by Rotherham U3A | Aug 15, 2020 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, Rotherham, U3A
It appears that the saying “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” can be interpreted in two ways, namely that “someone old can’t learn anything new” or alternatively “there’s no substitute for experience”. Judging by their enthusiastic adoption of social media...
by Retford U3A | Aug 11, 2020 | Community Focus, Education and Learning, Hobbies, Retford, U3A
Founded over 35 years ago, the UK U3A movement (based loosely on the French model) aims to encourage groups of people in their third age to come together and continue their enjoyment of learning in subjects of interest to them. From the start, the guiding principles...
by Retford U3A | Jul 21, 2020 | Education and Learning, U3A
Now in their ninth year, the Retford branch of the U3A now has a membership of over 500 people. There are around 50 interest groups and new members often join the U3A specifically to join just one group. There is a full General U3A meeting, held once a month, at the...
by Retford U3A | Jul 21, 2020 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, U3A
What a strange and difficult time it has been for all organisations. With the absence of real information individual interest groups within Retford U3A have been carrying on, some more actively then others. The Walking Group leader Tom Bell has been keeping his group...
by Rotherham U3A | Jul 12, 2020 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, Rotherham, U3A
It’s a far cry from the grainy images produced by a Camera Obscura during the early 11th century to the sophisticated digital photographs we take for granted today.The first portable camera appeared in 1888. Produced by Kodak, this self-contained box camera complete...
by Retford U3A | May 19, 2020 | Education and Learning, U3A
Now in its ninth year, the Retford branch of the U3A has a membership of over 600 people. There are around 45 interest groups and new members often join the U3A specifically to join just one group; this is really encouraged, so if you have a friend who is thinking of...
