Category: Monthly Meeting
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A Novel Approach to Singing
The Speaker at our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 24 April 2024 was Singer and Song Writer Jill Goldman. Jill is a member at Kenton & District u3a and is launching out into fiction. She gave us a taste of her forthcoming publication. Jill plays the guitar, banjo and ukulele, and specialises in Dinner Jazz material…
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The Skill of a Good Tour Guide
The speaker at our March Monthly Meeting, held on 27 March 2024, was professional tour guide Stephanie Tickner who has the prestigious Blue Badge Guide accreditation. Stephanie started work as a secretary and then tried out being a veterinary nurse, eventually worked as a keeper at London Zoo. She was one of the few women…
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The History of Early Recorded Sound
Our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 24 January 2024 featured a familiar face – Herbie Goldberg – as our speaker. His subject was The History of Recorded Sound. Whilst many people believe that the first recorded sound was Thomas Edison reciting a nursery rhyme about a girl and her little lamb, Herbie was able to correct…
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Winter Social Sells Out Again
On a bright and sharp winter’s day, our Winter Social event on 20 December was completely sold out. The Committee running the event had done a first class job with the food, ensuring there was plenty of food available for all, carefully labelled between Vegetarian, Non-Vegetarian and Gluten free. The bar was open in the…
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Cornucopia of Creativity in Kenton!
On Wednesday 22 November 2023 we had our Creative Activities session featuring short works by our our Creative Authors and artworks by our Watercolour Group. The art was of a very high standard, and exhibited on one side of our meeting room. As you can see below, we have a group where all levels are…
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Judicial Dilemma is Properly Judged
Our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 25 October 2023 was packed to capacity and ‘appeared’ before a former Immigration and Asylum Appeals Court judge, Dr Jonathan Lewis. With a local background before moving up to Downing College Cambridge, and then to a firm of solicitors in the City of London, Dr Lewis then served as a…
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What Gives Behind the Movie Camera?
Our Monthly Meeting on Wednesday 27 September 2023 featured speaker Judy Karbritz, ably supported by her husband Alan Karbritz. Judy is the Harrow Community Poet, and is a regular contributor to the Harrow Times and the Barnet Borough Times. She has contributed to local radio stations and has lectured on cruise ships, as well as…
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Analysing the Housing Crisis Problem
At our Monthly Meeting on 23 August 2023, our speaker was Barrister, Broadcaster and Author Hashi Mohamed, talking on the causes of the current housing crisis, and where solutions may be found. Hashi Mohamed had previously spoken to us on the subject of “People Like Us”, his first published book. It was therefore no surprise…
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The Highs and Lows of a Stunt Artist
Our speaker at our Monthly Meeting on 26 July 2023 was Stunt Artist and Actress Lucy Allen. Lucy described how an interest in gymnastics as a child had led to exotic dancing and circus performances, and steered her towards a career as a stunt performer in the films and television. Lucy had faced a number…
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Kenton u3a AGM ran smoothly to order
The Annual General Meeting of Kenton & District u3a ran smoothly to order on Wednesday 28 June 2023 at 11:30am. The Apologies for Absence were read out and accepted. The Minutes of the AGM held in June 2022 were adopted as a true record. There were no matters arising. The Chair of Kenton & District…