U3A MONTHLY GENERAL MEETINGS

Members' monthly meetings are held at the Leisure Centre, Kingfield Road, Woking at 2.30pm, on the second Monday of the month.

The charge for attendance at monthly meetings is £1.00. After the monthly meeting, join us for a free tea or coffee - your chance to make friends, meet friends and speak to Committee members.

8th December                              “Surrey Safari”                               Geoff Lunn

Mr Lunn is a wildlife photographer specializing in Natural History and will talk about wildlife in Surrey – a lighthearted presentation.

2009
12th January                                 “Those Dark Satanic Mills”         Alan H.J. Green

Reflections on the impact of the Industrial Revolution. The talk looks at how manufacturing moved from cottage to factory and the social conditions this brought.

9th February                           “The Life and Poetry of Rudyard Kipling”       Jonathon Jones

A talk about the life and poetry of Rudyard Kipling who lived in India and bought a house in Sussex at Batemans - a house now owned by The National Trust.

9th March                                  “The Medici Family – God’s Bankers”              Robert Baggs

Mr Baggs became interested in Art during his first visit to Italy forty years ago.His talk covers the period 1420 – 1497 and the effect the various members of the Medici Family had on Florence and Art.

20th April                                 “The Lord Mayor of London’s Bodyguard”        Peter Grove

Mr Grove will talk about his experiences during his service and will come in his special uniform.

11th May                                         “Queen’s Messenger”                 Lt Colonel JMC Kimmins

Lt Colonel Kimmins will talk about his duties. He retired from the Army in 1979 and became a Queen’s Messenger, and ever since he has been the official historian of the Corps of The Queen’s Messengers and has travelled 4.5 million miles, visiting 60 countries regularly.

8th June                                          “The Cholesterol Myth”                           Dr Mike Smith

Dr Smith has taken part in study days for the U3A and gives his talk about this topical and controversial subject.

There is no meeting in July or August.

GUESTS AND NEW MEMBERS ARE WELCOME

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