Shepton Mallet u3a Essence of Summer Exhibition at Create@#8, Town Street Shepton Mallet. (Down from the Library and before you get to Luxe and Twine!) A reminder that all your completed works need to be submitted this by Wednesday 28th
Strollers Group Photos – May 2024
Strollers risked the dire weather warnings, of thunderstorms and heavy rain, which turned out to be incorrect, to tour the gardens at Kilver Court (tap/click an image to zoom in).
Photos Early 2024
Speaker Meetings
Here is a list of 2024’s Speaker Meetings until the summer. Click the image to expand. See also the Events page.
Were you a young mother?
At our speaker meeting, Anita Johnson asked for help with a research study into young mothers. Please see the clickable images below for details and a participant information sheet.
Lottie’s Falling with Style Skydiving Stories
July’s Speaker Meeting was all about skydiving… My dad was a spitfire, hurricane, mustang pilot in WW2–he passed his love of flying over to me. Unable to learn to fly because of the costs involved, I took the next best
July Speaker Meeting: The Victorian Kitchen Garden
The talk by Francis Burroughes about the work of a head gardener at a big country house with a large formal garden and staff in the early 1900s was amusing and informative. His father filled that role at Slate Hall
May Speaker Meeting: Haynes Motor Museum
Talk by Chris Copson of Haynes Motor Museum Chris Copson is a military historian who has been at the museum for three years. The museum was created in a former sawmill by the firm responsible for the wildly successful car
April Speaker Meeting: The History of Gem Stones
April Speaker Meeting: The History of Gem Stones by Rachel Boothroyd Rachael from Cooper and Tanner entertained 30 u3a members at the April Speaker meeting on the subject of gemstones. Rachael was knowledgeable and engaging, sharing insights to her role
Speaker Meetings Restart
Our first Speaker Meeting since February 2020 was a great success! Packaging – Friend or Foe by Jonathan Fowle SMu3a member Jonathan stepped into the breach (again) when our arranged speaker was unable to attend. He gave an updated version