Plant Lovers (aka Gardening 2) had a lively meeting last month where growing from seed was discussed. Their next meeting will be all about hanging baskets and bedding and a trip to a garden at tulip time is planned. Some timely tips: Start to chit your potatoes now. Cut down any perennials that need tidying. Start […]
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Book now for SE summer school
Full details of the South East U3A Forum regional summer school at Chichester have been announced. The school consists of 11 courses running in parallel and lasts from Monday afternoon 19 June to lunchtime on Thursday 22 June. The first seminar is late Monday afternoon and the rest are on the following three mornings and two afternoons, about 14 hours in […]
Want to be on a RUG?
From time to time the committee needs help with an assortment of tasks which some members would gladly offer on an occasional basis. Some U3As have a Really Useful Group (a RUG) that can be called on when needed. It would be really useful if we had such a group because it would spread the […]
Theatre outing
Funny Girl, the musical, comes to the New Victoria Theatre, Woking, in April and we have discount-price seats reserved for the matinee performance at 2.30pm on Thursday 27 April. We have Upper Circle seats (row B) available for £22 (instead of £33) – but if fewer than eight people go then the full ticket price will apply, so […]
Tracing a line through the past
Genealogy group member Sue Willis describes how the group has helped her trace her ancestry back to the time of William the Conqueror Members do their own research under the guidance of group leader Paddy Neville, who has been running two weekly genealogy sessions for the past 17 years. Once members have progressed from beginners […]