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On Monday 06 July 2026, our Exploring London Group and our Gardening Group combined forces for a return visit to Church Gardens Harefield to the west of London. Our previous visit had taken place on Wednesday 04 May 2022. Church Gardens has a fascinating history that extends back as far as Tudor times, and probably…

Our Creative Writers met on Wednesday 01 July 2026 for a session that explored some of the delights of summer. After a short session on how to write about characters in a story, we had a poem asserting the glory of a cream tea in a summer garden, and a second poem about small toy…

On Wednesday 24 June 2026 we held our AGM and Summer Social in place of the normal Monthly Meeting. After a double-check to ensure the meeting was quorate – and given the soaring temperatures outside we were pleased to achieve quoracy – we got started in the air-conditioned comfort of the Harrow Room at the…

On Tuesday 23 June 2026 we had another packed Desert Island Discs session with two of our members selecting the records they would choose if they were to be castaway on a desert island. We started with Diana who had been born in East London, but whose early life had included stays in Devon and…

Our Creative Writing Group met on Wednesday 24 June 2026 to share another wide range of stories. We started with a poem highlighting the extensive list of issues that arise when arriving in a new country and leaving the familiar behind. We then travelled back on a historical journey at the time of the Great…

Our Gardening Group met on Wednesday 10 June 2026 for a visit to the garden of one of our members. Cyril and Evelyn hosted the event and made room for all of the visitors in case there were showers. Sadly, the short bursts of sunshine were overwhelmed by the heavy rain showers, but our hosts’…

Our Cryptic Crossword solving group met on Wednesday 10 June 2026 for another session. There was a selection of puzzles for the members to work on individually, and then to share their solutions and explanations. One of the puzzles to solve came from the u3a Matters Magazine, and hidden amongst the answers the group found…

Our Creative Writing Group met on Wednesday 03 June 2026 to hear another round of contributions, this time mystery and adventure came to the fore. We started with a tale set at the end of 18th Century with a small locked trunk arriving at a coaching inn. A key is found for the lock in…

On Thursday 28 May 2026, our Opera Lovers Group met to enjoy Georges Bizet’s Carmen as performed at Glyndebourne in 2002. The all star cast included Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, supported by Marcus Haddock as Don José, Lisa Milne as Micaëla, Laurent Naouri as Escamillio, and many more international stars too…

Our Gardening Group met on Wednesday 27 May 2026 to have a report on all things Chelsea. Following on from Nick Dobson’s talk on “Londing in the Swinging 60s”, a review of Chelsea and what could be seen there seemed most appropriate. What many of us were surprised to see was the effort put in…