Stockport U3A: Events

Events

Monthly Open Meetings are held at Trinity Methodist Church, Woodsmoor, Stockport, SK3 8TB. 1.45pm for 2.00pm.

You are welcome to attend one or two of these meetings as a visitor to meet members and group organisers, and to get a feel for what the U3A has to offer.

Members and visitors pay £1.50 to attend these meetings - this includes tea or coffee.

Dates for your Diary
August 2019
Mon Aug 26th	Tai Chi	NO SESSION - BANK HOLIDAY.
Tue Aug 27th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Aug 27th	Canasta	Canasta 2pm
Wed Aug 28th	Amblers	Victoria Wood exhibition, Bury - Doreen Woodhouse.
Wed Aug 28th	Walks - Short	M3.8 miles Monyash Lathkil Dale Circular. Mix of fields, paths, dales and rural lanes. Some care required, rocky steps, a tricky slope and uneven surfaces. (SUMMER WALK). Leader Jim Hollinsworth. Meet outside "The Old Smithy Café", on Church St. Moynash. DE45 1JH, Directions: Leave Buxton on A515 (Ashbourne Rd). Turn left after 7.5 miles onto B5055 for Monyash. Map Ref: SK 150665. OS Sheet 119. (its about one hours drive). (DE45 1JH). (Mid walk Ice Cream break £2) N.B. 11.00 AM START.
Fri Aug 30th	Walks - Longer	Raw Head. Peckforton. 7 miles approx
September 2019
Mon Sep 2nd	Music Appreciation	Music Chosen by Members of the Group A wide variety of music chosen by members of the Music Appreciation Group
Tue Sep 3rd	History	Daresbury Church and Norton Priory - Coach trip. Leader Ruth Faulkner.
Wed Sep 4th	Walks - Short	No Walk Monthly Meeting
Wed Sep 4th	Open meeting	Walter Reid - History of my life in service.
Thu Sep 5th	Computer	CANCELLED SESSION
Fri Sep 6th	Strollers	Bruntwood Park. Meet at Bruntwood Park in the car park. Walk in the park and eat at the café. Leaders Eileen & Mike Stoney.
Fri Sep 6th	Walks - Longer	The Roaches. Danebridge. 9 miles approx
Mon Sep 9th	Travel	- Bill Walker - 'Another interesting talk about the canals'.
Tue Sep 10th	Family History	Brick Walls
Tue Sep 10th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Sep 10th	Canasta	Canasta 2pm
Wed Sep 11th	Walks - Short	Lovely late Summer walk, Chorlton Water Park. Leaders Julia & Val. Meet Chorlton Water Park, Maitland Ave. off the A5145 opposite Southern Cemetery. (M21 7WH).
Thu Sep 12th	Science & Technology	Members short lectures session II
Fri Sep 13th	Walks - Longer	Padley Gorge (Carl Wark). Hathersage. 8 miles
Mon Sep 16th	Art History	TBA
Tue Sep 17th	Cryptic Crossword	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Tue Sep 17th	A Little Bit of Culture	RIGOLETTO ON THE LAKE ... Spectacular performance of Verdi's masterpiece . From the floating stage on the lake from the Berenz Festival in Austria. 7:15 AT THE LIGHT CINEMA
Wed Sep 18th	Walks - Short	Lymm Dam. Leader Sheila Fleming TBC. Watch this space.
Fri Sep 20th	Strollers	Styal. Meet at Styal free car park on the Altincham Road, left side of the road beyond the Northcliffe Chapel. Meal to be decide. Leader Vida Chattington.
Fri Sep 20th	Walks - Longer	Todmorden Moor. Todmorden. 9 miles approx
Tue Sep 24th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Sep 24th	Canasta	Canasta 2 PM
Wed Sep 25th	Amblers	Palace Hotel Tour -Shelia Brownhill.
Wed Sep 25th	Walks - Short	TBC. Leaders Ray & Sheila Berry
Fri Sep 27th	Walks - Longer	Castle Naz. Combes. 6 miles approx
October 2019
Tue Oct 1st	History	Concord and St. Michael's Mount. Talk by Geoff Kerry.
Wed Oct 2nd	Open meeting	Jim Williams - Tales of Casanova
Wed Oct 2nd	A Little Bit of Culture	ONE MAN TWO GOVENORS - JAMES CORDDEN NT ENCORE SCREENING 7pm Plaza Cinema
Thu Oct 3rd	Computer	Ron Emerson - Heads on Body fun with photographs
Fri Oct 4th	Walks - Longer	Win Hill. Ladybower. 6 miles approx
Mon Oct 7th	Music Appreciation	A programme of Music chosen by Reynold Higginbotham. Listen to some of the music Reynold likes to hear.
Tue Oct 8th	Family History	Wills and Probate Records
Tue Oct 8th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Oct 8th	Canasta	Canasta 2 pm
Thu Oct 10th	Science & Technology	Fracking – Pete Webb
Fri Oct 11th	Walks - Longer	Nangreaves. Bury. 8 miles approx
Mon Oct 14th	Travel	Isabella Collinson - A leisurely cruise along the Rhine-Marne Canal in France
Wed Oct 16th	Cryptic Crossword	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Thu Oct 17th	A Little Bit of Culture	A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM NT LIVE - LIGHT CINEMA 7PM
Fri Oct 18th	Walks - Longer	Slaithwaite. Holme Firth 8 miles approx
Mon Oct 21st	Art History	TBA
Tue Oct 22nd	Amblers	Elizabeth Gaskell House - Jean H and Gill W. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Tue Oct 22nd	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Oct 22nd	Canasta	Canasta 2 pm
Fri Oct 25th	Walks - Longer	Little Switzerland. East Sterndale. 8 Miles approx
Tue Oct 29th	Food Appreciation	We are intended to visit Mr. Ali's (Indian restaurant) on Wellington Road, Stockport. cost £17 ( see home page for more details)
November 2019
Mon Nov 4th	Music Appreciation	‘The Russians are Coming’ Music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and others
Tue Nov 5th	History	History of Education in Stockport. Talk by Don Cameron.
Wed Nov 6th	Open meeting	Barbara Speake - Writing Crime Fiction
Thu Nov 7th	Computer	Creating a presentation and poster in Libre Office
Mon Nov 11th	Travel	Louanne Collins - Our Swiss Experience
Tue Nov 12th	Family History	Using Quarter Sessions Administrative Records for Family History (Talk by visiting Speaker Claire Moore from Cheshire Hustoryscapes)
Tue Nov 12th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Nov 12th	Canasta	Canasta 2 PM
Tue Nov 12th	A Little Bit of Culture	42ND STREET - THE MUSICAL WITH BONNY LANGFORD - LIGHT CINEMA 7:30 PM
Thu Nov 14th	Science & Technology	History of Medicine – Walter Reid
Mon Nov 18th	Art History	CHRISTMAS
Tue Nov 19th	Cryptic Crossword	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Thu Nov 21st	Meeting	Winter Wonderland (Coach Trip to Snowdonia Garden Centre) see home page for more details
Thu Nov 21st	Food Appreciation	Winter Wonderland (Coach Trip to Snowdonia Garden Centre) £25... more details on home page
Tue Nov 26th	Music Making	Rehearsals
Tue Nov 26th	Canasta	Canasta 2 pm
Wed Nov 27th	Amblers	Tour Rochdale Town Hall - Barbara Pemberton.
December 2019
Mon Dec 2nd	Music Appreciation	‘Music for Christmas’ Music for the start of the Christmas season.
Tue Dec 3rd	Family History	Joint Christmas Party with History Group
Tue Dec 3rd	History	AFTERNOON - Shared Christmas Party with Family History.
Wed Dec 4th	Open meeting	Allen Shalks - My interesting life in TV, Theatre, Radio & Films
Thu Dec 5th	Computer	Christmas FUN
Tue Dec 10th	Amblers	Christmas Lunch at The Wycliffe - Pauline Hadfield. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Tue Dec 10th	Canasta	Canasta 2 PM
Thu Dec 12th	Science & Technology	Making the magic microchip – Christine Bill & Audrey Miles.
Tue Dec 17th	A Little Bit of Culture	THE NUTCRACKER -ROH BALLET - LIGHT CINEMA 7:15 PM
Tue Dec 24th	Canasta	No Canasta this date
January 2020
Wed Jan 1st	Open meeting	NO MEETING - BANK HOLIDAY
Thu Jan 2nd	Computer	No meeting
Tue Jan 7th	History	Garth Higgins - To Be Advised.
Thu Jan 16th	Computer	TBA
Thu Jan 16th	A Little Bit of Culture	SLEEPING BEAUTY - ROH BALLET LIGHT CINEMA 7:15
February 2020
Tue Feb 4th	History	Joan of Kent. Talk by Joan Davis.
Thu Feb 6th	Computer	NO MEETING
March 2020
Tue Mar 3rd	History	A selection of short talks by our members. List to be announced near the time.

Dates for your Diary
Meetings
Thu Nov 21st	Winter Wonderland (Coach Trip to Snowdonia Garden Centre) see home page for more details
Open meeting
Wed Sep 4th	Walter Reid - History of my life in service.
Wed Oct 2nd	Jim Williams - Tales of Casanova
Wed Nov 6th	Barbara Speake - Writing Crime Fiction
Wed Dec 4th	Allen Shalks - My interesting life in TV, Theatre, Radio & Films
Wed Jan 1st 2020	NO MEETING - BANK HOLIDAY
A Little Bit of Culture
Tue Sep 17th	RIGOLETTO ON THE LAKE ... Spectacular performance of Verdi's masterpiece . From the floating stage on the lake from the Berenz Festival in Austria. 7:15 AT THE LIGHT CINEMA
Wed Oct 2nd	ONE MAN TWO GOVENORS - JAMES CORDDEN NT ENCORE SCREENING 7pm Plaza Cinema
Thu Oct 17th	A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM NT LIVE - LIGHT CINEMA 7PM
Tue Nov 12th	42ND STREET - THE MUSICAL WITH BONNY LANGFORD - LIGHT CINEMA 7:30 PM
Tue Dec 17th	THE NUTCRACKER -ROH BALLET - LIGHT CINEMA 7:15 PM
Thu Jan 16th 2020	SLEEPING BEAUTY - ROH BALLET LIGHT CINEMA 7:15
Amblers
Wed Aug 28th	Victoria Wood exhibition, Bury - Doreen Woodhouse.
Wed Sep 25th	Palace Hotel Tour -Shelia Brownhill.
Tue Oct 22nd	Elizabeth Gaskell House - Jean H and Gill W. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Wed Nov 27th	Tour Rochdale Town Hall - Barbara Pemberton.
Tue Dec 10th	Christmas Lunch at The Wycliffe - Pauline Hadfield. NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Art History
Mon Sep 16th	TBA
Mon Oct 21st	TBA
Mon Nov 18th	CHRISTMAS
Canasta
Tue Aug 27th	Canasta 2pm
Tue Sep 10th	Canasta 2pm
Tue Sep 24th	Canasta 2 PM
Tue Oct 8th	Canasta 2 pm
Tue Oct 22nd	Canasta 2 pm
Tue Nov 12th	Canasta 2 PM
Tue Nov 26th	Canasta 2 pm
Tue Dec 10th	Canasta 2 PM
Tue Dec 24th	No Canasta this date
Computer
Thu Sep 5th	CANCELLED SESSION
Thu Oct 3rd	Ron Emerson - Heads on Body fun with photographs
Thu Nov 7th	Creating a presentation and poster in Libre Office
Thu Dec 5th	Christmas FUN
Thu Jan 2nd 2020	No meeting
Thu Jan 16th 2020	TBA
Thu Feb 6th 2020	NO MEETING
Cryptic Crossword
Tue Sep 17th	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Wed Oct 16th	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Tue Nov 19th	Meet at 2.00pm at Stockport Sunday School.
Family History
Tue Sep 10th	Brick Walls
Tue Oct 8th	Wills and Probate Records
Tue Nov 12th	Using Quarter Sessions Administrative Records for Family History (Talk by visiting Speaker Claire Moore from Cheshire Hustoryscapes)
Tue Dec 3rd	Joint Christmas Party with History Group
Food Appreciation
Tue Oct 29th	We are intended to visit Mr. Ali's (Indian restaurant) on Wellington Road, Stockport. cost £17 ( see home page for more details)
Thu Nov 21st	Winter Wonderland (Coach Trip to Snowdonia Garden Centre) £25... more details on home page
History
Tue Sep 3rd	Daresbury Church and Norton Priory - Coach trip. Leader Ruth Faulkner.
Tue Oct 1st	Concord and St. Michael's Mount. Talk by Geoff Kerry.
Tue Nov 5th	History of Education in Stockport. Talk by Don Cameron.
Tue Dec 3rd	AFTERNOON - Shared Christmas Party with Family History.
Tue Jan 7th 2020	Garth Higgins - To Be Advised.
Tue Feb 4th 2020	Joan of Kent. Talk by Joan Davis.
Tue Mar 3rd 2020	A selection of short talks by our members. List to be announced near the time.
Music Appreciation
Mon Sep 2nd	Music Chosen by Members of the Group A wide variety of music chosen by members of the Music Appreciation Group
Mon Oct 7th	A programme of Music chosen by Reynold Higginbotham. Listen to some of the music Reynold likes to hear.
Mon Nov 4th	‘The Russians are Coming’ Music by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin and others
Mon Dec 2nd	‘Music for Christmas’ Music for the start of the Christmas season.
Music Making
Tue Aug 27th	Rehearsals
Tue Sep 10th	Rehearsals
Tue Sep 24th	Rehearsals
Tue Oct 8th	Rehearsals
Tue Oct 22nd	Rehearsals
Tue Nov 12th	Rehearsals
Tue Nov 26th	Rehearsals
Science & Technology
Thu Sep 12th	Members short lectures session II
Thu Oct 10th	Fracking – Pete Webb
Thu Nov 14th	History of Medicine – Walter Reid
Thu Dec 12th	Making the magic microchip – Christine Bill & Audrey Miles.
Strollers
Fri Sep 6th	Bruntwood Park. Meet at Bruntwood Park in the car park. Walk in the park and eat at the café. Leaders Eileen & Mike Stoney.
Fri Sep 20th	Styal. Meet at Styal free car park on the Altincham Road, left side of the road beyond the Northcliffe Chapel. Meal to be decide. Leader Vida Chattington.
Tai Chi
Mon Aug 26th	NO SESSION - BANK HOLIDAY.
Travel
Mon Sep 9th	- Bill Walker - 'Another interesting talk about the canals'.
Mon Oct 14th	Isabella Collinson - A leisurely cruise along the Rhine-Marne Canal in France
Mon Nov 11th	Louanne Collins - Our Swiss Experience
Walks - Longer
Fri Aug 30th	Raw Head. Peckforton. 7 miles approx
Fri Sep 6th	The Roaches. Danebridge. 9 miles approx
Fri Sep 13th	Padley Gorge (Carl Wark). Hathersage. 8 miles
Fri Sep 20th	Todmorden Moor. Todmorden. 9 miles approx
Fri Sep 27th	Castle Naz. Combes. 6 miles approx
Fri Oct 4th	Win Hill. Ladybower. 6 miles approx
Fri Oct 11th	Nangreaves. Bury. 8 miles approx
Fri Oct 18th	Slaithwaite. Holme Firth 8 miles approx
Fri Oct 25th	Little Switzerland. East Sterndale. 8 Miles approx
Walks - Short
Wed Aug 28th	M3.8 miles Monyash Lathkil Dale Circular. Mix of fields, paths, dales and rural lanes. Some care required, rocky steps, a tricky slope and uneven surfaces. (SUMMER WALK). Leader Jim Hollinsworth. Meet outside "The Old Smithy Café", on Church St. Moynash. DE45 1JH, Directions: Leave Buxton on A515 (Ashbourne Rd). Turn left after 7.5 miles onto B5055 for Monyash. Map Ref: SK 150665. OS Sheet 119. (its about one hours drive). (DE45 1JH). (Mid walk Ice Cream break £2) N.B. 11.00 AM START.
Wed Sep 4th	No Walk Monthly Meeting
Wed Sep 11th	Lovely late Summer walk, Chorlton Water Park. Leaders Julia & Val. Meet Chorlton Water Park, Maitland Ave. off the A5145 opposite Southern Cemetery. (M21 7WH).
Wed Sep 18th	Lymm Dam. Leader Sheila Fleming TBC. Watch this space.
Wed Sep 25th	TBC. Leaders Ray & Sheila Berry