2020 Events

Salford U3A Events Programme 2020
Date Speaker Topic
17 January AGM, Social and Speaker Peter Turner Through the eyes of a Magician
21 February Social and Speaker Tim Coltman The Story of an Unlikely War Hero
12 March Annual lunch Monton Sports/Cricket Club
20 March Social and Speaker Marilyn Shalks Manchester Theatre History – cancelled
03 April Spring outing currently postponed Liverpool docks and Royal Liver building – cancelled
17 April Social and Speaker John Dwyer It’s All Greek to me – cancelled
15 May Social and Speaker Keith Warrender Manchester Lost District – cancelled
19 June Social and Speaker Brian Pearson U3A Salford Photography Group – cancelled
21-26 June Summer Outing currently postponed Monet’s Garden and Palace of Versailles, France
17 July Social and Speaker Susan Barnett Sandringham Secrets – cancelled
21 August Social and Speaker Philip Caine From Barrow to Baghdad – cancelled
05-06 September Autumn Outing currently postponed Bowes museum, Kynren open air spectacular show in North East, plus Beamish museum
18 September Social and Speaker Sid Calderbank  A Lancashire Garland – cancelled
16 October Social and Speaker Peter Pennington An Eccles Minstrel – cancelled
20 November Social and Speaker Sue Jeffries Christmas wreathes and
table decorations via Zoom
18 December Christmas Social Sarah Slater Working with ghosts of Hampton Palace (followed by some festive U3A fun) meeting via zoom
Salford U3A Events Programme 2019
18 January AGM, Social and Speaker Rev Michael Burgess Seven Deadly Sins
15 February Social and Speaker Judith Atkinson I never knew that (about Salford)
28 February Annual lunch Monton Sports/Cricket Club
15 March Social and Speaker Brian Greene Elvis Presley
12 April Social and Speaker Royston Futter Working Men’s Library
17 May Social and Speaker Mark Charnley 125 years of the Manchester Ship canal
29 May Spring Outing Portmeirion, North Wales
21 June Social and Speaker David Winnard Greater Manchester Hidden Wildlife
19 July Social and Speaker David Stockwell Children in Art through the Ages
15 August Summer Outing Southport Flower Show
16 August Social and Speaker Frank Nicholson Sink Holes
15-18 September Autumn Outing Belfast, including Titanic experience, Giant’s Causeway and guided tours
20 September Social and Speaker David Astbury Demolition/Survival: Fate of Local Victorian Cottonopolis Buildings
18 October Social and Speaker Mark Child Ellesmeres in the Holy Land
15 November Social and Speaker Rev Michael Burgess A Christmas Cracker
20 December Christmas Social Christmas Social Christmas Quiz, Raffle, Mince pies.