Bob Hayter - The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person

The guest speaker was one of our members, Bob Hayter, who presented ‘The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person’. Before the Industrial Revolution, clothing was primarily made from natural, animal, and plant fibres like wool, linen, and silk. People used hand-powered methods like spinning wheels and looms…

Chris Freeman - Jungle Look - The Birds and the Bees and The Kapok Tree

The October guest speaker was Chris Freeman with: “Jungle Look – The Birds and the Bees and the Kapok Tree’. Chris has been a speaker for over forty years and regularly visits groups and other audiences on behalf of the charity ‘Water Aid’. On one of…

Dave Boardman - Adventures in Stage Management

This month's speaker was one of our own members, Dave Boardman with ‘Adventures in Stage Management - The role of those who make gigs happen’. He has been involved in this role for many years, and started by saying the job is ‘the best fun you can ever have’…

This month's guest speaker was Marilyn Shalks. In the first of her many excerpts from the silver screen, we saw how Marilyn and her husband greeted each other before breakfast every day. Not many of our members admitted that they too sang ‘Good mornin’ from the…

Jeff Jacklyn - "Life in the NHS - It Only Hurts When I Laugh"

The guest speaker was Jeff Jacklyn, a retired IT Director who served for 30 years in a number of NHS hospitals up and down the country.  He said that the aim of his presentation was to tell us three things; why was the NHS established, what…

Chris Green - Encounters on my Small Wheeled Bicycle

The guest speaker was Chris Green, who presented ‘Encounters on My Small Wheel Bicycle - 1500 Kilometres in South India’ Chris is a member of our u3a branch, as well as what he described as a committed ‘slow cyclist’. He has cycled in India, and other countries over…

The guest speaker in May was Paul Atherton. This presentation originated from his writing course at Lancaster University, entitled ‘Billy’s War’, which was about his father’s experiences during and after World War Two.  Paul recounted the history of Palestine. He began by taking us back as…

Paul Atherton - The Origins of the Arab Israeli Conflict - The British in Palestine 1945/48

John and Mary Lyte - "It Will be Nice When It's Done"

John and Mary Lyte gave this talk. To begin, John said that one of the people who would be mentioned in the presentation would be a famous cricketer, and had a link to what we would see and hear. John and Mary had decided on the…

From Barrow to Baghdad by Philip Caine

The guest speaker was Philip Caine on his second visit to us. Philip’s working life began in the hotel business, beginning a career that spanned over thirty years and across three continents.  His father thought that Philip would start work in the local shipyard, but Philip…