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The latest news from the Todmorden U3A
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Audio Recording of March 2026 Guest Speaker Report
Brian Groom - "These Isles - A History of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland Read more
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March 2026 meeting: These Isles
Our guest speaker this month was Brian Groom. This was his second visit to one of our meetings in three years. Brian started work as a journalist at The Goole Times newspaper, then spent most of his career at the Financial Times, plus starting up ‘The Scotsman’, a Sunday paper. His self-imposed target was to Read more
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New Groups Survey
u3a Todmorden has more members than ever before, and slightly fewer special interest groups than this time last year. Two years ago, we got a couple of successful new groups off the ground by surveying members about their interest in a number of suggested groups. We'd like to do that again. At the bottom of Read more
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Audio Recording of February 2026 Guest Speaker Report
Steve Welsh - "Life as a Roman Legionary" Read more
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February 2026 meeting: Life as a Roman Legionary
The guest speaker was Steve Welsh, with ‘Life as a Roman Legionary’. Steve had visited Hadrian’s Wall as a youngster many times and has walked the whole distance of it, wearing the full armour and clothing that legionaries would have worn. He began his presentation wearing what looked like an oversized t-shirt and shorts, quite bravely given the time Read more
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Audio Recording of January 2026 Guest Speaker Report
Tim Forman - Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing Read more
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January 2026 meeting: Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing
The guest speaker was Tim Forman who presented ‘Twenty Amusing Years in Sales and Marketing’. Tim qualified as a teacher in 1982 but subsequently began his sales career with Endsleigh Insurance. He gave his first talk about today’s subject in 1992 and passed on a tip to any budding public speaker, perhaps mainly men. This was ABC Read more
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Groups Report (Large Print) December 2025
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Groups Report December 2025
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Audio Recording of November 2025 Guest Speaker Report
Bob Hayter - The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Ordinary Person Read more