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U3A Talk - Thursday 10th Feb 2022 at 2.30PM

14/1/2022

The talk will be held on Zoom and the link will be sent out to all members a few days before the talk.

Speaker: Mr Richard Ovenden OBE FSA FRSA, chief librarian at the Bodley Library in Oxford.

Richard will talk about his role and the work of libraries across the country. He has held positions at the library of Durham University, the House of Lords Library, and the University of Edinburgh Library. He also serves as the director of the Bodleian Library’s centre for the study of the book, and holds a professional fellowship at Balliol College.

Faringdon & District U3A on Thursday 11th November 2021

29/10/2021

November’s speaker will be Polly Vacher MBE who will talk in the Corn Exchange at 2.30 pm but also by Zoom for those members who prefer to watch at home. Her talk is about her latest adventure as she raises money for the MS Society Research programme. In July she did a 200 mile trek with two donkeys from south Oxfordshire to North Wales – a Donkathon. Polly enjoys adventures and at one time flew singlehanded twice round the world over the North Pole and over Antartica. Her talk promises to be interesting.

Faringdon & District U3A back in the Corn Exchange

26/9/2021

Our U3A returned to the Corn Exchange with a fascinating talk by Alison Mees, “Living the African Dream”. Her talk was presented in a hybrid form, to the audience in the Corn Exchange and to those members at home, via Zoom. Those members in the Corn Exchange enjoyed watching her amazing photographs and listening to her tales of life in Zambia, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania. We had not met formally since March 2020, but today was a great afternoon and everyone commented that it was so nice to see friends face to face again. At the end of an excellent talk, we all enjoyed tea/coffee and superb cakes from Sadlers, which was an unexpected treat.

Hand sanitiser was available and everybody felt comfortable with the social distancing measures in place.

Next month will be organised in a similar style – come and see for yourself and catch up with friends, although we cannot guarantee cakes every time! We are aware that not everyone feels comfortable or able to come out for such events, so, for those people, please continue to join in on Zoom from your own home.

Faringdon & District U3A

26/9/2021

Faringdon & District U3A Zoom meeting on Thursday 9th September at 2.30pm

4/8/2021

The speaker will be Alison Rees who has spent 16 years in Zambia “Living the African Dream”. Alison has worked on reservations and has had the opportunity to follow her wildlife photographic interests and conservation passion. She has been involved in the Serengeti Cheetah project, learning about individual cheetahs. The talk will include many photos, especially of cheetahs but also information about Alison’s conservation and community work.

Faringdon & District U3A meeting in August

12/7/2021

After considerable debate the committee has decided with great regret and prudence NOT to hold a summer party in August. The general feeling was that there would be some reluctance to attend any large social event this summer. No other meeting in August will be held.

Plans for a meeting in person with a speaker at the Corn Exchange in September are being made at present, and will be published at the end of the month. Special refreshments will be provided.

Faringdon & District U3A Zoom Meeting on 8th July 2021

23/6/2021

Speaker Ian Gunn talking on Here Comes the Failed Bank Manager! on Thursday 8th July at 2.30pm. Ian is a former senior banker and prisoner governor. Living in Dunblane, using technology, he present his talks to many groups including cruises; his speciality is prisons and crime. In his second career he was a Governor-in-Charge of four contrasting prisons in Scotland. Ian will take you “behind bars” and tell you about the intriguing culture of prisons, introduce you to some of the very interesting characters he met, his biggest mistakes, and why he had to ban his mother-in-law from visiting one of his prisons! Find out more!

Government and Covid permitting

We are hoping to hold our Summer Lunch at the Braithwaites on Thursday 12th August. This may be subject to any restrictions imposed and numbers are likely to be restricted so respond quickly to any e-mail sent out in July about this event.

Faringdon & District U3A Zoom Meeting on 10th June 2021

15/5/2021

The meeting will start at 2.30pm. The speaker will be Dr David Jones who will talk about The Ecology of Earthworms. Dr Jones is one of our most popular speakers; working at the National History Museum in London, he lectures at Imperial College. As an entomologist he specialises in soil ecology; during this talk he will address issues such as how many native species of earthworms there are in Britain, what do they eat, and how do they contribute to soil processes and the ecosystem health. He will reveal some of the fascinating secrets about earthworms and their role in temperate habitats.
U3A members will be sent the Zoom link a few days before the talk.

Faringdon U3A and District

14/4/2021

Zoom talk on Thursday 13th May ’21 at 2.30pm

May’s speaker will be Al Sylvester on the RAF Mountain Rescue Service. Al, a renowned RAF Rescue Service leader with over 20 years of service, has attended more than 400 rescue operations including the recovery and rescue of downed aircrew of military fast jets and civilian aircraft. Thankfully the majority of his rescue missions involved successfully searching some of the most hostile environments of the British mountain ranges. His talk will be about these experiences and is bound to be exciting.

Faringdon & District U3A - April 2021 by Zoom

5/3/2021

Thursday 8th April at 2.30pm Timothy Walker will talk about Gardening in the 21st Century. The talk has been devised to meet the many requests of the future of gardening in the UK. This has been stimulated by the changes in our weather and climate. This talk looks at the many ways that gardeners can reduce their impact on the world’s natural resources and at the same time help those plants whose habitat is evolving faster than they can. The talk is about much more than global warning and using peat!

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