| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: | |
| Group email: | Speaker's Corner group |
| When: | On Wednesday afternoons 12:00 pm-1:00 pm 2nd Wednesday of the month. No talks in the summer and none in December |
| Venue: | Mawdesley Village Hall |
| Cost: | £3.00 |
Contact Stephen on 07974 427675 or via the email link.
Speakers Corner takes place in Mawdesley Village Hall, right after the Community Morning on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
We organise talks on topics of educational and general interest. We have a summer break and also no session in December as there are so many other things on!
There is no group membership as such - you just have to turn up and pay your £3! You can also bring along non u3a guests.
If you have any ideas for future talks please let us know
Speakers have been booked for the dates below, there is more information on the talks and the Speakers using the links on this page.
Forthcoming events
28th October 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Cancer is a thing we all worry about as we get older. However, there have been major advances in recent years that make it less scary and we will cover […]
Cost: £2
11th November 2026
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Review from another U3A....... Frank Vigon delivered a talk titled 'The History of Advertising' to members of Clitheroe u3a at St. Mary’s Hall, which was described as both entertaining and […]
Cost: £4
13th January 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
Chorley based historian and author, Steve Williams, talk is entitled “Unsung Lancastrians”. As the title implies, he highlights some not so well known or famous Lancastrians – from entrepreneurs, suffragettes, […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
10th February 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
Andy Bennet is the CEO of Moulton Glass, based in Cheshire. Lots of photos showing a brief history of glass manufacturing and how lead light / stained glass windows have […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
10th March 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
Author Caroline James has owned and run businesses encompassing all aspects of the hospitality industry, a subject that features in her best-selling novels. For many years, she ran a business […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
14th April 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
An A-Z of funny stories and anecdotes About Martin Gaffney 32 years with a major UK Police Force. A time to laugh a time to cry, a time to live […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
12th May 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
Chris is one of our own U3A members who is a fascinating speaker
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
8th September 2027
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Neil, who talked to us in 2026, offers privileged glimpses into the hidden worlds of his professional ghostwriting clients, which include household names such as an American showbiz legend, England’s most famous cricketer Ian Botham, […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
13th October 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
Norman is a retired flight test engineer on the Tornado fighter. He has flown 7 miles high and pulled 6g in one of these. He retired and went driving trucks […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
10th November 2027
12:00 pm
Meeting
How did Catherine rise from relatively humble origins to become Empress of Russia and the most powerful woman in the world? And is she deserving of the title ‘the great’? […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
8th November 2028
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
This is the second session we have booked with Simon, who you will remember is a fantastic storyteller talking about his life practising as a barrister for 37 years in […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £4
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