Two of our more athletic members decided to take advantage of the freedom of movement afforded by EU membership to criss-cross some Continental borders by bike. Words and photos by Geoff Saunders In spring 1945, when my father crossed from Holland into Germany, no one checked his passport. So 71 years later, when my wife, Virginia, […]
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A visit to Churchill’s birthplace
On our April day out members were free to explore the beautiful Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, where Winston Churchill was born into the family of the Dukes of Marlborough, writes Wendy Martin After a coffee break on arrival at the beautiful Blenheim Palace near Oxford the group split and we were able to wander […]
The shed in the field
Members of the Archaeology group found evidence of the earliest human inhabitants of our local area in a shed in the middle of a field in Abinger, writes Val Arundel Just after Easter the Archaeology group visited a shed somewhere in Abinger. The aim was to find out about Abinger’s first inhabitants, the people who arrived […]
The healthy heart of our U3A
Your Committee has asked me to set out the composition of the Committee and the work the members do, but at the same time thoughts are tumbling around in my mind following the Annual Lecture of Guildford U3A, given by Prof John Hardy of University College London, on the subject of Alzheimer’s disease, writes Acting […]
Bird Watching – a first meeting
This new group had a successful first meeting at the Warnham nature reserve on the edge of Horsham, and I very much hope that it will be a popular addition to the U3A programme, writes Groups Co-ordinator Lionel Cartlidge. The group will meet next on Tuesday 16 May, again at the Warnham reserve, when it […]