Diary
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| Dates for your Diary | ||
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| July 2020 | ||
| Wed Jul 1st | Main Meeting | Grandma Flew Spitfires John Webster |
| Thu Jul 9th | Gardening 3 | Waterperry Gardens or garden borders TBC |
| Mon Jul 13th | Travel Team | Queen Elizabeth Park (Olympic Park) and Boat Trip THIS VISIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK |
| 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 |
| 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 | Coffee Morning at St Mary's |
| 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 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 | Travel Team | Whitchurch Silk Mill and the Vyne £26.50 or £37.50 (non NT member) Pick up times Bedgrove 8am Ashbrook 8.10 The George 8.15 Whitchurch Silk Mill is a Grade !!* listed building and the oldest silk mill in the UK still working in its original building. Guided tour of Victorian winding and warping machinery, water wheel, looms and gardens. Please be aware this is a working mill and there will be stairs to climb - there is a lift to all floors Lunch on a free flow basis at The Vyne - the site was visited by Tudor monarchs and has a chapel whose stained glass windows are of national importance. Booking from June Main meeting afterwards contact Travel Team V.L. |
| 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 |
| Sat Sep 26th | Social | Wendover U3A 20th Birthday Celebration More details to follow. Please let our Social Secretary know if you are planning to attend and have not put your name on the list. Contact Social Secretary |
| 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 |
| 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 with McCallum Holidays to the Derwentwater Hotel Portinscale near Keswick More details to follow. |