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Coming Soon
We are always looking ahead to find something a bit different or special for our members. For instance, this month we have our first Petanque meeting of recent times. We had a false start when we tried to run a…
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Stop Press!: Our popular Coffee in the Park gathering is back
If you fancy meeting up with your u3a friends while getting some fresh air and perhaps even taking some gentle exercise, then come along to our Coffee in the Park meet-up. We are recommencing this popular group on Wednesday 10th…
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A visit from Blood Bikes
For June's main meeting we enjoyed a talk by Tim Carey from Warwickshire & Solihull Blood Bikes Tim explained they are a charity service that operates 24/7 365 days of the year transferring urgent deliveries between hospitals, clinics and homes…
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Out & About
Our trip to Birmingham Botanical Gardens on May 21st was enjoyed by all. We overcame some initial hiccups on the journey, including major disruption to trams and buses due to road closures for the Aston Villa cup celebrations that evening,…
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Charterhouse Visit
In April a group of our members enjoyed a relaxing and informative Trust Travellers visit to Charterhouse, Coventry's National Trust attraction. The volunteer guides were able to entertainingly interpret some of the finest examples of medieval and renaissance art in…
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Coach Trips with Coventry u3a
The number of places booked by our members for the Doddington Hall trip on Tuesday September 8th has been given to Coventry u3a, but it might well be possible to squeeze in one or two more. If you are interested,…
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History of Everything
I need to point out an error on the May newsletter in relation to the date of the forthcoming History meeting. Dr James Rose will be delivering a slice of Coventry's history on the 28th May, as stated. However, this…
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May general meeting
This months speaker was Paul Salisbury from the Coventry family history society. Paul explained how the society collects, transcribes and organises records from a wide array of sources and timeframes to preserve the histories and lives of Coventry residents past.…