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WATERLOOVILLE u3a

COFFEE MORNINGS AND GENERAL MEETINGS

Coffee mornings at Sacred Heart Church, 356 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SR

General meetings at Sacred Heart Church, 356 London Road, Waterlooville, PO7 7SR and
Cosham Baptist Church, 48 Havant Road, Cosham PO6 2QZ

DATE/TIME

WHAT/WHERE

Monday 9th February
1000-1130

Coffee morning at Waterlooville
Find out about our interest groups and social events; have a cuppa and chat; make new friends.

Wednesday 18th February
1400-1600

General meeting at Cosham
Mike Cooper - The Joy of "FLOD" - what surnames can and can't tell us
"Onomastics"! That's the proper term for the study of names and naming, within the study of language as a whole (or "linguistics").
This talk will be an enjoyable and thought provoking lay person's introduction to surnames, their nature, history, meanings and significance, using lots of examples from English and some other languages - some of those will be familiar and some will be surprising.

Wednesday 25th February
1400-1600

General meeting at Waterlooville
Jenny Mallin : A Grandmother's Legacy - my Aunt Constance
A woman of high social status, born in 1898, this is Constance's account of her life in Burma and the story of a civilian trek in 1942 involving thousands of people crossing treacherous terrain, coping with monsoons, jungles, steep mountain ranges and dangerous wildlife.
Living in 1930's Rangoon meant a charmed life, filled with opulence, bon viveur and style; overnight this changed to a situation where there was no possibility of turning back but only in moving forward.

 

About Waterlooville u3a
Charity Number 1116807

Waterlooville u3a formed in January 2006 and has grown into a thriving organisation with over 950 members and growing. We are a friendly, informal group, offering a fresh approach to life-long learning. We organise a varied programme of creative, study, social and leisure activities with over 100 groups covering many different subjects. These are run by members who freely give their time, to share their knowledge and experience, and develop their own individual capabilities by learning from other members. We also hold sociable meetings with an outside speaker on the 3rd Wednesday afternoon of each month at Cosham Baptist Church and on the 4th Wednesday afternoon of each month at The Sacred Heart Parish Centre, Waterlooville.

If you would like to meet active and enthusiastic people who take a creative and positive approach to after work and family then you are likely to enjoy Waterlooville u3a and our activities.

The u3a ethos is 'Learn, Laugh, Live'. It is an international movement and in the UK there are over 1,000 u3as with a total membership of over 420,000. It’s an organisation for people to share interests with each other. There are no tests or exams and no qualifications required or gained. Full details at www.u3a.org.uk