Our full CURRENT PROGRAMME of events is listed below. These include meetings, lunches, coach trips and other social outings. Our trips and outings are open to all members with charges depending on costs.
SPEAKER MEETINGS are usually held monthly on the FOURTH MONDAY of the month at the Catholic Parish Hall starting at 2.30pm and are available for all members, and prospective members. (Please look out for date changes when there is a bank holiday in the month.
Our speakers at the monthly meetings are carefully chosen to provide interesting and stimulating talks on a wide variety of interests and topics. We welcome any feedback on the speaker or the meeting in general. After the formal presentation there is often the opportunity to talk to the speaker individually.
We are a member of the U3A East of England Region who hold events and run projects - details to be found in their latest newsletter here: East of England Region News Bulletin
There are also Third Age Trust National Events, including quizzes, challenges, and projects. For more information click NATIONAL EVENTS, only open to u3a members.
Many people will be familiar with the story of the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon Great Ship Burial at Sutton Hoo on the eve of the Second World War. However, the […]
The talk is based on the book that Elizabeth Gowing has written about tracking down the legacy of the extraordinary Balkan explorer and anthropologist, Edith Durham, On the Trail of […]
Holkham by Candlelight The price includes coach fare, admission to the Hall, HolkhamStories Exhibition, a mince pie and a glass of fizz! The hall isdecorated differently each year and lit […]
If you enjoy watching crime dramas, why not come along and discover what it's really like, as Paul Jordan takes you through the Brighton bomber attack case.Paul spent 35 years […]
1971 was a time of significant change. In many parts of the world border crossings were opening up. There was a freedom and desire to travel through undiscovered countries. Further […]
This talk takes you behind the scenes of Farm Hall as we ‘listen in’ on the conversations of the 10 German Scientists. From July 1945 to January 1946 they happily […]
This talk describes a series of events that took place at seaside towns in 1964 and 1965 that involved clashes between groups of youngsters who identified themselves as 'mods' and […]
We discover the very first memsahibs to set foot into India in 1617, and how a fair amount of hoodwinking by these ladies who travelled out to the East Indies […]
Wren’s cathedral has shared in three centuries of British history – built after the Great Fire of London destroyed its predecessor in 1666- it has many secrets hidden behind its […]
Drawing on the experience of many well-known authors, in an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how the complex fictional world arrives in a novelist’s mind. Here is a […]
The Profumo affair was a 1960s British political scandal involving War Secretary John Profumo and 19-year-old model Christine Keeler, with whom he had a brief extramarital affair. At the same time Ms […]
With stunning visuals, Andy explores the extraordinary phenomenon of crop circles, the intricate shapes which appear in fields around the world each year and still defy total explanation despite media […]
