Dave Boardman - Adventures in Stage Management Read more

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’ The first task for the stage manager is to Read more

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 1952 film ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ in which Gene Kelly memorably Read more

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

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 were the main parts of it, and how were Read more

Chris Green - Encounters on my Small Wheeled Bicycle Read more

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 years, and has estimated that his average speed Read more

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 far as the Roman Empire and Pontius Pilate who, Read more

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