|
Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at the Hawley Memorial Hall, Blackwater from 13:30 to 15:30. We make a nominal 50p entrance fee to cover our costs including tea and biscuits after the proceedings.
We have arranged an interesting mix of speakers for this year as shown below. Further details will be posted here and in the Newsletters when available.
***Please remember to switch you mobile phones OFF during the talks***
The 2008 Programme:
17 January - Mr Hugh Lambert with a talk entitled “Serve to Lead - a History of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst” 21 February - Major (Ret’d) Paul Whittle TD with a talk entitled “Toy Train to the Clouds”. An account of the British-built railway that climbs 7,000 feet to Darjeeling and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One of the world’s great railway journeys 20 March - Mrs K Bradford with with a talk entitled “Making the Most of Your Memory” Part of the Meeting will be devoted to the AGM - see the February Newsletter for more details on this important event 17 April - Mrs Catherine Butcher with a talk entitled “Daughter of the Regiment” about her experiences when she lived with her mother in Singapore during the first half of WW2 15 May - Mrs Jean Haynes will tell us about “The Life of a Lady Bailiff”. Jean Haynes has been a Certificated Bailiff, acting mainly for Customs and Excise for over 15 years and speaks from a different point of view on what is an interesting and sometimes humorous subject 19 June - Mr Peter Durrant with with a talk about the “History and Humour of Fleet Street” - that centre of hot metal type before new technology forced the press to move out to docklands 17 July - Mr Keith Harmon on the subject of “Just Divine (Dowsing)”. Keith is an expert in the subject having been involved for over 30 years and will show us that dowsing is a very useful and easily learnt skill. He is a registered dowsing tutor and Council member of the British Society of Dowsers 21 August - Garden Party at 17 Green Lane, Blackwater kindly hosted by Blanche and Eric Burrell. Please bring a small plate of summer food to share plus a chair. Punch (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) will be provided plus a raffle. 18 September- Mrs Pauline Giles with a talk entitled “Smoke and Mirrors”. No details of the talk are available yet but she is reputed to be a very interesting and entertaining speaker 16 October - Mr Ted Fox will tell us about “My Life in Agriculture” 20 November - Mr Nick Channer with a talk entitled “Classic walks in Hampshire and the New Forest”, Nick is a Freelance journalist, author and photographer and a full-time writer since 1993 and published author of over 40 books, mainly travel and walking guides. He has made numerous television appearances and radio broadcasts over many years. 18 December - Christmas Party at Hawley Memorial Hall, Blackwater. Please bring a small plate of festive food. Punch will be provided. There will be a special raffle, and displays of Line Dancing and Arts and Crafts. Group Leaders are invited to bring along any photographs or other exhibits which illustrate what their groups have been doing during the year
The 2009 Programme:
We have finalised most of the events for 2009 as shown below. Further details will be posted here and in the Newsletters when available.
|
Date
|
Subject
|
Speaker
|
|
January 15th 2009
|
Surrey safari
|
Mr Geoff Lunn
|
|
February 19th 2009
|
I'm a patient - get me out of here
|
Dr Samways
|
|
February 19th
|
China beyond the Great Wall
|
Major Paul Whittle
|
|
March 19th
|
I'm a patient - get me out of here
|
Dr Samways
|
|
April 16th (AGM)
|
Experiences of a Metropolitan Police Officer
|
Mr K R Exworth B.E.M.
|
|
May 21st
|
The Queen’s Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard
|
Mr John G Hook
|
|
June 18th
|
The poems we were brought up on
|
Mr Lance Pierson
|
|
July 16th
|
The history of Punch and Judy
|
Mrs Alix Booth
|
|
August 20th
|
garden party
|
|
|
September 17th
|
The life and voice of Kathleen Ferrier
|
Mr Christopher Fifield
|
|
October 15th
|
Aerial photography
|
Mrs Heather Hook
|
|
November 19th
|
Dragonflies and their habitats in the Blackwater valley
|
Mr Ken Crick
|
|
December 17th
|
Christmas party
|
|
Venue
The Hawley Memorial Hall address is: Fernhill Road, Blackwater, Camberley, Surrey, GU17 9BW
CLICK HERE for a map
To find The Hawley Memorial Hall, turn off A30 on B3272 Hawley Road. After ½ mile turn right at the traffic lights into Fernhill Road. After 100 yards turn right into the Memorial Hall. The U3A meets in the older hall at the end of the road and there is an extensive car park is behind the hall.
Membership and General Enquiries
Comments on the contents of this page to: webmaster@blackwatervalleyu3a.org.uk
Enquiries about the Blackwater Valley U3A to : enquiries@blackwatervalleyu3a.org.uk
Last updated: 22 November 2008
|
