by Retford U3A | Aug 19, 2019 | Education and Learning, Retford, U3A
Now in its 10th year, the Retford branch of the U3A has a membership of over 600 people. There are now over 1,040 branches of the U3A spread across the United Kingdom, with 425,000 members. The U3A is, at heart, an organisation where members gain new skills, by shared...
by Rotherham U3A | Aug 15, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
Millions of Britains have never been to the opera, saying: “it’s too posh and too long”. People outside the stockbroker belt may also add: “too far; too expensive”. Discounting Buxton, Leeds and Manchester opera houses, which intersperse opera with musicals and...
by Retford U3A | Jul 19, 2019 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, U3A
Now in its 10th year, the Retford branch of the U3A has a membership of over 600 people. There are now over 1,040 branches of the U3A spread across the United Kingdom, with 425,000 members. The U3A is, at heart, an organisation where all members gain new skills, by...
by Retford U3A | Jul 19, 2019 | Education and Learning, U3A
Following their recent Annual general Meeting, the new committee of Retford U3A are delighted to let the readers of Retford Life know, how successful the group has become, and how Retford Life has helped in promoting so many wonderful interests that ‘people of a...
by Rotherham U3A | Jul 10, 2019 | Education and Learning, Hobbies, Rotherham, U3A
Here’s an amazing fact. According to the fossil record, roses were blooming on earth 35 million years ago. Our primate ancestors appeared some 29 million years later, and the first anatomically modern humans began roaming the earth around 130,000 years ago. Words...
by Rotherham U3A | Jun 11, 2019 | Education and Learning, Rotherham, U3A
On 20th June, Rotherham U3A’s ‘Out and About’ group will re-visit the past. Their destination is Beamish, a living, working museum in 300 acres of beautiful Durham countryside. Experience the sights and sounds of life in north east England in the early 19th and 20th...
