”
July 4th
NOTE that the Arts Centre will be used as a polling station on July 4th, so there will be no u3a meeting here on this day -Simon & Garfunkel postponed until next week
July 11th
NOTE that Martin Orkin's presentation of Simon & Garfunkel will replace the end of term activities.
AUTUMN PROGRAMME 2024
Sept 5th SOCIAL AFTERNOON
Sept 12th Margaret Harwood – “Orkney Sky Gathering”
Sept 19th Chris Budd – “In the Wake of Easy Rider”
Sept 26th Ann Charters – “Sliver Street Meets” ( safety talks by police, trading standards, Neighbourhood Watch, Fire, Age UK)
Oct 3rd Martin Attridge – “The Great Fire of London in 1666”
Oct 10th Jerry Stone – “Island Zero – A way to kick-start large space
habitats.
Oct 17th Rob Brewer – “The Roles of a TV/Film Extra and how anyone
can do it.
Oct 24th Colin Richards – “Denham Film Studios”
Oct 31st HALF TERM
Nov 7th Tony Eaton - “The Rudolf Hess Cover-Up”
Nov 14th Pete Ellis – “Climbing Everest”
Nov 21st Len Little – “The Training & use of Specialist Search Dogs”
Nov 28th David Burnell – “The Art of Underground Travel”
Dec 5th CHRISTMAS SOCIAL EVENT
Next Term Begins – Thursday 9th JANUARY 2025 at 2pm.