Monthly Meeting Speakers 2020 to 2024
| 2020 | |||
| Month | Topic | Speaker | |
| Jan 10th | John George Lambton and The Penshaw Monument | Bernard Hope | |
| Feb 14th | A night at the pictures | Freda Thompson | |
| Mar 13th | Victorian Customs and Superstitions in North East England | Linda King | |
| Apr 9th (Thurs) | Seven Bridges crossing the Tyne Gorge | J Michael Taylor | Cancelled |
| May 7th (Thurs) | Thirty years of Fire Service Humour | Peter Weighill | Cancelled |
| Jun 12th | Wearside U3A's A.G.M. | Postponed | |
| Jul 10th | Capt Ned Robinson: life at sea on the collier ships in the 1820s | Sharon Vincent | Cancelled |
| Aug 14th | Broken Promises | John Pattison | Cancelled |
| Sep 11th | Ravensworth Castle - Legend, Romance, Intrigue | Tom Steanson | Cancelled |
| Oct 9th | Awesome New Zealand | Harry & Kath Gilbert | Cancelled |
| Nov 13th | Christmas in Germany | Eve Gamblin | Cancelled |
| Dec 11th | Party organised by the Events Committee | Cancelled | |
| 2021 | |||
| Month | Topic | Speaker | |
| Jan 8th | Cancelled | ||
| Feb 12th | Cancelled | ||
| Mar 12th | Cancelled | ||
| Apr 9th | Cancelled | ||
| May 14th | Cancelled | ||
| Jun 11th | Cancelled | ||
| Aug 13th | (trial Meeting) | John Lloyd | |
| Sep 10th | |||
| Oct 8th | |||
| Nov 12th | Days out in Northumberland | George M. | |
| Dec 10th | Party with Quiz | ||
| 2022 | |||
| Month | Topic | Speaker | |
| Jan 14th | Thirty Years of Fire Service Humour | Peter Weighill | |
| Feb 11th | St Peter's Sculpture Trail | Janet Chalmers | |
| Mar 11th | TBC | Sir David Bell KCB DL | |
| Apr 8th | Awesome New Zealand | Harry & Kath Gilbert | |
| May 13th | Wearside U3A's A.G.M. & Tall ships | ||
| Jun 10th | Ravensworth Castle - Legend, Romance, Intrigue | Tom Steanson | |
| Jul 8th | Capt Ned Robinson: life at sea on the collier ships in the 1820s | Sharon Vincent | |
| Aug 12th | Humorous stories and memories of the 30s, 40s & 50s | Andrew Clark | |
| Sep 9th | Short stories and poems in dialect | Peter Weighill | |
| Oct 14th | Remarkable women of the North East | Geoff Hughes | |
| Nov 11th | The Catherine Cookson Story - The Woman behind the Books | Linda Davidson | |
| Dec 9th | Party with Quiz | ||
| 2023 | |||
| Month | Topic | Speaker | |
| Jan 13th | Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock | Neville D Harris | |
| Feb 10th | Mary Ann Cotton | Stephanie Yearnshire | |
| Mar 10th | History and Stories about Newcastle City Hall | Peter Brennan | |
| Apr 14th | True Heroes of the Sea | David Hastings | |
| May 12th | Wearside U3A's A.G.M. | ||
| Jun 9th | The part played by coal in the development of Sunderland | Stuart Miller | |
| Jul 14th | Letting the Cat out of the Bag - Where did that come from? | Dave Dean | |
| Aug 11th | A Short History of Public Transport in Tyne and Wear | Ian Jameson | |
| Sep 8th | Broken promises | John Pattison | |
| Oct 6th | More Fire Service Humour | Peter Weighill | n.b. BEDE TOWER |
| Nov 11th | 1950s Women | Carol Dean | Bede Tower |
| Dec 8th | Party with Magician | Graeme Shaw | Bede Tower |
| 2024 | |||
| Month | Topic | Speaker | |
| Jan 12th | Vernacular Recordings: History of North East artists | Raymond Stephenson | Bede Tower |
| Feb 9th | A Dickens of a Tale | Freda Thompson | Bede Tower |
| Mar 8th | Amazing Thailand: The reality of tourism in the "Land of Smiles" | Derek Potter | Bede Tower |
| Apr 12th | Secrets of the Human Brain | Bob Pullen | |
| May 10th | Wearside U3A's A.G.M. | ||
| Jun 14th | The Rasputin Files | Stephanie Yearnshire | |
| Jul 12th | Beatlemania: why the Beatles were so popular | Sharon Vincent | |
| Aug 9th | Celtic Shenanigans | Patricia Hodgson | |
| Sep 13th | Hidden treasures of the North East's High Streets | Graham Soult | |
| Oct 11th | The way we were | Brian Ibinson | |
| Nov 9th | TBC | TBC | |
| Dec 13th | Christmas Event |
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