Previous Speakers
Previous speakers and their subjects are given below. Pictures of some of these are available in the gallery.
| 17 Oct 08 | General meeting |
| 21 Nov 08 | Speaker Maureen Partridge - Whitwick Local History (Part1) Election of Committee Members |
| 19 Dec 08 | Player John Isit - Christmas Music |
| 16 Jan 09 | Speaker Diane Saunders on Scams and Doorstep Crime More information on Scams available here (separate window opens) |
| 20 Feb 09 | Speaker Margaret Long on Growing up in the Snibston area |
| 20 Mar 09 | Speaker Wendy Eccles on The Lancashire Cotton Trade |
| 17 Apr 09 | AGM , then Speaker Malcolm Gray on Campaign for National Parks |
| 15 May 09 | Speaker Elizabeth Riding on "Polly put the kettle on" - all about tea |
| 19 Jun 09 | Speaker Kathy Powis on A Victorian Time Capsule - Ruddington Frame Knitting Museum |
| 17 Jul 09 | Speaker Philip Warren on TheSnibston Collection - a history of dress |
| 21 Aug 09 | Speaker Liz Singleton on LOROS More information on LOROS available here (separate window opens) |
| 18 Sep 09 | Speaker Malcolm Gray on Virginia and Vanessa (Wolff and Bell) |
| 16 Oct 09 | Speaker Paul Rogers on the Library Service |
| 20 Nov 09 | Speaker Dr Wendy Freer on Life in the Workhouse |
| 18 Dec 09 | Speaker John Cox et al on Dickens Fellowship - potted biography and readings |
| 15 Jan 10 | Speaker Alison McCafferty on Energy Advice CANCELLED due to weather |
| 19 Feb 10 | Speaker Marilyn Palmer on Comfort & Convenience in the English Country House |
| 19 Mar 10 | Speaker Maureen Partridge on Whitwick Family History |
| 16 Apr 10 | AGM, then Speaker Claire Loryman on Memories of a Student Nurse |
| 21 May 10 | Speaker Di Tingay on Childhood through the Ages |
| 18 June 10 | Speakers from Leicestershire County Council on Waste Disposal |
| 16 July 10 | Speaker David Bell on Murder cases in Leicestershire & Rutland |
| 20 Aug 10 | Speaker Felicity Austin on Life in Tudor Leicester |
| 17 Sept 10 | Speaker Dennis Baker on History of the Co-op |
| 15 Oct 10 | Speaker Dr Wendy Freer on Goings on Below Stairs |
| 19 Nov 10 | Speaker Neil Hughes on Wildlife crime |
| 17 Dec 10 | Speaker Anne Hughes on The twelve days of Christmas |
| 21 Jan 11 | Speaker from The Samaritans |
| 18 Feb 11 | Speaker Hanna Sandrom from Severn Trent Water |
| 18 Mar 11 | Speaker Patsie Jarman on Advertisements of Bygone Times |
| 15 Apr 11 | AGM, Speaker Roger Bisgrove on "Do we really know what we are saying?" |
| 20 May 11 | Speaker Dr Wendy Freer on Canal Boat People |
| 17 June 11 | Great Central Railway |
| 15 July 11 | Speaker Eileen Glasper on The Work of a Magistrate |
| 19 Aug 11 | Speaker Philip Warren on 1950/60 fashion |
| 16 Sept 11 | Speaker Jim Miller on Events in 1910 |
| 21 Oct 11 | Speaker Cheryl Clegg on Age Concern |
| 18 Nov 11 | Speaker Elizabeth Riding on All about Coffee |
| 16 Dec 11 | Speaker Felicity Austin on An old-fashioned Christmas |
| 20 Jan 12 | Speaker Derek Jarram on "Dam and Blast" |
| 17 Feb 12 | Speaker David Bell on "Down the Garden Path" |
| 16 Mar 12 | Speaker David Seaton on "A Leicestershire Officer in WW1" |
| 20 Apr 12 | AGM followed by speaker Delphine North on "Coalville Twinning (50 years)" |
| 18 May 12 | Spring Selection - varied readings by our Play Reading Group |
| 15 June 12 | Speaker Chris Andrews (RSPB) on "Birds in your garden" |
| 20 July 12 | Social event - cream tea - please remember to bring your ticket |
| 17 Aug 12 | Speaker Felicity Austin - "Oh I do like to be beside the seaside". |
| 21 Sept 12 | Speaker Jane Barnes - Tales from a Farmer's Wife |
| 19 Oct 12 | Talk - Guide dogs |
| 16 Nov 12 | Speaker Bill Devitt - Luxury Train Travel - followed by Special General Meeting |
| 21 Dec 12 | Social event - Songs, quiz, mince pies.... |
| 18 Jan 13 | Speaker Andrea Bray - Aromatherapy - Cancelled due to weather |
| 15 Feb 13 | Speaker Neville Cooper - Entertainment through the ages |
| 15 Mar 13 | Speaker Dr David Rolleston - The gasman came to call |
| 19 Apr 13 | AGM, followed by a presentation from REMAP |
| 17 May 13 | Speaker Sara Croft - Woodland Trust. More information on Woodland Trust available here (separate window opens) |
| 21 June 13 | Speaker Liz Brandow - Richard III |
| 19 July 13 | Talk about the work of Air Ambulance |
| 16 Aug 13 | Speaker Elizabeth Riding - Chocolate Delight |
| 20 Sept 13 | Speaker John Beasley - Century Theatre. |
| 18 Oct 13 | Speaker Jan - Hearing Dogs. |
| 15 Nov 13 | Speaker Kevin Barfield - George Formby |
| 20 Dec 13 | Speaker Elizabeth Riding - Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, followed by social time |
| 17 Jan 14 | Speaker Andrea Bray - Aromatherapy |
| 21 Feb 14 | Speaker David Girdler - The History of Plastics 1851-1960 |
| 21 Mar 14 | Speaker Katie Woodroffe - Twycross Zoo |
| 11 Apr14 | Speakers Liz Wilson & Michaela Moody - What is the U3A |
| 16 May14 | AGM, followed by our own Pete Johnson on Morris Dancing |
| 20 Jun 14 | Speaker Roz Holland - The Rotary Organisation. NB change of speaker. |
| 18 July 14 | Speaker Sara Crofts - Conserving Old Buildings |
| 15 Aug 14 | Speaker Gill Welch - The National Arboretum at Alrewas |
| 19 Sep 14 | Speaker Brian Johnson - The Village Cinemas of Leicestershire |
| 17 Oct 14 | Speaker Colin Bower - My Farcical Life as Passenger Liaison Officer. |
| 21 Nov 14 | Speaker Jenny Brown - Dementia Friends |
| 19 Dec 14 | Speaker Margarita Davis - Christmas social with "our Flossie" |
| 16 Jan 15 | Speaker Andrew Bridgen MP - followed by Questions & Answers |
| 20 Feb 15 | Speaker Elizabeth Riding - Food |
| 20 Mar 15 | Speaker Colin Bower - Humour around us |
| 17 Apr 15 | Speaker Ella Tonge from the Dogs Trust |
| 15 May 15 | AGM plus DVD of WAD group activities |
| 19 Jun 15 | Speaker Dr Mark Edworthy - Flying a Tiger Moth |
| 17 Jul 15 | Speaker Caroline Sharpe - History of Loughborough Carillon and the job of the Carillonneur |
| 21 Aug 15 | Speaker Sandy Leong - Hey Diddle Diddle - the history and meaning of nursery rhymes |
| 18 Sep 15 | Speaker Dr Malcolm Glasse - Why does rubber bounce? |
| 16 Oct 15 | Speaker Bill Wells - Fire Safety with a Smile |
| 20 Nov 15 | Speaker Bob Massey - Tricks of Light & Colour - optical illusions |
| 18 Dec 15 | Speaker Roxanne Dinsdale - The Myths of Belly Dance |
| 15 Jan 16 | Speaker Paul Owen - Cruises and European Holidays |
| 19 Feb 16 | Speaker Jo Golby - The Time Travelling Tourist |
| 18 Mar 16 | Speaker Helen Baxter - Shuttlewood Clarke Foundation |
| 15 Apr 16 | Speaker Mal Trott - My Life with Puppets |
| 20 May 16 | AGM, plus a performance by our own Fun Choir | 17 Jun 16 | Speaker John Heal - How the Internet works, the simple version |
| 15 Jul 16 | Speaker Kath Reynolds - Goose Grease and Brown Paper |
| 19 Aug 16 | Speaker Ian Rogerson - Smile Please, Say Cheese |
| 16 Sep 16 | Speaker Brian Johnson - Living in a box - the prefab |
| 21 Oct 16 | Speaker Sandy Leong - History of Witches and Witchcraft |
| 18 Nov 16 | Speaker Julie Ede - EdwardVIII and Mrs Simpson - Changed from previouly advertised |
| 16 Dec 16 | Sheila & Stuart Hague, Mediaeval Minstrels - Brandywine Bridge |
| 20 Jan 17 | Speaker Peter Varden - The History of the 78rpm Record |
| 17 Feb 17 | Speaker Prof. Martin Barstow - What has Space done for us? |
| 17 Mar 17 | Speaker Bob Massey - Are you sitting comfortably? |
| 21 Apr 17 | Speaker Stewart Shepard - Hospice Hope |
| 19 May 17 | AGM followed by a light-hearted music quiz provided by our own Juke Box Group |
| 16 June 17 | Speaker Ruth Coward - 'Ark at our Peter. |
| 21 July 17 | Speaker Tim Coltman - William Coltman, VC |
| 18 Aug 17 | Speaker Barbara Meyer - Big Cats |
| 15 Sept 17 | Speaker Professor Sarah Hainsworth: The work of a forensic engineer |
| 20 Oct 17 | Speaker Dr Julie Attard - Whitwick's Big Dig |
| 17 Nov 17 | Speaker Peter Varden - Popular Music 1945-1951 |
| 15 Dec 17 | Speaker Rosie Woodland - Joyce Grenfell |
| 19 Jan 18 | Speaker Peter Barratt - My suffragette great-grandmother Alice Hawkins |
| 16 Feb 18 | Pete Russell - Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity |
| 16 Mar 18 | Speaker Sandy Leong - Mad as a Hatter, Origins & Meanings of Sayings |
| 20 Apr 18 | Speaker Andy Smith - My Life in Music |
| 18 May 18 | AGM, then Speaker John Heal - Codes, Cyphers and Cryptography, from the Ancient Greeks to Online Banking |
| 15 June 18 | Speaker Bev Smith, CEO of NWLDC - Her career and latest development at the District Council |
| 20 July 18 | Speakers from Leics Trading Standards - Scams and how to avoid them |
| 17 Aug 18 | Our U3A's 10th Birthday- 10.30am-12.30 Open to all including non-members 2.00-3.30pm ticket only |
| 21 Sept 18 | Speaker Dr Wendy Frear - Ann Hely, a Crimean War Nurse |
| 19 Oct 18 | Speaker David Bell - Rebels and Radicals of the EastMidlands |
| 16 Nov 18 | Speaker Dr John Sutton - The Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
| 21 Dec 18 | Speaker Kath Reynolds - 'Tis the Season to be Jolly - Ticket only event |
| 18 Jan 19 | Speaker Peter Varden - The History of the 78 Record - Part 3 |
| 15 Feb 19 | Speaker Barbara Meyer - Wildlife of Sherwood Forest |
| 15 Mar 19 | Speaker David Templeman - Lady Arbella Stuart - The Queen That Never Was |
| 12 Apr 19 | Speaker Celia Sanger - Calke Abbey Revealed - A Family Story N.B. 2nd Friday of Month |
| 17 May 19 | AGM, then Speaker Lynne Cox - How to keep your memory healthy |
| 21 June 19 | Speaker Matthew Eames - Love Food Hate Waste |
| 19 July 19 | Speaker Ernest Miller - Robert Bakewell at Dishley Grange |
| 16 Aug 19 | Speaker Chris Dineley, Co-op Estate Planning - Tax, Care and Toy Boys |
| 20 Sept 19 | Speaker Peter Gee-Pemberton - The Air Ambulance Service |
| 18 Oct 19 | Speaker Maria Hanson MBE - Me & Dee Charity |
| 15 Nov 19 | Performers Fool's Gold Acoustic - Beat The Drum |
| 20 Dec 19 | Speaker John Whitehead - A Right Royal Christmas. Note - by ticket only |
| 17 Jan 20 | Speaker Delia Bennett - Reflections in Rhyme |
| 21 Feb 20 | Speaker Bob Brechin - The history and products of Palitoy and Cascelloid. CHANGED |
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