Monthly meetings take place on the last Monday of each month (but there are no meetings in July, August and December. The May meeting takes place a week earlier due to the bank holiday). Meetings are held in the Assembly Rooms and start with coffee and tea at 1030 in Oscars. The meeting itself starts at 1100 in the auditorium.
Meetings provide an opportunity for members to meet and chat, to talk to committee members and to hear a talk given by a guest speaker.
If you are not a member, but are interested in u3a, please come along and say hello.
Monthly meetings take place in the Assembly Rooms, Ludlow - see Welcome page for information.
Meetings provide an opportunity for members to meet and chat, to talk to committee members and to hear a talk given by a guest speaker.
If you are not a member, but are interested in u3a, please come along and say hello.
Monthly meetings take place in the Assembly Rooms, Ludlow - see Welcome page for information.
25 January 2021 via Zoom
Philip Caine
Barrow to Baghdad and Back Again
Author of the Jack Castle series of novels, Philip Caine, will tell us about his adventurous life in the oil industry in distant places, which provided the inspiration for his adventure/thriller novels.
Philip Caine
Barrow to Baghdad and Back Again
Author of the Jack Castle series of novels, Philip Caine, will tell us about his adventurous life in the oil industry in distant places, which provided the inspiration for his adventure/thriller novels.
22 February 2021 via Zoom
Sophie Matthews
Music in Art
Sophie Matthews is a professional musician working in the early music and folk genres who tours nationally and throughout Europe. Drawing on the works of great painters such as Brueghel, Hogarth and Bosch, Sophie will explore the links between the visual and the aural. A variety of images of historical woodwind instruments in their original social context will be considered and the symbolism of music in Mediaeval and Renaissance art will be explored. Sophie will also play replicas of the instruments depicted.
Sophie Matthews
Music in Art
Sophie Matthews is a professional musician working in the early music and folk genres who tours nationally and throughout Europe. Drawing on the works of great painters such as Brueghel, Hogarth and Bosch, Sophie will explore the links between the visual and the aural. A variety of images of historical woodwind instruments in their original social context will be considered and the symbolism of music in Mediaeval and Renaissance art will be explored. Sophie will also play replicas of the instruments depicted.
29 March 2021 via Zoom
Hilary and Ian Templeton
The Best of British
The Secret of Wensleydale, Black Gold in the Lake District, the Devil’s Porridge, and a Trip to (the) Looe and Much More! Join Ian and Hilary Templeton on their entertaining and informative illustrated trip round Britain . Hilary and Ian Templeton produce high quality audio visual shows designed to entertain, inform and amuse their audiences. They have produced over 100 titles to date and the money they raise is donated to Air Ambulance.
Hilary and Ian Templeton
The Best of British
The Secret of Wensleydale, Black Gold in the Lake District, the Devil’s Porridge, and a Trip to (the) Looe and Much More! Join Ian and Hilary Templeton on their entertaining and informative illustrated trip round Britain . Hilary and Ian Templeton produce high quality audio visual shows designed to entertain, inform and amuse their audiences. They have produced over 100 titles to date and the money they raise is donated to Air Ambulance.
26 April 2021
Phil Cheatle
My Death My Decision
Phil Cheatle, from the campaign group MDMD, will explore some of the complex ethical questions regarding how much choice we should have in deciding the manner and timing of our death.
Phil Cheatle
My Death My Decision
Phil Cheatle, from the campaign group MDMD, will explore some of the complex ethical questions regarding how much choice we should have in deciding the manner and timing of our death.
24 May 2021 via Zoom
Charles Garland
Dad's Army - The Nation's Favourite Comedy
What sets Dad's Army apart from the rest of the TV comedy archive? Charles Garland, himself an actor, writer, composer and producer, was, for over 20 years, assistant to the writers of the Dad's Army series, David Croft OBE and Jimmy Perry OBE. Sitcom production at the BBC became a large part Charles' life and he also re-edited most of the classic comedy archive for the BBC. Charles now presents a fascinating and amusing talk with anecdotes and personal insights about the writers and cast of the series and even takes us into the studio
The Work of a Practising Homeopath has been postponed to a later date.
Charles Garland
Dad's Army - The Nation's Favourite Comedy
What sets Dad's Army apart from the rest of the TV comedy archive? Charles Garland, himself an actor, writer, composer and producer, was, for over 20 years, assistant to the writers of the Dad's Army series, David Croft OBE and Jimmy Perry OBE. Sitcom production at the BBC became a large part Charles' life and he also re-edited most of the classic comedy archive for the BBC. Charles now presents a fascinating and amusing talk with anecdotes and personal insights about the writers and cast of the series and even takes us into the studio
The Work of a Practising Homeopath has been postponed to a later date.
June 28 June at 11am on Zoom
Carol and Steve Robson
Dark Light
In 1900 a strange event occurred on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. Dark Light: The Flannen Island Mystery, unsolved to this day, explores the story of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse men. But this is no ordinary storytelling. This musical presentation from Fool’s Gold, (musicians and storytellers Carol and Steve Robson), tells the tale of Flannen Island in detail using original and contemporary songs and through fascinating visuals – as well as the story itself.
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Carol and Steve Robson
Dark Light
In 1900 a strange event occurred on a remote island in the Outer Hebrides. Dark Light: The Flannen Island Mystery, unsolved to this day, explores the story of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse men. But this is no ordinary storytelling. This musical presentation from Fool’s Gold, (musicians and storytellers Carol and Steve Robson), tells the tale of Flannen Island in detail using original and contemporary songs and through fascinating visuals – as well as the story itself.
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27 September 2021
Annual General Meeting - followed by
Dr Robert Hodge
Bessie Blount, of Kinlet - mistress of Henry VIII
Elizabeth Blount of Kinlet, who had a reputation as a beauty, was sent to court as a maid-of-honour to Catherine of Aragon. She caught the eye of the King and in 1514 or 1515, at the age of 16 became his mistress. The relationship continued for about eight years, and in 1519 she bore him a son, Henry Fitzroy, later Duke of Richmond, who might just have become Henry IX. Bessie Blount later married twice. Who was she and what happened to Henry?
Annual General Meeting - followed by
Dr Robert Hodge
Bessie Blount, of Kinlet - mistress of Henry VIII
Elizabeth Blount of Kinlet, who had a reputation as a beauty, was sent to court as a maid-of-honour to Catherine of Aragon. She caught the eye of the King and in 1514 or 1515, at the age of 16 became his mistress. The relationship continued for about eight years, and in 1519 she bore him a son, Henry Fitzroy, later Duke of Richmond, who might just have become Henry IX. Bessie Blount later married twice. Who was she and what happened to Henry?
25 October 2021
Andy Griffee
Canals and crime fiction
Canals: idyllic inland waterways or sinister crime settings? To Andy Griffee they are both.
Former BBC journalist and producer, Andy Griffee, was inspired to launch into crime writing by the real-life story of Manchester’s ‘Canal Pusher’, the widely reported theory that a spike in deaths by drowning was no accident.
Andy is enthusiastic about his personal love of narrow boating along some of our 2200 miles of canals which also provides him with ample background material for his writing. Andy is not alone in recognising the appeal of canals as settings for contemporary crime fiction and his talk includes reference to other authors writing in this genre together with insights into the Midlands setting, plots and characters of his own novel Canal Pushers.
Andy Griffee
Canals and crime fiction
Canals: idyllic inland waterways or sinister crime settings? To Andy Griffee they are both.
Former BBC journalist and producer, Andy Griffee, was inspired to launch into crime writing by the real-life story of Manchester’s ‘Canal Pusher’, the widely reported theory that a spike in deaths by drowning was no accident.
Andy is enthusiastic about his personal love of narrow boating along some of our 2200 miles of canals which also provides him with ample background material for his writing. Andy is not alone in recognising the appeal of canals as settings for contemporary crime fiction and his talk includes reference to other authors writing in this genre together with insights into the Midlands setting, plots and characters of his own novel Canal Pushers.
29 November 2021
John Butterworth
Albania – the Country Cut off from the World for 41 Years: John Butterworth will give an illustrated talk on the amazing history of this isolated state and compare life under a dictator to the freedoms of today.
John Butterworth
Albania – the Country Cut off from the World for 41 Years: John Butterworth will give an illustrated talk on the amazing history of this isolated state and compare life under a dictator to the freedoms of today.