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Historic Buildings – Broughton Castle – 8th August
The second visit of the year is to Broughton Castle, Banbury, Oxon on Thursday 8th August. This trip is now fully booked. Details can be found on the diary page of the WTU3A website.
Update – Garden Visits – Old Camps, Thatcham – 16th July
Garden Visit Update – 16th July – 1 place available
Old Camps, Thatcham – 1 place is still available for the garden visit to Old Camps Garden (NGS), Thatcham in Hampshire on 16th July. Please book as soon as possible!
Cost: £27.50 including Coach, tea/coffee and cake. Contact: gardens@wtu3a.org.uk
Thames Valley Network U3A – Kelmscott Manor – Study Day 30th August
Visiting Churches – St Mary’s, Chalgrove – 11th June
The next visit is to:
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St Mary’s Church, Chalgrove The earliest part of the church is 13th Century. In the 14th Century the chancel was decorated with wall paintings. The paintings were limewashed over during the reformation and rediscovered in 1858. These paintings are of international importance. The church also has an unusual painted monument dating from the end of the 17th Century. We will meet at the church at 2pm. For more details contact Odette Harris at churches@wtu3a.org.uk. |
The rest of the schedule is listed below:
Food Appreciation – 26th June
Wendover U3A – Aston Hall and Soho House, Birmingham – 17th July
Wendover U3A have places available on Wednesday 17thJuly 2019 to visit Aston Hall and Soho House Birmingham. Each visit includes a guided tour and the cost is £46.00 including a light lunch – (soup and a sandwich and a cup of tea) and afternoon tea and cake. Full details on the flyer attached here.
If you would like further details or to book your place please contact Belinda at chairman@wendoveru3a.org.uk or via the Travel Team webpage of Wendover U3A.
Chinnor Open Gardens – 1st & 2nd June
U3A members may be interested to know about a forthcoming local event. 
Chinnor Open Gardens, Arts & Crafts takes place on 1st & 2nd June 1 pm – 6 pm.
This is a village wide event that includes St Andrew’s church flower festival and a record 16 gardens open to the public this year at a cost of only £5 for a weekend ticket. Details here. All money raised will go to local charities and community groups, or we do have a facebook page called Chinnor Open Gardens.
Princes Risborough U3A – Board Games Cafe – 29th May
Princes Risborough U3A is holding a Board Games Cafe on Wednesday 29th May at 7.00 to 9.30pm at the Risborough Community Centre.
WTU3A Newsletter – May 2019
The newsletter for May 2019 is now available and as usual it is brimming with news from the groups with many great trips arranged for the coming months. Take a look here.
The speaker for the general meeting in May comes from Florence Nightingale Hospice. Currently celebrating their 30th anniversary year, we will hear all about their superb work.
WTU3A Local History Group – May to September
We completed the series of talks for the first few months of 2019 and are now moving into the summer months when we have some guided walks and visits to enjoy. The last talk we had on 23rd April on aspects of heraldry by John Hockey was particularly informative and very amusing with great anecdotes.
Full details of the programme to September is shown below.
“Guided Walk around Historical Marlow” with Geoff Wood. This trip is now full.
The cost will be £2.50 which is payable on the day.
The visit to the Pitstone Museum has been confirmed and will start at 10:00am. They have revamped the museum and increased the number of exhibits and there is also an excellent website if you wish to have a look for yourselves. The cost would be £6 per head to include coffee and biscuits and they can take up to 40 people. If the weather is good, they do have a picnic area if people wish to take a packed lunch. The visit will last about 2 hours. 20 people have already signed up and if you wish to go either email me or let me know at the next monthly U3A general meeting. http://www.pitstonemuseum.co.uk/
NO MEETING.
Hughenden Manor have offered us a private introductory talk with coffee/tea and a Cake Bite. The cost of this is £3.75 per head payable on the day. We will then be free to visit the Manor, Gardens and the Church where Disraeli is buried. For those who are National Trust members the price is free but for non-members it will be £11.10. Remember to take your NT cards.
The plan is to meet at the visitor reception and then go for the talk. The maximum number for this visit is 35. We will take names at the next general meeting or if you cannot be at that one you can always email me at localhistory@wtu3a.org.uk.
Mike Harrison works in a family business who carry out Picture and Art Restoration. and one of the restorations he has done was on a picture that has a value of £1M. It sounds like an interesting topic and if it is half as good as the one on heraldry we will be in for a treat.
Meeting is in the WT Chapel Room from 10:30 – 12:30am. Entrance will be £3.
A talk on Waddesdon Manor – to be confirmed
To be confirmed.
