|
Monthly
Meetings are held in the afternoons of the third Tuesday in each month
at 2.00pm (except for the months of June, July and August) in St Paul's
Parish Rooms, Reading Road, Wokingham with an invited speaker covering
a wide variety of subjects.
The
group leaders of the various activity groups are usually present and would
be only too pleased to talk to you. If anyone wishes to start a new interest
group and has sufficient support the committee are keen to extend even
more the variety of interest groups.
An Evening Meeting
14th Sept at 7.30 pm.
St. Paul's Parish Hall, Reading Road, Wokingham.
Pauline Humphreys
"Life in the House of Lords"
(as a Hansard Reporter)
Pauline began
her verbatim reporting career as a freelance Court Reporter in London
and went on to work at the World Bank and the Court of Human Rights in
Strasbourg. For many years she worked in the House of Lords as a Hansard
Reporter.
Tickets costing £2.00p per person (which includes a glass of wine or fruit
juice)may be obtained from John Saunders ( 0118 989 3076 ) throughout
June and August and from Sylvia Mason from the 2nd week in July onwards,
by sending a cheque made payable to Wokingham U3A and enclosing a Stamped
addressed Envelope for the ticket return.
Numbers
are strictly limited with no admittance at the door without a ticket.
For
the future
September
21st “Army Presentation Team “
The Army Presentation team routinely give presentations to a wide variety
of audiences. It is not to recruit but it is intended to inform the public
on what the Army is doing, who the people are who make up its fabric,
about training and selection and its accountability to the tax payer and
to those who serve in it.
October 19th. Georgina Dodd. "Food and the brain":
Can blueberries improve our memory? She will talk about her current research
which is looking at the acute effects of blueberries on executive function
and memory in younger and older adults. .
November 16th. Colin Read BA FIBMS “A humorous look at 19th. Century
medicine” He is a medical Scientist who has a special interest in
antique medical, pharmaceutical and dental antiques
Tuesday 21st December 2010 Jonathan Jones "A Christmas Carol"
Meetings scheduled for 2011
Tuesday 18th January David Nobbs "History of RSPB"
Our very own U3A member presents this fully illustrated talk, complete
with birdsong and some historical film clips. He takes a look at the
history of the RSPB from its formation as the “Fur and Feather Club” at
the end of the 19th century to its current status as Europe’s
largest wildlife conservation group.
During the 120 years that The RSPB has been in existence there have been
many significant changes in our countryside and in the wildlife that it
supports. This talk will cover how The RSPB has responded to those changes
with initiatives that cover everything from giving us tips on making our
gardens wildlife friendly and supporting farmers with agricultural
incentive schemes right through to saving the Sumatran rain-forest. The
RSPB thinks that nature is truly amazing and it aims to keep it that way
so that we can all continue to enjoy it.
Tuesday 15th February Sally Botwright "London Oddities Part 1"
Sally is a Blue Badge
Tourist Guide who qualified in 2001 and is well experienced in taking
people on interesting and informative tours around London and in
presenting colourful and entertaining talks on a variety of aspects of our
capital city.
As she spends so much time in
London and enjoys looking
at details she realised that there are many things that hardly ever get
noticed and decided to bring them together into an illustrated talk.
Prepare to be surprised in discovering oddities of a place you thought you
knew so well.
Tuesday 15th March Alan Grace "History of the British Forces Broadcasting
Service"
Tuesday 22nd March Evening Meeting Probation Officer (Plus ex
offender)
Tuesday 19th April Sandra Hurst "TBA"
Tuesday 17th May Tony Strafford "Bishops, Sex and Money (Ex Beefeater)
|
