Groups Co-ordinator Lionel Cartlidge writes: I have had some interest in establishing a new group to look at and study British birds, especially those in our local area. I am testing the waters further by proposing a first meeting in the spring. Unusually, this will be a field visit to Warnham Local Nature Reserve, which […]
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To the manor born
The Luncheon Club enjoyed another lighthearted, enthusiastic get-together, this time at the De Vere Hartsfield Manor hotel, Betchworth, on a lucky Tuesday 13 December. We we were provided with a most pleasurable meal with a good deal of choice and variety of portion sizes. Our next planned event will be around the end of February or start […]
Dorking and the Battle of the Somme
The stories of individual local men brought the horrors of the Great War vividly into focus at our January monthly meeting, writes Penny Tompkins ‘Lest we forget’ – Rudyard Kipling’s immortal words continue to ring down the years as a clarion call to all who might forget the horrors of war. Perhaps that horror is most […]
Wardrobe revelations
‘Scribblers’ (aka Creative Writing 2) had their second meeting on Tuesday 10 January and read their writing based on ‘The Wardrobe’. Two members were brave enough to allow their pieces to be published. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 14 February at the Function Room in the Lincoln Arms, 10am-12pm. Our writing theme is something […]
Somme battlefields tour
Our January speaker and leader of Dorking U3A’s Military History group Barrie Friend is planning a special two-day tour of the battlefield sites relevant to the stories of the Dorking soldiers he described in his talk. He writes: ‘Should members wish to take the subject further, I have put together a two-day tour of the Somme […]