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Heritage Coast, Lyme Regis
U3A Second
Fastest Growing U3A in the Country |
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Heritage Coast U3A has been
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successful that it was the UK's second fastest growing U3A in 2006-7
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'From quiet homes and first
beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There's nothing worth
the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends'
Hilaire Belloc 1870‑1953,:
Verses 1910 'Dedicatory ode'
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U3A Groups Information
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Based in Lyme Regis the current membership
stands at over 500,
with over 30 groups and includes members from the surrounding
areas of Colyton, Colyford, Axminster, Seaton, Charmouth and Bridport. |
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HERITAGE COAST U3A MONTHLY MEETING PROGRAMME 2008
7.30pm unless stated otherwise
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Fri 4th Jan |
Coffee Morning
Group Leaders 9.30am: Members and General Public 10am. Marine
Theatre. All Welcome |
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Thurs 17th Jan |
Charles Dowding:
' Organic Vegetable Growing'
Uplyme
Village Hall |
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Thurs 7th Feb |
Rod Lawrence
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“Ecology of
the Exe Estuary & Jurassic Coast”
Marine Theatre |
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Tues 11th Mar |
Ruth Padel
'Adventures into Words; The Jungle and Tangle of Poetry'
Woodmead Hall
see below |
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Sat 5th April |
Karen Thyselius
with Michael Brownlee Walker 'Glimpsing Behind the Classical Voice'
Marine Theatre
see below |
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Tues 8th April |
Group Leaders Meeting
2.30pm - Meeting with tea and cake
at the Alexandra Hotel |
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Weds 9th
April |
“Emergency Life Support”
A talk and
demonstration by a representative of St John Ambulance. Organised jointly with the Lyme Regis Society.
2.30-4.30 pm
Woodmead Small Hall. See below |
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Tues 6th May
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Robert Waldron
'Living fully in the Now' Robert, who is
based in
Boston in the
USA, is an acute independent
observer of our times, and is an accomplished, warm and stimulating speaker.
He has written nine books relevant to his theme, including a charming
novella “Blue Hope”. His most recent book was “Thomas Merton: Master of
Attention”. Robert has been a teacher of English Literature and Language for
over 35 years. He writes for a variety of outlets and paints as an amateur.
Woodmead Hall |
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Friday 16th May |
Coffee
Morning 10am -12 noon Marine Theatre
Please come along, with your friends, for a relaxing cup of
coffee or tea. |
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Tues 17th June |
Tobias Jones
'Ideal Reality, Practising Community Living' Woodmead Hall |
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Tues 15th July |
Sion Byworth
'Rolls Royce and the
Environment' Woodmead Hall |
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Weds 13th Aug |
Roger Tindley 'Notes from Around the world' Marine
Theatre |
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Thurs 11th Sept |
Gary Conniff
'Below Decks on the Royal Yacht Britannia' Marine Theatre |
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Thurs Oct 16th |
Jonathan
Aitken - Marine Theatre - |
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Thurs 6th Nov |
AGM at the
Marine Theatre at 7.30pm followed by Laurence and Catherine Anholt
"Writing and Illustrating good Literature for Children
and Grandchildren" |
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Dec - Date to be arranged |
Festive Supper
By the Bay Restaurant
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U3A National Events 2008
open to all members: see U3A magazine or website |
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10th March |
DANA event |
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Tues 8th April |
Royal Institution Event |
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28 - 31 July |
Summer School at Harper
Adams University College, Shropshire |
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11-14 August |
Summer School at The Royal
Agricultural College, Cirencester |
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2009 |
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Thurs15th Jan 2009 |
Michael Shaw
"James Herriot in the 21st Century - Fact or Fiction?"
Uplyme Village Hall - |
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Weds Feb 18th |
"Why not Older and
Bolder?" Persephone Arbour - Uplyme Village Hall - |
A few more of the eminent speakers we have
already enjoyed at Heritage Coast U3A:
Sir Neville
Marriner, The Badger
Poets, Sir Ghillean
Prance FRS. Michael Eavis,
Margie Barbour, Derek Esp.,
Dr Stephen Hill, Minnie Churchill |
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If you are a member from Colyton, Colyford, Axminster,
Seaton, Charmouth and Bridport areas and would like to car share for
meetings please e-mail
Mary Bohane |
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"Glimpsing
Behind the Classical Voice" |
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“Emergency Life Support” |
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Ruth Padel
is a
highly acclaimed Poet. A past Chair of the
UK
Poetry Society, and winner of the National
Poetry Competition, she has published six
collections of poems. Four have been Poetry Book Society choices
or
recommendations, and short-listed for the
T.S. Eliot
and/or Whitbread Prizes.
She is
also a musician, her first job was playing
viola in Westminster Abbey. She is more than
"just" a
Poet... website |
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Karin Thyselius
with
Michael Brownlee Walker
An evening with two international
artists, a Swedish soprano and a classical pianist, her
accompanist.
They will be talking about and performing some songs both
popular
and less well-known.
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A talk and
demonstration to be given by a representative of St John Ambulance, on
Wednesday, 9th April,
2.30-4.30 p.m.
at the Woodmead Small Hall. This is a joint initiative organised with the
Lyme Regis Society. It will cover Resuscitation (for which there are new
guidelines), and will tell you what to do in the event of Heart Attacks,
Strokes, Wounds and Bleeding, and Burns and Scalds. There will be a charge
of £2 per person to cover the hire of the hall and a donation to St John
Ambulance. Please ring (01297 442148) if you are interested.
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No qualifications are required to join
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A typical University of the Third Age
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The groups need not be
large |
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– and no
qualifications or degrees awarded. “U3A”, is a worldwide movement encouraging people in
the “third age” of life to take up or continue educational and other
interests in friendly and informal settings. |
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will offer a range of interest
groups from language classes to archaeological and philosophical studies
and from art and craft groups to music appreciation and creative
writing.
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even as few as two or three people may meet in participants
homes, thereby keeping costs to a minimum. Studies are all undertaken
at the group’s own agreed speed and there are no exams to take.
Members are encouraged to see the value and take pleasure in learning for
its own sake.
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