Tuesday 11 February at 1 pm – Film Group screening will be The Manchurian Candidate
Tuesday 11 February at 4.30 pm – Norah Boyce Science Lecture – Tree Diversity, a controversial nonsense or an absolute necessity? by Keith Sacre
Wednesday 12 February at 2.15 pm – Wednesday Lecture – Justice and mercy: History and role of the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire by Victor Lucas
Booking is now open to attend in person in the Pink room – please email the Office.
Cases of winter flu and colds are rising and as U3AC members are a high-risk demographic group we politely request you to consider your fellow U3AC members and if you feel unwell, particularly if you have a temperature and display symptoms of a respiratory infection, please do not attend your courses or enter the Bridge Street premises or any of our external venues used for courses and activities.
GEO 04: Public rights of way and access in England – history, legal basis, rights and responsibilities 2 (Spring term)
Tutor: Jill Tuffnell
Day and time: Tuesday 15:45 – 16:45
Venue: U3AC (Orange room)
Length of course: 1 term. Spring (5 weeks)
Places: 8
Start date: 11 Feb
This course is a repeat of GEO 02.
Format: Taught course or activity
About me: I have been a keen walker for over 40 years and am Secretary of the Cambridge Group of the Ramblers and vice-chair of the Cambridgeshire Local Access Forum.
An exceptional venue has been planned, by the U3AC Lunch Club Organiser, Marie-Joelle Galvez at Trinity Hall on 22 July 2025.
The event is offered to all U3AC members as well as friends and family on a first come first served basis. The minimum places in the historic dining hall are 70 people.
Trinity Hall’s stunning historic architecture, spectacular setting and riverside grounds is one of the oldest and most beautiful of the Cambridge Colleges.
Lunch will be celebrated in the Dining hall. It will be preceded with drinks in Latham Lawn, beautifully manicured gardens and the river terrace overlooking the river cam which are used to host many prestigious outdoor events.
There will be a set menu as well a vegetarian/Vegan option menu which will be issued nearer the time by Trinity Hall’s award-winning chefs who create innovative seasonal dishes with artistic flair.
White table cloths, silver service will set the scene in the dining hall which is housed in its original building dating from 1350 and still has features dating from its medieval beginnings such as the stained glass crests and its minstrel’s gallery.
A friend of Marie-Joelle has generously as an alumni, offered the waiver of the private dining room hire cost and a discount on the meal.
The 2 set menus (standard and Vegetarian/vegan) where all guests will enjoy the same starter, main, dessert will be issued on 1 April 2025.
The price per person is £62.00 – 3 course meal including coffee
Pre-dinner drinks and wine with the lunch are charged on consumption.
Payment is to be made to U3AC bank account which is as follows:
U3AC NO 2 ACCOUNT
SORT CODE: 08-92-99
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 65863363
REFERENCE: TRI+SURNAME
The deadline for application is 1 June 2025.
If the maximum places of 134 has been reached the applications will be automatically closed.
Please contact Marie-Joelle Galvez – email: mjagalvez15@gmail.com – to register interest.
This visit is now full, we are taking names for a waiting list in case anyone cancels their place.
A visit to Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at Norwich Theatre Royal has been arranged for Thursday 20 March 2025. Cost £68. Application forms are now available on the Trips and Visits page of the website or in person from the Office.
A trip has been arranged to Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, on Thursday 1 May 2025. Cost £57.
Bletchley Park, one of the birthplaces of modern computing, was once the top-secret home of the World War Two Codebreakers. It is now a vibrant heritage attraction and museum, displaying the extraordinary achievements of the men and women who worked there.
Application forms will be available on 17 February from the Office and on the Trips and Visits page of the website. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Closing date for applications is Thursday 20 March.
We’re excited to announce a fantastic opportunity for you to be part of the design of our upcoming U3AC Programme.
To make our new programme cover truly reflective of our vibrant community, we’re inviting all members to submit photos capturing the essence of your U3AC experience.
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We look forward to receiving your wonderful photos and hope to showcase the vibrant life of our U3AC community on the cover of our new programme.
The Photography Forum has mounted an exhibition on the first-floor gallery in the Bridge Street premises. The photographs are exhibited in pairs, one representing a local scene at some time in the past and its equivalent contemporary photograph. In some cases the scenes have changed out of all recognition, while in others they’re virtually unchanged over half a century and more. Proof of the old axiom “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.
U3AC supports other local organisations by listing their activities on the Other organisations page of our website https://www.u3ac.org.uk/news/other-organisations/
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