Monthly Meeting Speakers              2nd Tuesday of the month

The monthly meeting normally starts at 9:30, giving members the chance for a coffee and social chat after which we have a talk from a guest speaker followed by any u3a business.
​Speakers for 2024

January 9th                                                Fool’s Gold

February13th        Fran Sandham             ‘A walk across Africa’

March 12th           Stephen Walker            Moor ponds wood project

April 9th               Roger Browne              ‘The Golden age of radio’ 

May 14th              Martin Lloyd                ‘Becoming a famous author’ 

June 11th              Rebecca Elphick           Cancer Research

July 9th                Adrian Gray                   (Local historian)

August 13th         Graham Short                ‘My life as a micro-artist 2’

September 10th    Melody Flyte                ‘Vintage singer’

October 8th          Stephen Flinders            ‘Local history’

November 12th    David Skillen                 'Pilots ‘n Petticoats’ 
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December 10th    Jack Perks                      ‘Wildlife photography’
 Previous Speakers for 2023
January 10th             Graham Short            'My life as a micro-artist"
​February 14th           Adrian Cresswell       ‘The View from my Office Window’ 
​March 14th               Lesley Taylor            ‘Talking Rubbish’
April 11th                 David Skillen           ‘The Gretna Girls and the Devil’s  Porridge’ 
May 9th                    Emma Sheardown   ‘There’s no such word as Can’t’
                   A motivational speaker who has overcome the odds to compete in para dressage
June 13th                 Kathy Powis             ‘The Mary Rose’ 
July 11th                 William French        ‘What the Butler Saw’
                                                                    Butler to the royal family 
August 8th            Barbara Meyer        ‘Wildlife in Sherwood Forest’
September 12th      Rosemary Gibson   ‘Grantham Canal – Another World’
October 10th          David Sweeney        ‘A Young Borough Bobby’    
November 14th      Ron Goodley            ‘My life as a Chauffeur’  ​
December 12th      Alistair Little     ‘Bah Humbug – How Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol’