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Annual Photographic Competition
The Annual Photographic Competition took place in December with Members having submitted 38 prints. These were judged by Trudi Watts (www.trudiwattsphotography.com) and the prints chosen by her were awarded 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The prints were displayed at the U3A...
A trip down memory lane
A bumper number of members (77) attended our January Meeting to join Angela Wall in a trip down memory lane. Over the past 20 years, members of the Gardening Group have been on Summer visits to over 47 large gardens, numerous smaller local gardens, plant nurseries,...
Walking – December 2024
Long walk December 4th led by Libby & Ger 17 of us and 2 dogs began at the Boot Pub in Bledlow Ridge, we all managed to get down the steep slope safely to Radnage and enjoyed a sunny walk along the path before puffing our way up the rise towards Chinnor Hill....
Amersham in sickness and in health
We were privileged to have Briony Hudson, Director of Amersham Museum, as our guide to sickness and health in Amersham over the ages. Starting with the use of medicinal herbs in the 1600s we weren’t entirely convinced about Sneezewort. This was used to make people...
Textiles – Decorative darning
We started the New Year with an enjoyable morning creating decorative darning samples on Thursday 2nd January
Books and Book Reading – The Maid by Nita Prose
A smaller group of us met to discuss the book and we had a lively and wide ranging chat. We liked the way the book was written and felt that Molly, the main character, was made neurodivergent because the story wouldn’t have been credible otherwise. Her outlook on...
Gardening Group Christmas Party
We had a full house for our annual Christmas Party on December 16th. Our famous finger buffet was stacked with food provided by members and drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic flowed freely. A quiz with a gardening feel was tackled by all and the familiar groans...
Italian Group – Late Summer Lunch
The Italian Group enjoyed a lovely meal out at the Villa Bianca in October this year. As this was rather late for an intended 'summer lunch' we will be enjoying our Christmas meal out at the same restaurant in January.
Christmas Party
We had a wonderful time at our Christmas Party on Tuesday 10th December. 120 of our members joined us at St Mary’s Church for a joyful afternoon. After a wee dram of Prosecco we were royally entertained with Christmas music by the Risborough Yukelele Band who were...
Walking – November 2024
Long walk November 6th led by Chris Mansfield Fourteen walkers set off from The Hampden Arms on a rather misty cloudy day with dampness in the air but no rain. We followed a well known route to Hampden House, over fields to Little Hampden, down and then uphill to...
Books and Book Reading – The Sealwoman’s Gift by Sally Magnusson
Seven of us met to discuss The Sealwoman’s Gift. The story is based on a true story of an Algierian raid on Iceland to take people captive to sell as slaves. Asta’s story is fictional and we suspected a rather rosy version of what probably happened to the captives....
A Tale of Two Poppies – A talk by Prof. Sandy Primrose
Photo by Ben Collins on Upsplash Our first indoor meeting of the Winter season talks was well-attended by over 70 members. We were treated to a wonderful talk, ‘A Tale of Two Poppies’, given by Professor Sandy Primrose. Sandy gave a superb, informative slide...
Spode Ceramics
John Democratis gave us a fascinating talk about Spode ceramics. He told us how his fascination with Spode started with a junk shop find that lead to an obsession. Thirty years later he is now a Trustee of the Spode museum. Spode’s story aligns with British history...
Walking – October 2024
Long walk October 2nd led by Jeane Richards A 7.5 mile round walk, starting from The Russell Arms at Butler Cross. With the weather a little overcast but warm for October, 4 walkers set off at 9.30 in the direction of Ellesborough Church. Once we reached the church...
Books and Book Reading – Autumn by Ali Smith
We had a pretty full house to discuss Autumn by Ali Smith. We found it wasn’t the easiest of reads and took some getting into. The story of the developing friendship between Elisabeth and Daniel Gluck, her elderly neighbour, was well told. While babysitting he was...
Coach trip to NT Winkworth Arboretum and RHS Wisley
After a trouble-free journey avoiding the M25, we arrived at NT Winkworth Arboretum on a dry but cloudy morning. Winkworth is the only arboretum owned by the National Trust and it is undergoing large scale development of its visitor centre facilities. The trees were...
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