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MILL HILL NEWSLETTER
Mill Hill U3A — Newsletter No. 43, January 2020 Page no. 1
Our first 2020 Monthly Meeting:
Thursday 16th
January 2020
Philip Wright
will speak about
“The Mad Hatter”
Philip is an accomplished milliner and will
give a talk using his hats. He has clients of
Royalty and famous celebrities.
Doors open @ 1.20 pm.
Meeting starts promptly @ 2 pm.
Don’t forget to bring your membership card
AND:
Bring a cheque book if you plan to pay for an
outings or travel trip, or theatre ticket.
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FORTHCOMING MONTHLY MEETINGS
(1.20 pm for 2.00 at Hartley Hall)
2020 MONTHLY MEETING SPEAKERS
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT FOR FEBRUARY, MARCH
AND APRIL THE MONTHLY MEETING DOES NOT
FALL ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
Date Speaker Title Info
27th
Feb. 2020
David
Callaghan
“Lalique Jewellery”
David will talk on Lalique Jewel-lery founded by Rene Lalique, a genius in glass and jewel extraor-dinaire.
12th
March 2020
Lester
Hillman
“North
London’s Aviation Heritage”
Lester, an historian specialising in London, will talk about North Lon-don’s Aviation Heritage and the important part Hendon Aerodrome played in aviation history
23rd
April 2020
Andy
Thomas
“The Crop
Circle
Mystery”
Andy is an unexplained
mysteries researcher.
21st
May 2020
Peter
Hanington
“Conflicts in
Afghani-stan, Egypt and Hong Kong”
Peter is a journalist, author and Radio 4 Today programme
presenter and will talk about his books on these conflicts.
18th
June 2020
Pauline Martindale
“Me and My Camera –
Vancouver to Niagara”
Pauline’s talk will follow the MHU3A AGM
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2020 MONTHLY MEETING SPEAKERS
Date Speaker Title Info
16th
July 2020
Simon
Gregor
“Historic
London”
Simon is a very popular tour guide
20th
Aug. 2020
Speaker to be arranged
17th
Sep. 2020
Nigel Rowe
“Cycling across Patagonia”
Nigel returns to speak about his recent cycling trip.
15th Oct.
2020
Speaker to be arranged
19th
Nov. 2020
Speaker to be arranged
10th Dec.
2020
Special Christmas Meeting
21st Jan. 2021
Helen Fry Helen will return to talk about Escape and Eva-sion of forces in World War II.
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MILL HILL U3A NEEDS YOUR HELP
We are looking for a
volunteer to help set up the
computer and projector for the
Thursday MONTHLY
MEETINGS.
This is not a difficult job but
means arriving by 1.30!
We especially need
someone to help at the
February 27th, March 12
th and
April 23rd
meetings.
If anyone would like to help or to
know more please email:
ELAINE CLUTTERBUCK
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
JAZZ GROUP
The next meeting of the Jazz Group will be on
Monday 27th
January at The Three Hammers pub.
The programme will be Estelle Philips presenting
“Growing Up In A Jazz Family”
The meeting starts at 1.30
REIKI AND EFT
Reiki and EFT will resume on Wednesday 1st April at 2.30
p.m. and thereafter on the dates shown on the webpage:
https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/reiki-eft/
Newcomers: Please ensure you can attend on April 1st
as
it is an introductory sessions for you. Please book with
Valerie in advance.
Course leader: Valerie Stein, Reiki Master and EFT Ad-
vanced Practitioner.
Please get in touch with Valerie: e: [email protected];
h: 0208 3432044; m: 07774 872925
PLEASE NOTE THAT INFORMATION ON ALL OUR GROUPS MAY BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE HERE:
HTTPS://MILLHILLU3A.CO.UK/GROUPS/
(COPY AND PASTE THIS ADDRESS INTO YOUR WEB BROWSER—IT IS SECURE!)
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
MOTO - MEMBERS ON THEIR OWN
We are gearing up in the New Year to a very varied
programme of cultural events for all members of MOTO.
If you are single, divorced, widowed, separated or a carer
and would like to get out locally and further afield, then we
are the group for you.
Next social meetings are on:
• Sunday 26th January 2020
• Saturday 22nd
February 2020
Contact Sue Jackson, co-ordinator, in the first instance on
[email protected] for membership and venue
details.
CHAIR YOGA
Chair Yoga starts for 2020 on the 15th January - 1.30 to
2.30 at Hendon Golf Club.
New members welcome - or just try a session? Contact details:
Estelle Eugene at [email protected]
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
PSYCHOLOGY GROUP
We resume our meetings on The Three Hammers (usually 2
nd Monday of every month), 2.00 to 3.45 pm.
The first two dates are: January 13th and February 10
th.
See our webpage for further dates:
https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/psychology/
ART WATERCOLOR GROUP
Group meetings for 2020 resume on January 15th and 29
th,
with the full programme for the year shown on the webpage:
https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/art-watercolour/
SPANISH GROUP
The meetings for this group in 2020 resume on January 16
th and 30
th. Group details and a full set of meeting dates
is shown on the webpage:
https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/spanish/
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
ITALIAN, ADVANCED CONVERSATION GROUP
Group meetings will resume on February 6th
at the Finchley Nurseries Café, Burtonhole Lane and thereafter on the first Thursday of the month.
For further details, see the webpage:
https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/advanced-italian-conversation/
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
THE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP All members of Mill Hill U3A are invited to join the Photography Group on Monday 10 February 2020 at Hartley Hall from 1.30 to 3.00 pm for an open meeting with a special guest Stuart Berman.
Stuart is a very talented amateur photographer and he will be talking about the artistic objectives, the technical set up and the compositional observations of his photos. Examples of his portfolio are shown below.
Please contact Gail on [email protected] if you plan on joining us so that we have an idea of numbers.
There will be a small charge of £2 to cover the cost of room hire.
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NEWS FROM THE INTEREST GROUPS
BRIDGE IMPROVERS GROUP
This group is NOT suitable for beginners
We meet every Wednesday morning at Virgin Active
Cafe next to Waitrose, near Mill Hill East
underground station.
We play from 10am - 12.30.
Please note that all players are expected to stay
until the end of the session.
There is no booking system however it should be
noted this is strictly on a first come, first served
basis up to a maximum of 24 players (6 tables).
Therefore, to make it fair, there will be no reserving
of spaces for friends, partners etc.
Most weeks we are extremely fortunate to have
Adam Woolfe (a very experienced player) to help
with bidding and with bridge conventions.
Parking is free for 4 hours maximum in the Virgin
Active car park. Note - if you park in the Waitrose
car park there is a strict one and half hour limit.
Group leader: Eleanor Bard
Tel. 07903 445997
Email: [email protected]
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MHU3A OUTINGS GROUP ANNOUNCE
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ABOUT THE
WIMBLEDON BACKSTAGE
OUTING.
BOOKING FOR THIS WILL NOW BE IN
PERSON AT HARTLEY HALL, ROOM 2,
BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.45 ON THURSDAY
16th
JANUARY NOT BY EMAIL AS
PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED
PLEASE SEE THE REVISED
WIMBLEDON FLYER BELOW FOR
UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION
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MILL HILL U3A TRAVEL GROUP
LAKE GARDA, VENICE & VERONA AND THE 2020 OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY
THE PASSION PLAY
Oberammergau, Lake Garda, Venice, Verona
& Innsbruck
2 nights half board ac-commodation in Oberammergau
Category 2 Passion Play ticket (upgrade to
Category 1 for £29)
5 nights half board ac-commodation in Italy
Full programme of in-cluded excursions
Return scheduled flights from London
(regional flights availa-ble on request)
Professional tour man-ager
Executive coach
VIEWS OF VENICE
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