Meon Valley University of the Third Age          

Meetings. The general meetings  and talks, which are open to visitors,  will be held on Tuesdays   from  2-4 pm  at  the  Community  Centre,   Mill  Lane,   Wickham.          

Currently there is a Reading Group that meets monthly on Tuesdays at different home venues.  Call (01329) 833384 for book title and directions.

The Music Appreciation Group , led by Dr Denis May, meets at Soberton Heath. . More details are available on (01329) 833594

U3A Strolling.  For details please call Ginnie Copsey 023  8069  2530.

The Geology Group is  led  by   Brian  Barrett ,  our  Chairman. For  more  information  contact   him  on   (01329) 833384.

Please Note: Meetings always take place on the day listed, but the programme is subject to change without prior notice. Contact numbers are: (01489 ) 878503, (01489) 892380 and (01329) 833384.

 

The   2010/2011 session of  talks  and  lectures with  the  theme

“Near  and  Far”

 

Sept  14   2pm    “The  Colony  8,000  Miles  Away”   illustrated  talk  by

                             Dr.  Morgan  O’Connell

                             Wickham  Community Centre                            Guests  welcome

 

        23    2pm     Music Appreciation:  Mahler:  Symphony No:8 “ Symphony of

                            a  Thousand”.  Ring  (01329)  833594  for  directions  to  venue.

 

        27    2pm     Poetry  Circle:  Ring  (01329)  286006  for  directions  to venue.

 

        28    2pm     “Growing Up in New Zealand”  illustrated talk  by Antipodean

                             traveller  Di Hemingway-Rice 

                             Wickham  Community  Centre                           Guests welcome

 

Oct  12    2pm     “Conan   Doyle   in   Hampshire”    illustrated  talk  by  retired

                             College lecturer   Brian  Barrett                                                                                                                 

                             Wickham  Community  Centre                           Guests welcome

 

       21    2pm      Music Appreciation:  Schumann piano concerto (200th anniversary

                            of  the  composers  birth)  -  Ring (01329 ) 833594  for  venue

   

       25    2pm      Poetry Circle:   Ring  (01329)  286006  for  directions  to  venue

 

       26    2pm      “Wessex  Film  and  Sound  Archive   -   Meon  Valley”

                            presentation  by film archivist  David  Lee

                            Wickham  Community  Centre                             Guests welcome    

           

The Reading Groups will continue to meeting during the summer, but  the poetry geology, strolling  and  art groups  will  only be  meeting  by arrangement.