Study groups, social activities, meetings and fun - in Westerham, Biggin Hill, Limpsfield, Oxted, Brasted, Sundridge and beyond
Why not join us!
Are you no longer in full time work? If so, the U3A offers great opportunities to Learn, Laugh and Live!.
We have a choice of nearly 50 different interest groups. These include Architecture, Asian Food, Mahjong, London Explorer, Military History, Science, Walking, Yoga and there's also social events and outings - all for a modest annual membership fee. Come and see for yourself. NB You will need to be a member to join an interest group.!
A Membership Application form can be found here.membership_application_form_updated11_2_22.pdf
Are you no longer in full time work? If so, the U3A offers great opportunities to Learn, Laugh and Live!.
We have a choice of nearly 50 different interest groups. These include Architecture, Asian Food, Mahjong, London Explorer, Military History, Science, Walking, Yoga and there's also social events and outings - all for a modest annual membership fee. Come and see for yourself. NB You will need to be a member to join an interest group.!
A Membership Application form can be found here.membership_application_form_updated11_2_22.pdf
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About U3A:
1000+ groups! The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement is a unique organisation which provides life-enhancing and life-changing opportunities. Retired and semi-retired people study together, not for qualifications but for its own reward - the sheer joy of discovery! Where to meet us Find out more about Westerham U3A at a Coffee Morning, or at an Open Meeting (non members are invited free of charge). These meetings are held at Westerham Hall, Quebec Avenue, London Road, Westerham TN16 1BG Forthcoming Open Meeting Speakers 2022 October Andy Thomas: Lewes and Bonfire Night November David Drury: A Christmas Feast: the origins of festive food December Members Christmas Lunch |
Keep in contact
New Day for our Coffee Mornings
Due to Westerham Hall not being available on Monday mornings, from October 2021 our Coffee Mornings will be held on the 1st Wednesday of each month at Westerham Hall at 10.30am including August. It is a good opportunity for potential members to come along and find out more about u3a. 
Visits to Tollsworth Manor
During three separate visits over 60 members spent a most interesting and memorable afternoon at the home of Gordon Gillett in his beautiful Grade II* Listed Hall House. Gordon described the history of the site since 675 AD, including its use as a Monastic Farm with links with Merton Abbey. After the Reformation the property was owned by Henry VIII but there was no evidence of him actually residing there. More recently it was owned by the YHA in a somewhat dilapidated condition and Gordon purchased it with his late wife Carol in 1983. Gordon gave us a most humorous and informative presentation of Tollsworth Manor saying how they could see it’s great potential and subsequently made a heartfelt decision to restore it. Gordon concentrated on the interior of the Manor and with Carol’s love of gardening, she created a beautifully stocked cottage garden with a very old huge Sycamore tree which stands in all its glory in the back garden. Gordon and Carol started raising money for Cancer related charities with Christmas Fairs in 1984 and since 1990 with Open Gardens. As a result of Westerham U3A’s visits, over £1,400 will have been raised for St Catherines Hospice as our payments have been matched by other funders of the Hospice. Next year’s Open Garden for St. Catherine’s Hospice is on 11th June 2023. 
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Recent Open Meeting
Thursday 14 July
The Medieval Housewife by Toni Mount 
Toni Mount came to our final Open Meeting before the summer break. This time her talk was on the Medieval Housewife and we had a fascinating insight into everyday life in the Middle Ages with plenty of anecdotes, recipes and remedies. Toni talked about how the medieval wife was expected to care for her husband, what clothing they wore and the food they would eat. It was rather surprising to learn that most people slept in the raw in those days, except for wearing a bonnet on their heads! We also learnt the derivation of phrases such as strait-laced as well as some nursery rhymes that date back to that period. 17 October 2022
2.00pm at Westerham Hall Annual General Meeting (Papers will be available here shortly) . For the meeting to be valid, there should be a minimum 20% of the membership attendsing (66), so please do try to come along. Following our AGM Andy Thomas returns to us with a new talk “Lewes and Bonfire Night”. He is a prolific author and one of our favourite speakers and is bound to be as entertaining and informative as always. 
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