Stockport U3A: Events

Events

Monthly Open Meetings are held at Trinity Methodist Church, Davenport, 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.

We are looking for 2 or 3 members to join our Book Group 1. We receive books from Stockport Libraries and our meetings take place in the homes of those in the Group. To find out more please send an email to Lillian Smith with your contact telephone number.

Dates for your Diary
December 2019
Mon Dec 16th	Tai Chi	Tai Chi
Tue Dec 17th	A Little Bit of Culture	"THE NUTCRACKER" - ROH Ballet at the Light cinema commencing 7.15pm.
Wed Dec 18th	Walks - Short	Christmas coffee walk. Short walk to N.T. Quarry Bank Mill for coffee and toast. Leader: Bob Wain Twinnins Bridge car park, Carrs Rd, off B5166 Styal Rd. (SK9 4AA). or park at Quarry Mill and meet in the main cafe.
Fri Dec 20th	Walks - Longer	Congleton Edge (short) Congleton 5 miles
Mon Dec 23rd	Tai Chi	Tai Chi
Tue Dec 24th	Canasta	No Canasta this date
Wed Dec 25th	Walks - Short	No Walk
Fri Dec 27th	Walks - Longer	Miners Arms (provisional) Poynton 5 miles
January 2020
Wed Jan 1st	Open meeting	NO MEETING - BANK HOLIDAY
Thu Jan 2nd	Computer	No meeting
Fri Jan 3rd	Walks - Longer	Little Leigh Barnton 6 miles
Mon Jan 6th	Music Appreciation	Music to start the New Year Something to give us a lift in 2020,including music by composers with anniversaries this year.
Tue Jan 7th	History	Sandy Brow to Peterloo. Joan Davies
Thu Jan 9th	Science & Technology	The History of Manchester in 10 Plants Anne Beswick
Fri Jan 10th	Walks - Longer	Whitely Green Adlington (Cheshire) 6 miles
Mon Jan 13th	Travel	"Linda and Gwen - bike ride from Dover to Cape Wrath"
Tue Jan 14th	Family History	Guided tour of St Mary's Church and Heritage Centre, Stockport Market Place
Tue Jan 14th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Thu Jan 16th	Computer	Going back to Basics - more information nearer the time
Thu Jan 16th	A Little Bit of Culture	"SLEEPING BEAUTY" - ROH Ballet at the Light cinema commencing 7.15pm.
Fri Jan 17th	Walks - Longer	Crowton Weaverham 7 miles
Mon Jan 20th	Film	For January we are injecting a little sunshine with FISHERMANS FRIENDS set on the Cornish coast.
Mon Jan 20th	Poetry	Poems all about flowers
Mon Jan 20th	Play Reading	First meeting come along for a chat to decide the way forward.
Fri Jan 24th	Walks - Longer	Over Hadden Bakewell 6 miles
Tue Jan 28th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Thu Jan 30th	Food Appreciation	Baan Pad Thai restaurant in Reddish ( more details on the home page)
Fri Jan 31st	Walks - Longer	Castleton 2 Hope 7 miles
February 2020
Mon Feb 3rd	Music Appreciation	The A B C of Jazz A programme of traditional jazz, presented by Beryl Emersom.
Tue Feb 4th	History	Stockport Market Sheila Fleming
Wed Feb 5th	Open meeting	Gill Russell – Stranger in a strange land
Thu Feb 6th	Computer	NO MEETING
Fri Feb 7th	Walks - Longer	Calden & Leek Canals Leek 6 miles
Tue Feb 11th	Family History	Family ephemera
Tue Feb 11th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Thu Feb 13th	Science & Technology	Training RN Artificers Ron Emerson
Fri Feb 14th	Walks - Longer	Crooke Hill Ladybower 6 miles
Mon Feb 17th	Poetry	TBA
Mon Feb 17th	Play Reading	NO MEETING
Tue Feb 18th	Travel	"Patagonia" with Marion Bray
Tue Feb 18th	A Little Bit of Culture	RNCM OPERA GALA The Manchester Mid-day concert Society commences at 1 pm Tickets £8. Venue Bridgewater Hall Manchester. Meet at Piccadilly station @ 11:30 pm and take the tram to the Bridgwater for coffee before the concert.
Fri Feb 21st	Walks - Longer	Chinley Churn Chinley 7 miles
Tue Feb 25th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Fri Feb 28th	Walks - Longer	Barthomley (clockwise) Barthomley 8 miles
March 2020
Mon Mar 2nd	Music Appreciation	Heavens above (and way down below) Celestially inspired music that we can look up to and some more with a bit of devil in it.
Tue Mar 3rd	History	A selection of short talks by our members, list to be announced.
Wed Mar 4th	Open meeting	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Thu Mar 5th	Computer	Managing Photographs in general. Vivienne Bath
Fri Mar 6th	Walks - Longer	Rudyard Rudyard 8 miles
Tue Mar 10th	Family History	- Guided Tour of Willow Grove Cemetery, South Reddish
Tue Mar 10th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Thu Mar 12th	Science & Technology	“Sleep" Janet Ayres & "Mining in Poynton" Isabella Collinson
Fri Mar 13th	Walks - Longer	Kelsall Kelsall 8 miles
Fri Mar 20th	Walks - Longer	Shuttlingsloe (clockwise) Macclesfield Forest 8 miles
Mon Mar 23rd	Poetry	TBA
Tue Mar 24th	Canasta	CANASTA SESSION
Fri Mar 27th	Walks - Longer	Rishworth Moor (short) Rishworth 7 miles
April 2020
Wed Apr 1st	Open meeting	Paul Isherwood 10 years a Buff Butler in the Chic of Cheek.
Fri Apr 3rd	Walks - Longer	Foolow (anticlockwise) Longstone 9 miles
Mon Apr 6th	Music Appreciation	Great Voices Wonderful voices from past and present, including choral music.
Thu Apr 9th	Science & Technology	Graphene Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Fri Apr 10th	Walks - Longer	Railway Walk (EVR?) Cheddleton 7 miles
Tue Apr 14th	Family History	Using maps for family history research
Fri Apr 17th	Walks - Longer	Robinson's Leap Longdendale 9 miles
Mon Apr 20th	Poetry	TBA
Fri Apr 24th	Walks - Longer	Belthorn Clough Head 10 miles
May 2020
Mon May 4th	Music Appreciation	Ballet Afternoon An afternoon of ballet music, including music by Tchaikovsky, Delibes,Gounod, Schubert,Mendelssohn, etc.
Wed May 6th	Open meeting	Sarah Lionheart – Orangutangs in Borneo.
Tue May 12th	Family History	Useful websites for family history research
Thu May 14th	Science & Technology	Are we Alone Prof Ian Morison
Mon May 18th	Poetry	TBA
June 2020
Mon Jun 1st	Music Appreciation	Music by the not so well known Composers There is a great wealth of wonderful music that has been written by composers whose names we do not hear too often. Come and listen to a few - you will be surprised.
Wed Jun 3rd	Open meeting	Fools Gold – An afternoon of Acoustic Music.
Tue Jun 9th	Family History	NO MEETING
Mon Jun 22nd	Poetry	TBA
July 2020
Wed Jul 1st	Open meeting	Sue Stern – The child who spoke with her eyes.
Mon Jul 6th	Music Appreciation	Music chosen by Alan Wadsworth Alan presents some of the music he likes to listen to.
Tue Jul 14th	Family History	NO MEETING
August 2020
Mon Aug 3rd	Music Appreciation	Members Choice A wide variety of music chosen by members of the Music Appreciation Group.
Wed Aug 5th	Open meeting	Brian Greene – Irvin Berlin – a man for all seasons
Tue Aug 11th	Family History	NO MEETING
September 2020
Wed Sep 2nd	Open meeting	David Stockwell – History of posters.
Mon Sep 7th	Music Appreciation	French Music A programme of music by Debussy, Faure,Saint-Saens, Bizet and others.
Thu Sep 10th	Science & Technology	To be confirmed
October 2020
Mon Oct 5th	Music Appreciation	Bing etc and all that jazz Songs by Bing and others, presented by Reynold Higginbotham
Wed Oct 7th	Open meeting	David Morris - The potential of the Human Whistler.
Thu Oct 8th	Science & Technology	Earthquakes Pete Webb
November 2020
Mon Nov 2nd	Music Appreciation	Magical Moments and Fairytales A programme of absolute wizard music - and we'll conjure up some from Fairyland as well.
Wed Nov 4th	Open meeting	Betty Allport – Trans Siberian Express.
Thu Nov 12th	Science & Technology	The Fascinating World of Radiology – 50 Shades of Grey Prof Gill Baynes
December 2020
Wed Dec 2nd	Open meeting	Roger Brown – An afternoon of musical entertainment.
Mon Dec 7th	Music Appreciation	Music for Christmas Music for the start of the Christmas season.
Thu Dec 10th	Science & Technology	To be confirmed

Dates for your Diary
Open meeting
Wed Jan 1st 2020	NO MEETING - BANK HOLIDAY
Wed Feb 5th 2020	Gill Russell – Stranger in a strange land
Wed Mar 4th 2020	ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Wed Apr 1st 2020	Paul Isherwood 10 years a Buff Butler in the Chic of Cheek.
Wed May 6th 2020	Sarah Lionheart – Orangutangs in Borneo.
Wed Jun 3rd 2020	Fools Gold – An afternoon of Acoustic Music.
Wed Jul 1st 2020	Sue Stern – The child who spoke with her eyes.
Wed Aug 5th 2020	Brian Greene – Irvin Berlin – a man for all seasons
Wed Sep 2nd 2020	David Stockwell – History of posters.
Wed Oct 7th 2020	David Morris - The potential of the Human Whistler.
Wed Nov 4th 2020	Betty Allport – Trans Siberian Express.
Wed Dec 2nd 2020	Roger Brown – An afternoon of musical entertainment.
A Little Bit of Culture
Tue Dec 17th	"THE NUTCRACKER" - ROH Ballet at the Light cinema commencing 7.15pm.
Thu Jan 16th 2020	"SLEEPING BEAUTY" - ROH Ballet at the Light cinema commencing 7.15pm.
Tue Feb 18th 2020	RNCM OPERA GALA The Manchester Mid-day concert Society commences at 1 pm Tickets £8. Venue Bridgewater Hall Manchester. Meet at Piccadilly station @ 11:30 pm and take the tram to the Bridgwater for coffee before the concert.
Canasta
Tue Dec 24th	No Canasta this date
Tue Jan 14th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Tue Jan 28th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Tue Feb 11th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Tue Feb 25th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Tue Mar 10th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Tue Mar 24th 2020	CANASTA SESSION
Computer
Thu Jan 2nd 2020	No meeting
Thu Jan 16th 2020	Going back to Basics - more information nearer the time
Thu Feb 6th 2020	NO MEETING
Thu Mar 5th 2020	Managing Photographs in general. Vivienne Bath
Family History
Tue Jan 14th 2020	Guided tour of St Mary's Church and Heritage Centre, Stockport Market Place
Tue Feb 11th 2020	Family ephemera
Tue Mar 10th 2020	- Guided Tour of Willow Grove Cemetery, South Reddish
Tue Apr 14th 2020	Using maps for family history research
Tue May 12th 2020	Useful websites for family history research
Tue Jun 9th 2020	NO MEETING
Tue Jul 14th 2020	NO MEETING
Tue Aug 11th 2020	NO MEETING
Film
Mon Jan 20th 2020	For January we are injecting a little sunshine with FISHERMANS FRIENDS set on the Cornish coast.
Food Appreciation
Thu Jan 30th 2020	Baan Pad Thai restaurant in Reddish ( more details on the home page)
History
Tue Jan 7th 2020	Sandy Brow to Peterloo. Joan Davies
Tue Feb 4th 2020	Stockport Market Sheila Fleming
Tue Mar 3rd 2020	A selection of short talks by our members, list to be announced.
Music Appreciation
Mon Jan 6th 2020	Music to start the New Year Something to give us a lift in 2020,including music by composers with anniversaries this year.
Mon Feb 3rd 2020	The A B C of Jazz A programme of traditional jazz, presented by Beryl Emersom.
Mon Mar 2nd 2020	Heavens above (and way down below) Celestially inspired music that we can look up to and some more with a bit of devil in it.
Mon Apr 6th 2020	Great Voices Wonderful voices from past and present, including choral music.
Mon May 4th 2020	Ballet Afternoon An afternoon of ballet music, including music by Tchaikovsky, Delibes,Gounod, Schubert,Mendelssohn, etc.
Mon Jun 1st 2020	Music by the not so well known Composers There is a great wealth of wonderful music that has been written by composers whose names we do not hear too often. Come and listen to a few - you will be surprised.
Mon Jul 6th 2020	Music chosen by Alan Wadsworth Alan presents some of the music he likes to listen to.
Mon Aug 3rd 2020	Members Choice A wide variety of music chosen by members of the Music Appreciation Group.
Mon Sep 7th 2020	French Music A programme of music by Debussy, Faure,Saint-Saens, Bizet and others.
Mon Oct 5th 2020	Bing etc and all that jazz Songs by Bing and others, presented by Reynold Higginbotham
Mon Nov 2nd 2020	Magical Moments and Fairytales A programme of absolute wizard music - and we'll conjure up some from Fairyland as well.
Mon Dec 7th 2020	Music for Christmas Music for the start of the Christmas season.
Play Reading
Mon Jan 20th 2020	First meeting come along for a chat to decide the way forward.
Mon Feb 17th 2020	NO MEETING
Poetry
Mon Jan 20th 2020	Poems all about flowers
Mon Feb 17th 2020	TBA
Mon Mar 23rd 2020	TBA
Mon Apr 20th 2020	TBA
Mon May 18th 2020	TBA
Mon Jun 22nd 2020	TBA
Science & Technology
Thu Jan 9th 2020	The History of Manchester in 10 Plants Anne Beswick
Thu Feb 13th 2020	Training RN Artificers Ron Emerson
Thu Mar 12th 2020	“Sleep" Janet Ayres & "Mining in Poynton" Isabella Collinson
Thu Apr 9th 2020	Graphene Dr Aravind Vijayaraghavan
Thu May 14th 2020	Are we Alone Prof Ian Morison
Thu Sep 10th 2020	To be confirmed
Thu Oct 8th 2020	Earthquakes Pete Webb
Thu Nov 12th 2020	The Fascinating World of Radiology – 50 Shades of Grey Prof Gill Baynes
Thu Dec 10th 2020	To be confirmed
Tai Chi
Mon Dec 16th	Tai Chi
Mon Dec 23rd	Tai Chi
Travel
Mon Jan 13th 2020	"Linda and Gwen - bike ride from Dover to Cape Wrath"
Tue Feb 18th 2020	"Patagonia" with Marion Bray
Walks - Longer
Fri Dec 20th	Congleton Edge (short) Congleton 5 miles
Fri Dec 27th	Miners Arms (provisional) Poynton 5 miles
Fri Jan 3rd 2020	Little Leigh Barnton 6 miles
Fri Jan 10th 2020	Whitely Green Adlington (Cheshire) 6 miles
Fri Jan 17th 2020	Crowton Weaverham 7 miles
Fri Jan 24th 2020	Over Hadden Bakewell 6 miles
Fri Jan 31st 2020	Castleton 2 Hope 7 miles
Fri Feb 7th 2020	Calden & Leek Canals Leek 6 miles
Fri Feb 14th 2020	Crooke Hill Ladybower 6 miles
Fri Feb 21st 2020	Chinley Churn Chinley 7 miles
Fri Feb 28th 2020	Barthomley (clockwise) Barthomley 8 miles
Fri Mar 6th 2020	Rudyard Rudyard 8 miles
Fri Mar 13th 2020	Kelsall Kelsall 8 miles
Fri Mar 20th 2020	Shuttlingsloe (clockwise) Macclesfield Forest 8 miles
Fri Mar 27th 2020	Rishworth Moor (short) Rishworth 7 miles
Fri Apr 3rd 2020	Foolow (anticlockwise) Longstone 9 miles
Fri Apr 10th 2020	Railway Walk (EVR?) Cheddleton 7 miles
Fri Apr 17th 2020	Robinson's Leap Longdendale 9 miles
Fri Apr 24th 2020	Belthorn Clough Head 10 miles
Walks - Short
Wed Dec 18th	Christmas coffee walk. Short walk to N.T. Quarry Bank Mill for coffee and toast. Leader: Bob Wain Twinnins Bridge car park, Carrs Rd, off B5166 Styal Rd. (SK9 4AA). or park at Quarry Mill and meet in the main cafe.
Wed Dec 25th	No Walk