Sarum
Meetings
Monthly meetings are held on the
third Wednesday
of each month at St. Francis Church Hall, Castle Road.
for a map.
Coffee is served from 10a.m. and business begins at 10.30a.m.
|
Speaker | Subject | Link | |
| Jan 18th | Party with the Ali Barbers | |||
| Feb 15th |
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The American Project - scenery and wildlife photography | Link | |
| Mar 21st |
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Lady Elizabeth Butler, Victorian Battle Artist | Link | |
| Apr 18th | Gordon Lewis | Ferrets for Fun | ||
| May 16th | Exhibition of craft groups and leaders reports | |||
| Jun 20th | Chris Walker | The Great American Songbook | ||
| Jul 18th | Colin Reed | Building of the Øresund Bridge | Link | |
| Aug 15th | Peter Padwick | All Things Banned and Censored | ||
| Sept 19th | Tara Economakis | Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy | Link | |
| Oct 17th | Linda Turner | Yes, she was a cobbler | ||
| Nov 21st | Hazel Docherty | Working as a Blue Badge Guide | Link | |
| Dec 19th | TBD |
| Date 2011 | Speaker | Subject |
Jan 19th |
Party |
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|---|---|---|
Feb 16th |
Alix Booth |
A History of Punch and Judy LINK |
Mar 16th |
AGM plus Denise Edwards |
How I fell into stunt work |
Apr 20th |
George Fleming |
Fate of a Salisbury citizen; a passenger on the Titanic |
May 18th |
Exhibition of craft groups and leaders reports |
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Jun 15th |
Alison Bailey |
Canine Partners. A moving and interesting talk. LINK |
Jul 20th |
Dr Tony Phillips |
Fovant Badges; The history, restoration and maintenance. LINK |
Aug 17th |
Jane Pelly |
Bishop Wordsworth |
| Sept 21st | Dr Watkins | My Ecuadorian Adventure |
| Oct 19th | Dr. Christopher Fifield | The Life and Voice of Kathleen Ferrier For more Info click HERE |
| Nov 16th | Pauline Rowson LINK | Marine Mystery Crime Novels |
| Dec 21st | Chester House Productions | Dickens at Christmas. LINK |
Date 2010 |
Speaker |
Subject |
Jan 20th |
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New Year Party |
Feb 17th |
Adrian Green |
The Life of the King’s House, Salisbury |
Mar 17th |
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AGM and exhibition of groups’ activities |
| Apr 21st | George Fleming | The great Salisbury Train Disaster. |
| May 19th | Bernard Burke | Thirty years in TV Broadcasting |
| June 16th | James Palmer | The World of Intelligence in WW2 |
| July 21st | Louis Atkins | A Day in the life of a Shepherd |
| Aug 18th | Mrs. Sue Dewy | 'Plains Indians of North America - Sioux.' |
| Sept 15th | Fiona Gilbert | Help for Heroes. |
| Oct 20th | Robert Key | 'Life as an MP' |
| Nov 19th | Colin Varndell | Hidden Dorset. |
| Dec 15th | The Belletones | 'Ringing in Christmas' |
| Date 2009 | Speaker | Subject |
Jan 21st |
|
New Year Party |
Feb 18th |
Robert Baggs |
The Painter’s Practice - How they made the masterpieces of Renaissance Western Art |
Mar 18th |
Nick R. Thomas |
The Power of Humour in Everyday Life |
Apr 15th |
Commodore Ian Gibb |
From Cadet to Commodore – and Beyond |
May 20th |
John Smith |
Royal Farewells |
Jun 17th |
Derek Wilson |
Henry VIII – King, Reformer, Tyrant |
Jul 15th |
Ruth Newman |
Poverty and the Workhouse in Salisbury and the Mysterious Death of Louisa Garrett |
Aug 19th |
Mary South |
Woodland Trust – See the Wood for the Trees |
Sep 16th |
Jane Munro |
Fairtrade – Is It Important? |
Oct 21st |
Sharon Green |
Working as a Peace Monitor in Palestine |
Nov 18th |
Colin Varndell |
Wild Dorset |
Dec 16th |
Rex Sawyer |
The Secret Valley of the Ebble |
| Date 2008 | Speaker | Subject |
| Feb 20th | Phil Groombridge | Wildlife Rescue of the Animal Hospital in West Winterslow. |
| March 19th | The AGM - Photo Report HERE | |
| April 18th | Robert Baggs | Great Rivals Make Great Art: the Patronage of the Sassetti Chapel in Florence |
| May 16th | Hugh Thomas | Wessex Writers |
| June 20th | ||
| July 16th | Ruth Newman | What’s On In The 1780s from the Journals |
| August 20th | Stephen Griffiths | Abbotsbury Sub-Tropical Gardens: Past, Present and Future |
| Sept 17th | Rex Sawyer | Salisbury Plain – a Miscellany |
| Oct 15th | Michael Sparkes |
The history of Trinity House |
| November 19th | John Smith |
SOE at Beaulieu during WWII |
| Dec 17th | Paul Courtenay | Thoughts and Adventures of the Young Winston Churchill |
| Date 2007 | Speaker | Subject |
February 21st |
David Parrott | Tante Winnie – a lesbian lover who had a French connection with Salisbury. |
| March 21st | The AGM REPORT HERE | |
| April 18th | Dr Denise Allen | The Trouble with Troy - In this talk, Dr Allen will examine the evidence for the reality of the Trojan War, starting with Homer and coming up-to-date with recent excavations at Hişarlik in northwest Turkey, believed to be the site of the city of Troy. The story is a fascinating one, involving the ambitious Heinrich Schliemann and deeds of treachery and derring-do. Those who have visited the site will know that it is very difficult to understand on the ground - now you can find out why! |
| May 16th | Rex Sawyer | Collett’s Farthing Newspaper. The story of a local newspaper edited by the Vicar of Broadchalke between 1878 and 1924. |
| June 20 th | Jo Motto | a Victim Support Charity |
| July 19th | Ruth Newman | Cholera |
| August 15th | Roger and Sandra Downton | In the wake of the Cockle Shell Heroes Report here |
| September 20th | Ian Raynsforth-Smith | The Middle East Today |
| Oct 18th | Nigel Lewis | Talking about his work with birds of prey |
| Nov 15th | No meeting | |
| 21 Nov | Our usual venue when we will be having a party to celebrate 25 years of the U3A organisation and in addition Alan Wood’s painting Group will be exhibiting framed paintings. | |
| Dec 20th |
| Date 2006 |
Speaker |
Subject |
February 15th |
Ann Seviour | The Ecology of the New Forest |
| March 15th | The AGM | |
| April 19th | Roy Deacon | The Great Storm |
| July 19th | Richard Munroe | Mission Aviation Fellowship - Medical and Spiritual Help |
| August 16th | Geoffrey Brown | A Glimpse into the lives of Henrietta and Hilary Bankes of Kingston Lacey |
| September 20th | Robina Hattersley | Making Poverty History – South India 2006 |
| October 18th | Janice Sanders | Janice will update us about her tenth year of voluntary work in Romania. |
| November 15th | Michael Sparkes, a retired pilot. | The history of piloting in the Solent. |
| December 20th | Ruth Newman | Life in Salisbury in World War I |
| Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
| 4 August 2004 | David Quinion | Transport in Britain through the Ages |
| 1 Sept 2004 | Jim Palm | Adverts in Aspic |
| 6 Oct 2004 | Rex Sawyer | Imber, the Deserted Village |
| 3 Nov 2004 | Anniversary Lunch, St Francis Hall (see Newsletter) | |
| 1 Dec 2004 | David Waymouth | The Background to Trafalgar |
| 5 January 2005 | Michael Passmore | History of the Automobile Association |
| February 16th |
Jan Sanders |
Works as a volunteer for Share and regularly visits very poor villagers in Romania to offer health care. |
| June15th | On Roman glass | Denise Allen |
| May 18th | Meet the Ancesters | Julian Richards |
| July 20th | "The history and preservation of the Fovant Badges" | Tony Pinder |
| August 17th | 1780's A Lighthearted look at the Decade | Ruth Newman |
| September 21st |
Speaking on "A look at Southern India". | Phyll. Babb |
| October 19th | The Play's the Thing | Derek Jones |
| November16th | A quick look around Europe |
Peter Allanson Tour manager for Palmair, Bournemouth |
| December 21st | Further Tales of Nadder Valley | Rex Sawyer |
| 19
March 2003 |
For a Report click here |
| 16
April 2003 |
Opens
with a Piano
Recital by a member, Frances Dodd. The remainder will be
devoted
to next year's Programme of Courses. There will be time for
some
of the group leaders to talk about their plans for the year.
Others
may put up displays to show the kind of activities they cover.
For
a Report |
| 21
May 2003 |
Japan as seen by Phyll Babb |
| 18 June
2003 |
Dom Young on Submarines. Report |
| 16 July 2003 | Rex Sawyer on Salisbury Plain. Report |
| August 2003 |
Triumph of Technique over Terror. Nick Thomas. Report |
| 17 September |
Stuart Corbett, Conservation Officer, on 'The Management of the Wildlife at Porton Down'. Report |
| 15 October |
A guide from Breamore House. For more click here |
| 19
November |
Alan Brown will talk on "Airfields in the New Forest in the War". |
| 17 December |
'The NEW FOREST' by Anne Seviour - Report |
| January 2004 |
New Year party. |
| 15 Febraury |
Keith Richards, chairman of the national executive committee (NEC) on "Shared Learning" |
| March |
AGM followed by exhibitions of study groups and a talk on Digital Imaging. |
| 21st April |
Paul Mitchell on "Walking Sticks". |
| 19th May |
Political debate with Caroline Jackson MEP (Conservative), Dave Roberts (Labour) and Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat). |
| 16th June |
David James on "Roman Salisbury". |