Five Projects in One
Janet Whitehouse from Roding Valley U3A introduces five projects which make up the Shared Learning Project – Maps and More
Category: History
In reserve, or, cider with Annie
The last instalment of Arthur House’s reminiscences on his time in the Home Guard… for now!
The attack on the gasworks
This exercise involved a number of HG units from surrounding villages as well as the town company and was deemed by HQ to be of such importance that it merited the assignment of a senior officer to command and manage the exercise. The town company had been given the task of defending the gasworks and […]
Cottonopolis – an update
Jenny Carley from the U3A Greater Manchester Network gives an update on the shared learning project Cottonopolis.
An evening on the range
The second instalment of Arthur House’s stories about real life in the Home Guard.
Learning together with the WRNS
Maggie Gravelle from South London U3A talks about the award-winning SLP into the 100th anniversary of the Women’s Royal Naval Service.
King’s Lynn: wealthy and well-connected
Ann Higgins of King’s Lynn U3A writes about her experience of running a shared learning project.
Why was Repton buried in Aylsham?
Geraldine Lee of Aylsham & District U3A has embarked on a project to mark the bicentenary of the death of the great landscape designer Humphry Repton.
The story of British leather
The National Leather Collection looks to U3A groups across the country for help researching its diverse collection of artefacts and information.
Remembering the real Dad’s army
Arthur House (Bracknell Forest U3A) shares some of his writings about what it was like in the real Home Guard during the Second World War.