Events
This page shows subjects of the meetings with speakers and visits . Events occasionally have to be changed or cancelled due to Adverse Weather or Speaker unavailability, so if a member is particularly interested in a specific event, or in bad weather please check the website shortly beforehand.
It also shows changes to dates & venue of other groups.
Further Information on other group meetings can be found on the appropriate group page.
| Dates for your Diary | ||
|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | ||
| Thu Jul 18th | Open Mind | SPEAKER Paul Waterhouse Foulshaw Nature Reserve - Ospreys VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am |
| Wed Jul 24th | Discovery (Science and Technology) | NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
| August 2019 | ||
| Thu Aug 1st | More Singing for Fun | VENUE Seascale Methodist Hall TIME 2.30 - 4 pm with a refreshment interval |
| Wed Aug 7th | History | Feast Day. A miscellany based on food, including tastings. Led by some committee members Offers of ideas or short inputs very welcome VENUE Drigg Village Hall Refreshments 10.15 am Starts 10.45 am |
| Thu Aug 8th | Art appreciation | DVD ' Painting the Modern Garden, Monet to Matisse' Pt.1 VENUE:St.Joseph's Hall, Seascale Refreshments 10.15 am until 10.35 starts 10.45 am. |
| Tue Aug 13th | Out & About | A Chatty lunch . A new venture !!! Meet at 12.30pm at Calder House, Seascale to enjoy our first Chatty lunch with a pensioners meal and good company . |
| Tue Aug 13th | Out & About | Chatty Lunch 12.30pm at Calder House |
| Thu Aug 15th | Open Mind | The Society for the Blind Speaker Marie Scott VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am |
| Sat Aug 17th | Out & About | Gosforth Show Meet in the LOCAL HISTORY tent to see the displays and to see our U3A display table highlighting the talks and trips we have enjoyed over the last year and a chance to look through some local history files while enjoying a welcome rest and natter. |
| Wed Aug 28th | Discovery (Science and Technology) | NO MEETING THIS MONTH |
| Fri Aug 30th | Out & About | A theatre visit to Keswick to see “Little voices“-a northern comedy packed with sensational tunes,bold humour—named in top 50 plays of all times--coach will leave at 11.30am for afternoon performance at 2pm. Coach and tickets £30 |
| Fri Aug 30th | Out & About | Friday visit to Little Voice at the Keswick Theatre by the Lake The coach leaves Gosforth 11.30 am for 2 pm performance Total Cost £30 |
| September 2019 | ||
| Wed Sep 4th | History | The Cumbrian Reivers. Speaker Christopher Robson. VENUE Drigg Village Hall Refreshments 10.15 am Starts 10.45 am |
| Thu Sep 12th | Art appreciation | DVD ' Painting the Modern Garden' Pt.2 VENUE:St.Joseph's Hall, Seascale Refreshments 10.15 am until 10.35 starts 10.45 am. |
| Thu Sep 19th | Open Mind | SPEAKER Paul Pharaoh Eskdale Mill's history, Restoration & Future VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am |
| Thu Sep 19th | Out & About | OPEN MIND talk on ESKDALE MILL in the morning Then Out and About to ESKDALE with a lunch and a guided visit to Eskdale mill in the afternoon |
| Thu Sep 19th | Out & About | After the Open Mind talk, we lunch at Eskdale and then a guided tour of the newly restored Eskdale Mill at Boot |
| October 2019 | ||
| Thu Oct 17th | Open Mind | From Mines to Mountains based on a poem written to commemorate two Miss Lowther's visit. Speaker Dr Christopher Donaldson Lancaster University VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am |
| November 2019 | ||
| Thu Nov 21st | Open Mind | World Heritage Status & Our Cultural Heritage. Speaker Jamie Lund the National Trust Archaeologist VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am |
| December 2019 | ||
| Thu Dec 19th | Open Mind | Remarkable Trees & Forests of Cumbria Speaker Edward Wilson Silviculturist VENUE Gosforth Public Hall TIME 10.15 for 10.45 am Christmas Refreshments after the meeting |