Speakers for Your u3a
The speakers have agreed to give talks to u3as. Initially they were all on Zoom during Covid but now some may be happy to do face to presentations.
| u3a Members | u3a | Zoom Talk(s) | |
| Susan Burnett | Chepstow | The beautiful and the edible – gardening for the gastronome | |
| On that day I left my boyhood behind - the landings at Gallipoli in the First World War | |||
| Colin Andrew | Chepstow | An 18th Century Smuggler | |
| Tea and its History | |||
| David Downs | Chepstow | Delivering the Nation’s Flagships – a personal account of the design and build of the UK Aircraft Carriers | |
| Judith Bolton | Chepstow | Exploding Some Myths About Lipreading | |
| Roger Evans | Blackwood | SWN Talks by Roger Evans | |
| Denise Jones | Bridgend | Wills and/or Powers of Attorney (General, Specific, Enduring and Lasting) and Advance Directives/Living Wills. | |
| Kay Blackwell | Gilwern | France's Missing King | |
| Things you don't know about Town Twinning | |||
| A Sunday School Teacher's Scrapbook | |||
| Averil Macdonald | Monmouth | Plastic- destroyer or saviour of the planet | |
| Are we ready for Electric Cars? | |||
| Roger James | Newport | India's Golden Triangle | |
| The History and Culture of Vietnam | |||
| The History of South Africa | |||
| Rorke's Drift | |||
| The Battle of Britain | |||
| The Evacuation of Dunkirk | |||
| Mr Rolls and Mr Royce | |||
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | |||
| Tim Douglas-Jones | Swansea | Australian geology, history and wildlife | |
| Lynn Joseph | Swansea | Trek to Everest base camp | |
| Tom Okane | Swansea | Sustainable farming on the Gower | |
| Malcolm Meadows | Abergavenny | Talks on travel, art and music, all accompanied by music | |
| Cherry Lewis | Monmouth | The Dating Game - how do we know the Age of the Earth? | |
| The Enlightened Mr Parkinson - of Parkinson's Disease. | |||
| David Harrison | Cardiff | How to stay safe on-line and avoid email scams | |
| Mario Greening | Cardiff | The Victorian Superhighway. How Victorian telegraphic communications encircled the globe | |
| Splott; Cardiff's first international airport and why Wenvoe missed its opportunity! | |||
| Bloody Rebellion in south Wales. Mario will explain events that led up to, and an account of, the battle of St Fagans which was traditionally seen as a fight between Royalist and Parliamentary forces .... but wasn't. | |||
| Rowena Williams | Bridgend | SWN Talks by Rowena Williams History Group Convener | |
| Judy Dickinson | Torfaen | Glass, stained glass and windows | |
| Anthea Wellington | Torfaen | Social Housing | |
| Caldicot Castle and a history of the surrounding area. | |||
| Trade Unions | |||
| Ring My Bell (an explanation of Bell ringing). | |||
| Non u3a Members | Suggested by | ||
| John Burrows | Chepstow | The Severn Bridges | |
| The Mega Tides of the Severn Estuary, | |||
| Wales, the World and beyond in 20 Key Photographs | |||
| Antonina Mendola | Swansea | Hypnotherapy. Talks include opportunity for audience participation | |
| Dr Alex Langlands | Swansea | The History of Traditional Crafts | |
| Dr. C Wright | Swansea | The Application of Nano-technology to Health |
To contact the speaker click on their name, enter your details, and your request will be forwarded to the their email address. u3a members cannot charge for their talks to another u3a. These non u3a members have also agreed not to charge for their talks.
Speakers or other presentations recommended by SWN u3as
| Monmouth u3a | Monmouth Speakers | ||
| Chepstow u3a | Rosaleen Moriarty-Simmonds OBE | A Thalidomide baby born with no hands or legs. You will be amazed at what she has achieved! Just google her name. | |
| Geoff Hughes - Prison Governor | Beyond the Prison Wall - in insight into Britain's prisons. Just google his name. | ||
| Ebbw Vale | Alan Foster | UFO’s and other topics. |
If you have comments. queries, amendments, or ideas for more speakers, please email
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