| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: |
Stephen Doyle
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| 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: | £2.00 |
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 £2! 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
8th January 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Susan Douglass - 5 Winkley Square - A house through time - Part 2
This talk follows on from the fascinating Part 1 last year. Susan is one of the "Friends of Winkley Square" and this part covers, among other things, the "swinging 60's", […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2.00
12th February 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Norman Harris - Atlantic to Pacific - The Story of the Panama Canal
The story of the Panama Canal taking you from the original French ideas to the USA’s undertaking with its immense construction problems to the Canal as it is now and […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2
12th March 2025
12:00 pm
Meeting
Colin Penny -Historic Graffiti: The Writing's On The Wall
Ancient Pompeii Graffiti We are surrounded by graffiti, and you will probably pass at least one example even on the shortest of journeys - though you might not notice it. […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2
9th April 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Graham Tyson - Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Fascinating tales of my time as a daring stuntman in a Flying Circus including 'stand-on-wing' with a 6-shooter revolver.Near misses including a close mid-air collision. *The first person to achieve […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2
14th May 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Frank Vigon - The Sixties - Decade or Decadence?
Frank Vigon has been a headteacher of an inner-city schooland a highly successful and highly popular Media Arts HighSchool.He is currently an education consultant lecturing oneducation and examinations to teachers […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2.00
10th September 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Ann-Marie Michel - Art and the Working Class
After years of speaking to audiences about art and art history, it's clear that many people seem to feel that art is something specialist – and possibly not for them. […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2
8th October 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Meeting
Tony Richardson - Lessons Learned
Mawdesley U3A member Tony Richardson takes a largely lighthearted look back at his long and varied career in secondary education. Tony's career highlights include three headships, work as a union […]
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2.
12th November 2025
12:00 pm
Meeting
Jaki Mafi - "How they all began"
Fascinating stories of well known brands and household objects
Venue: Mawdesley Village Hall
Cost: £2. Just turn up and pay at the door
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