Category: news
The latest news from the Todmorden U3A
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Audio Recording of July 2024 Guest Speaker Report
Michael Astrop - "Lady Killers" Read more
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Audio Recording of June 2024 Guest Speaker Report
Sheila Antrobus - Victorian Era Legacy of Antiques Read more
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June 2024 meeting: the Victorian era - a Legacy of Antiques
Our guest speaker Sheila Antrobus set the scene by describing the enormous differences between the population during Queen Victoria’s reign. The Queen and her consort, Prince Albert had nine children during their marriage, five girls and four boys. All of these children would have been brought up mainly by ‘wet nurses’ and other servants, educated Read more
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Groups Report June 2024
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Progress on establishing new groups
12th June 2024 We proposed 8 ideas for new or complementary groups to u3a Tod members in a recent survey. Two of these have had initial meetings in June: Alfresco History and Walking at the Weekend. Both of these groups have activities programmed for the next couple of months, and are listed in the u3a Read more
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Audio Recording of May Guest Speaker Report
Chris Helme: "So You Want To Be A Pirate" Read more
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May 2024 meeting: So you want to be a pirate?
The guest speaker at the May 2024 u3a Todmorden Members Meeting was Chris Helme, who presented ‘So You Want to be a Pirate’. He began by telling us how this particular talk came about. Chris had once thought of giving up public speaking, after cruise ship audiences didn’t like talks about his local area, and Read more
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Calderdale Forum 50 plus
https://calderdaleforum50plus.com runs over-50-friendly friendship & social groups and coffee mornings in Calderdale. We're listed there as the u3a, but you may find other interests are catered for too. Read more
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Audio recording of April 2024 Guest Speaker Report
Dave Weldrake. "Mediaeval Churches of West Yorkshire" Read more
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April 2024 meeting: Medieval Churches of West Yorkshire
This month's guest speaker was Dave Weldrake. He began by describing how Christianity was introduced by the Romans around the year AD312, when the Roman emperor Constantine had made Christianity the main religion of Rome. This is evidenced by the discovery of Christian mosaics in Roman Villas in Britain around this time. Dave said that Read more