All Open Meetings and Coffee Mornings are held at the Westerham Hall, Quebec Avenue, London Road, Westerham TN16 1BG
For further details of any event email [email protected]
For further details of any event email [email protected]
Coffee Mornings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 10.30am.
Held in the front room of Westerham Hall, these events provide an excellent opportunity to chat and get to know other members.
Held in the front room of Westerham Hall, these events provide an excellent opportunity to chat and get to know other members.
Open Meeting Thursday 13th June 2024 2pm Kirtle, Corsets and Curtains by Sara Slater
Sarah is a guide lecturer who has worked for Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court since 2008. She was theatrically trained and was a child actor until moving into a career in finance. She will talk about her journey into costuming and the levels of authenticity involved with making period costumes to wear as a tour guide. The ‘perfect silhouette’ has changed over time and Sarah will show how women have striven to attain it!
Sarah is a guide lecturer who has worked for Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court since 2008. She was theatrically trained and was a child actor until moving into a career in finance. She will talk about her journey into costuming and the levels of authenticity involved with making period costumes to wear as a tour guide. The ‘perfect silhouette’ has changed over time and Sarah will show how women have striven to attain it!
Basildon Park Outing, Thursday 27th June
For our summer outing this year we are visiting Basildon Park, Berkshire, a National Trust property sitting in 400 acres of historic parkland and gardens. The 18th-century house contains fine furnishings whilst the parkland offers glorious seasonal colour and wonderful views. Cost is £20 - plus £16.15 for entry to the house if you are not a member of the National Trust. There are still a few places left so contact Val at once.
Open Meeting Thursday 11th July 2024 2pm Annual General Meeting
Running the u3a is a rewarding experience and we welcome enthusiastic members with new ideas to join the Committee and help to continue to improve our u3a. Your u3a needs YOU! Please contact Colin Hill, Secretary if you would like to be part of the team.
Running the u3a is a rewarding experience and we welcome enthusiastic members with new ideas to join the Committee and help to continue to improve our u3a. Your u3a needs YOU! Please contact Colin Hill, Secretary if you would like to be part of the team.
The AGM will be followed by ‘The Acting Lark’ by Tim Baker
In which the ups and downs, highs and lows of commercial and TV acting are revealed in a comedy tour de force by an actor who’s been through the mill often enough to know both the glamour of being picked up from home in a limo to being ignored by casting directors for periods of up to four years. You will come away with candid insights and revelations on the topic of casting for and acting in big-brand commercial shoots and television soaps. Production values, techniques for wasting time and money, wigs and make-up and, finally, filming will all be discussed with absolutely no bitterness at all!
Look up on YouTube the Marks and Spencer’s Christmas commercial from 2016 in which Tim appears as Father Christmas.
In which the ups and downs, highs and lows of commercial and TV acting are revealed in a comedy tour de force by an actor who’s been through the mill often enough to know both the glamour of being picked up from home in a limo to being ignored by casting directors for periods of up to four years. You will come away with candid insights and revelations on the topic of casting for and acting in big-brand commercial shoots and television soaps. Production values, techniques for wasting time and money, wigs and make-up and, finally, filming will all be discussed with absolutely no bitterness at all!
Look up on YouTube the Marks and Spencer’s Christmas commercial from 2016 in which Tim appears as Father Christmas.
Open Meeting Thursday 8th August 2024 2pm Quiz Afternoon with Colin Hill
Open Meeting Thursday 12th September 2024 2pm Cyber Security by Bridget Veitch
Open Meeting Thursday 10th October 2024 2pm Behind the Scenes of TV's Golden Years by Wilf Lower
Open Meeting Thursday 14th November 2024 2pm Christmas a Festive History by Andy Thomas