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Group Leaders:
Alistair & Chris
2012 Programme
All
Market Harborough U3A members are welcome
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Friday 2.30pm
20 January
Talk |
Amala, a School in India
John Bush, local Lions
Club member, who has been a driving force in supporting the
education of lower caste children in southern India |
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Friday 2.30pm
17 February
Talk |
Yellowstone Past and
Present
Tony Osborn, U3A member
A look at the landscape and features of the USA’s first national
park |
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Wed 11.00am
21 March
Visit by car
(or bus) |
Leicester Hebrew Congregation
Guided visit to their
synagogue in Highfields (off London Road)
Booking required – see
overleaf*
Cost: £2.50 |
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Friday 2.30pm
20 April
Talk |
Leicestershire Landscapes – the Artists’ view of the County
Alexandra Davy,
Exhibitions Development Officer
An introduction to
Leicestershire County Council’s landscape paintings |
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Friday 2.00pm
18 May
Visit by car |
Kirby Hall
(near Deene, Corby)
Self-guided visit to
English Heritage’s fine Elizabethan and 17th century
house, part in ruins
Booking required – see
overleaf* Cost: free (U3A an education provider) |
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Tuesday 2.00pm
12 June
Visit by car |
The National Gas Museum
(Aylestone Road, Leicester)
A guided visit led by
the Curator, Maurice Martin
Booking required – see
overleaf*
Cost: £2.00 |
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Friday 2.00pm
20 July
Visit by car
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The Langton Brewery
(Thorpe Langton)
An outline of the
brewing process, brewery tour and tasting
Booking required – see
overleaf*
Cost: £3.50
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Friday 11.00am 21
September
Visit by car
(or bus) |
78 Derngate (Northampton)
Guided tour of the
town house re-modelled by Scottish architect Charles Rennie
Mackintosh
Booking required – see
below* (Good café on site)
Cost: £6.00 |
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Friday 1.30pm 19
October
Visit by car |
Beaumanor Hall
(Woodhouse, Charnwood Forest, Leics)
Two-hour guided tour
of this Victorian (Elizabethan style) house, run by the County
Council as a conference/education centre and famous as a signals
unit in World War 2
Booking required – see
below*
Cost: £5.00 (includes
tea and biscuits) |
Meetings are monthly, mainly 3rd Fridays, but Wednesday in
March, Tuesday in June, to fit in with venues’ opening times. There are no
meetings in August, November and December.
Talks are held in the Baptist Church Hall,
Manor Walk (above the New Horizons Coffee Shop) at 2.30pm. There is a charge
of £1.50 to cover room hire and speaker expenses.
All MHU3A members are welcome: just turn up on the day. Refreshments may be
purchased in the Coffee Shop before or after meetings.
*Visits
All
visits must be booked in advance, and paid for at the time of booking
This
can be done for a block of visits or for one at a time. Please note that
there are maximum numbers for all visits, with places allocated on a
first-come-first-served basis.
To
save on costs this year we are not printing booking forms about each visit.
To book
places on visits what you need to do is:
1)
Send or
give us the full cost,
preferably by cheque, payable to ‘MHU3A Countryside’
2)
Along
with a piece of paper stating:
a)
The
name and date of the visit(s) you are interested in
b)
Your
name(s) and address(es)
c)
Your
telephone number and, if possible, e-mail address
d)
If you
can provide lift(s) to the visit OR if you need a lift
We will
let you know promptly after receiving your booking request if places have
been taken and there is a waiting list.
For all
visits we will confirm details, and suggest routes, 2-3 weeks before they
take place. Giving us your up-to-date e-mail address makes this process
easier.
All the
times stated are for the start of each visit: please allow ample travel
time.
Costs
given are for entrance only: if car sharing please contribute to travel
expenses.
Group
Organisers: Alastair and Christine
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