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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.


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


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


19th

Nov. 2020


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.


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

([email protected]).


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!)

https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/reiki-eft/



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]



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/

https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/psychology/

https://millhillu3a.co.uk/group/spanish/



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/



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.

mailto:[email protected]



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]


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


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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