Monthly Meetings and Speaker Programme
"Make the most of life once you’re no longer in full time work by exploring new ideas, skills and interests with your local u3a."
Our monthly meeting is on the second Tuesday of the month, from 10:00am till 12 noon, in St Mary’s Church Hall, Hammersmith Road, W14 0QL. The hall is on the corner of Edith/Gliddon Road and Hammersmith Road and has wheelchair access. It is about 300m north of Barons Court station or from Hammersmith bus station a 9, 10, 27 or 306 going east will take you to the Brook Green stop (second stop) 100m from the hall.
Attendance is £2 for members. However, September's Showcase Day, November's AGM and talk, and December's Christmas Party are free for members. Visitors are welcome for a donation of £3 which will be refunded to those joining on the day.
We begin with an update from the Chair, current news from Group Convenors and any other items of interest. This is followed by free tea, coffee and biscuits where members have the chance to socialise. In the final part, we have invited speakers on a range of interesting topics, usually supported by audio-visual equipment.
The events and speaker line up are:
Forthcoming events
12 November 2024
10:00 AM
Meeting
AGM followed by Jo Livingston – Bibliomania Coffee and tea provided for free.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
10 December 2024
10:00 AM
Meeting
Christmas Party All members are welcome. Bring your own food to share with other members. Coffee and tea provided for free.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
14 January 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
David Evans – Lever to Coucher, a Story of Versailles
How the palace grew into the centre of French courtly life in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
11 February 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Simon Keable - Elliott-Robert Keable, Immoral Chaplain
Author of a scandalous best-selling novel, who ran away to Tahiti to live in Paul Gauguin’s house.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
11 March 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
What a mudlark then and now is with details of items found.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
8 April 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
William Morris Society on William Morris
Leader of Arts and Craft movement and everybody’s (almost everybody’s) favourite fabric designer.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
13 May 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Sarah Slater – Sex, Secrets, Scandals and Salacious Gossip
Royal scandals and mistresses, scandals and allied issues.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
10 June 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Tony Fergusen – Andy Symington: Tyrone’s Most Wanted Man
Honourably discharged from the British Army, fought against the Black and Tans against the nascent IRA.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
8 July 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Ian Keable – David Devant, England’s Greatest Magician
First President of the Magic Circle, first to be booked for the Royal Variety Show and the second person to show animated films in this country.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
12 August 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Talk on dementia, research into its causes and treatment.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
9 September 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Open Day - find out about us and our Group activities. Coffee and tea provided for free.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
14 October 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Nick Dobson – Travels Round the World with Agatha Christie
Virtual world tour in the footsteps of one of the most travelled authors in an age before foreign travel was commonplace.
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
11 November 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Fiz Chattin – History of Pantomime
AGM followed by Fiz Chattin – History of Pantomime
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall
9 December 2025
10:00 AM
Meeting
Christmas Party
Venue: St Mary’s Church Hall