Category Archives: Newsletter
WTu3a Newsletter – December 2021
Our newsletter for December has now been published. Read it here.
There is no General Meeting in December and so the next meeting is Thursday 27th January 2022. Our speaker is Paul Robbins with his talk “You’ve never Had it so good!”. Click the link here to see full details of the talk.
Photo: Members of the Patchwork & Quilting Group with quilts ready to go to Project Linus, the charity donating quilts to sick and disadvantaged children.
The Weston Turville u3a Committee would like to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year, and would like to thank you all for your continuing support.
WTu3a Newsletter – November 2021
Our newsletter for November has now been published. Read it here.
This months talk at the General Meeting on Thursday 25th November is “Curiosities in the Cotswolds”. Our speaker is Alan Copeland. The talk will be a laid back tour of the Cotswolds.
Membership cards will also be available to collect for those that have not yet done so.
Grub Club The last Grub Club of the year is at Chiltern Forest Golf Club on Monday, 29th November at 12 noon. You are able to have either lunch or afternoon tea. Contact Annie Edwards at grubclub@wtu3a.org.uk.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings at the Rugby until January 2022.
WTu3a Newsletter – October 2021
It’s a packed full edition! Read it here.
This months talk at the General Meeting on Thursday 28th October is From Guns and Roses to Hearts and Flowers and the speaker is Catherine Jones. She will speak about how she went from being an army officer, to being a writer of romantic fiction.
2022 Diaries have arrived and are now available to collect at the meeting.
Membership cards will also be available to collect for those that have not yet done so.
Grub Club – the next outing is 29th October at the Crows Nest. Contact grubclub@wtu3a.org.uk to book your place. Only 20 available.
Science & Technology – Still places available on the trip to The Silverstone Museum on 4th November. Contact: science@wtu3a.org.uk.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from October 2021 to January 2022 at the Rugby Club.
WTu3a Newsletter – September 2021
It’s a packed full edition! Read it here.
This months talk at the General Meeting on Thursday 23rd September is A is for Arsenic and the speaker is Dr Kathryn Harkup. Her talk is an exploration of the poisons used by the Queen of Crime, Dame Agatha Christie, in her bestselling detective stories.
2022 Diaries are now available to pre-order at the meeting.
Membership cards will also be available to collect for those that have not yet done so.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from September 2021 to January 2022 at the Rugby Club.
WTu3a Newsletter – August 2021
Read it here. It’s full of information on the groups that have restarted.
Thursday 26th August is our first General meeting where we resume our normal format with a Speaker! At last we can enjoy a talk without the limitations of Zoom.
The Speaker is Bernie Knill and his talk is entitled “Hughenden and Benjamin Disraeli – the most unlikely Prime Minister”. Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from August to November 2021 at the Rugby Club.
Membership cards will also be available to collect for those that have not yet done so.
WTu3a Newsletter – July 2021
Read it here.
Thursday 22nd July is our first meeting after the restrictions have been lifted! We can at last meet face-to-face once more. 
Our Picnic Party, starting at 1.30pm, offers a chance to meet friends that you may not have seen for months and to listen to live music from the Folk, Blues and Beyond Group. The weather looks set to be good so it should be a great afternoon!
There is no speaker this month, but click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from August to November 2021 at the Rugby Club.
WTu3a Newsletter – June 2021
Read it here.
Our next meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday 24th June. Hopefully our last on Zoom!
The talk is Gardens for Us and Them by Dr Ian Bedford, a retired Research Entomologist, who will speak on how home gardens can all become valuable stepping stones for our wildlife in the quest to protect the natural reserves.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from June to November 2021 via Zoom and at the Rugby Club once Government restrictions are lifted.
WTu3a Newsletter – May 2021
Read it here.
Our next meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday 27th May.
The talk is on Scam Awareness and Pamela Hayton, a Community Banker from the NatWest, will speak about how to keep yourself from falling victim to ever more sophisticated fraud or scams.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from May to November 2021 via Zoom and at the Rugby Club once Government restrictions are lifted.
WTu3a Newsletter – April 2021
Read it here. Our next meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday 22nd April. The talk entitled Music in Art will be given by Sophie Matthews who is a historical musician and instrument maker.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings from May to November 2021 via Zoom and at the Rugby Club once Government restrictions are lifted.
Wtu3a Newsletter – March 2021
The March Newsletter is now available to read here.
Our next meeting will be on Zoom on Thursday 25th March. We have an earlier start time of 2.15pm as prior to the talk there is a Special General Meeting. The talk entitled Tales of a Dairy Farmer’s Wife will be given by Jane Barnes, whose amusing stories, real life anecdotes and tales should make for great listening.
Click the link here to see details of Speakers planned for our General Meetings via Zoom from March to June 2021.
