Diary
Use this page to find out what is happening with Wendover U3A and other events which might be of interest in chronological or order category, to change the view click on the button at the top right of the Dates for your Diary Window.
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Convenors, please note that only events which are displayed on your group page via the Events button will be displayed.
| Dates for your Diary | ||
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| July 2020 | ||
| Mon Jul 13th | Churches & Cathedrals | CHANGE OF SUBJECT Meeting to be held in St Mary's Centre - Monuments TBC - this meeting may be changed if Wendover U3A is not running in July |
| Wed Jul 15th | Discussion 1 | At Janet Steel's - Subject, Janet Steel TBA |
| Tue Jul 21st | Walking Group | 11.00am Walking Group Zoom Meeting hosted by Brian. Please send your email address to Judy if you would like to take part and are not already on the contact list. |
| Wed Jul 22nd | Wine Appreciation | SUMMER PICNIC Sturrock House 6.30pm |
| Fri Jul 24th | Film | The Fast Lady 1962 CHANGE OF FILM A naive Scotsman buys a vintage sports car and learns to drive in order to impress the daughter of an arrogant aristocrat who despises him. Starring - Leslie Phillips, Julie Christie, James Robertson Justice |
| August 2020 | ||
| Wed Aug 5th | Main Meeting | Call My Bluff Start 10.00 The Main Meeting will be a Zoom- Call my Bluff Meeting. This will give an opportunity to all members of Wendover U3A to be involved within the audience. This will take place at 10.00 am, “Call My Bluff” is a panel game. The panel, of three, will take turns to provide definitions of an obscure word, and the audience will try to guess which one is correct. Any U3A member can apply for the “Zoom” Meeting code and password to the chairman@wendoveru3a.org.uk . to become a member of the audience. You will need to make three separate voting cards with the letters A, B, and C on them. If you have not downloaded the “Zoom” Software the instructions are on a link from this page. For some operating platforms you will not need to download Zoom just click on the meeting link. IF you need more help there are tutorials available via the Newspaper page and the personal help can be sought via the chairman or other members. |
| Mon Aug 10th | Churches & Cathedrals | CHANGE OF SUBJECT Visit to Hillesden , Keaches Chapel and Winslow |
| September 2020 | ||
| Wed Sep 2nd | Main Meeting | Exciting wildlife around the world. To be confirmed Tom Way |
| Thu Sep 10th | Gardening 3 | Preston Bisset gardens tba |
| Mon Sep 14th | Churches & Cathedrals | Visit to Sarratt and Chenies - tbc |
| Tue Sep 15th | Wine Appreciation | TASTE THE WINE-Derek. Buffet-Thalia & Beryl. TUESDAY MEETING Library Room 7.30pm |
| Fri Sep 25th | Film | Two Ronnies - The Picnic & By the Sea 1976 The Picnic, starring The Two Ronnies, and written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonyms "Dave Huggett and Larry Keith". The film followed the extended family of "The General", played by Barker, as they went on an eventful picnic in the Devon countryside. By the Sea Created by Ronnie Barker and Starring Ronnie Barker Ronnie Corbett Barbara New |
| October 2020 | ||
| Wed Oct 7th | Main Meeting | The musical theatre of Gilbert & Sullivan Bernard Lockett |
| Wed Oct 14th | Churches & Cathedrals | NOTE CHANGE OF DATE - THIS IS A WEDNESDAY Visit to West Wycombe and Hughenden |
| Fri Oct 23rd | Film | Malcolm 1986 Stars Colin Friels, John Hargreaves, Lindy Davies, Chris Haywood. Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. Malcolm, with Frank's help, turns to a life of crime. |
| Wed Oct 28th | Wine Appreciation | WINES OF SICILY-Pete. Buffet-Eleanor & Liz. St Anne's Hall 7.30pm |
| Wed Oct 28th | Genealogy | Autumn Speakers Meeting Preserving Family Memories: Frederique Hull (t.b.c.) |
| November 2020 | ||
| Wed Nov 4th | Main Meeting | AGM followed by: Passports, Assassins, Traitors and Spies Martin Lloyd |
| Thu Nov 5th | Meeting | Convenor's meeting at St Anne's hall, Wendover. All Convenors are invited to attend and anyone thinking of becoming a convenor would be most welcome. Start 2.00 pm |
| Mon Nov 9th | Churches & Cathedrals | DVD - Churches and how to read them - meeting in St Mary's Centre |
| Fri Nov 27th | Film | Blithe Spirit 1945 Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward Starring Rex Harrison Constance Cummings Kay Hammond Margaret Rutherford Charles and his second wife, Ruth, are haunted by the spirit of his first wife, Elvira. Medium Madame Arcati tries to help things out by contacting the ghost. |
| December 2020 | ||
| Wed Dec 2nd | Main Meeting | Plants, murder and medical mysteries Sandy Primrose |
| Tue Dec 8th | Travel Team | Christmas at Layer Marney Tower Cost £73 Including a performance of Beatrix Potter’s The Tailor of Gloucester, Morning Coffee, 3 course Christmas Lunch and afternoon mulled wine and mince pies. Arriving at the stunning Layer Marney Tower, a Tudor Palace built to impress Henry VIII. After coffee a guided tour of the house, visiting rooms not normally open to visitors, for this is a family home and you will see it decorated for a family Christmas lunch will be served in the Long Gallery, once the Tudor stables, then transformed in Edwardian times to the grand room it is today. After lunch, the actors will escort you to the nearby church for the The Tailor of Gloucester. Followed by singing some well known carols. Returning to the Corsellis Room for mulled wine and mince pies, prior to departure at 4.30pm. On sale at the July Main Meeting Travel Team B.H. |
| Mon Dec 14th | Churches & Cathedrals | Christmas meeting - tbc |
| Wed Dec 16th | Wine Appreciation | CHRISTMAS EVENT-John. Buffet-Gill. St Anne's Hall 7.30pm |
| February 2021 | ||
| Wed Feb 3rd | Theatre Local | Strictly Ballroom - Aylesbury Waterside, 2.30pm Matinee. £26 |
| June 2021 | ||
| Sun Jun 20th →Fri Jun 25th | Travel Team | Cumbria Holiday 2021 Sunday 20th June 2021 5 nights 6 days Some spaces available, to book please contact Travel Team B.H.Staying at the Washington Central 4* Workington, Cumbria CA14 3AY Proposed Visits Outward journey via Tatton Park Please ensure that you have travel insurance. |