The UK u3a family is currently more than 400K members and a current project is underway to help increase this to 500K plus. Across the country fantastic things are happening and to supplement ‘u3a matters’ a monthly newsletter was recently introduced to ensure members and friends were completely up to speed with news from across…

We never meet on Bank Holiday Mondays so there will be no class on 25 May and Paula is unable to take our sessions on8 or 15 June. Therefore our remaining sessions until we break for the summer are:  18 May, 1 June, 22 June, 29 June, 6 July and 13 July. We will start again in the Autumn, fresh-faced and…

It was a bright, chilly day for our trip to Clarks Village at Street and the Clarks Shoe Museum. The museum was interesting with 200 years of history, with exhibits showing the change of shoe fashion. It was amusing to hear people saying ` I used to have those’. There is an interesting international collection…

On a grey, windy day we left Trowbridge for the short journey to Ozleworth in Gloucestershire to Newark Park. It is set high on the ridge of the Cotswold escapement with views of the valley below. The gardens were built over 3 levels. When we were there, it was a carpet of white – snowdrops.…