At our general meeting in June we were pleased to welcome Jo Phillips once again as our main speaker. Jo always entertains us with her histories which bring old Coventry to life in our minds. Perhaps my use of the…

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I was very saddened and surprised to hear of Bob Rouse's recent passing, after a short illness. Bob organised countless outings over many years for u3a members in Coventry. Although Bob was a member of Coventry u3a, he ensured that…

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Some of our members recently joined a group from Coventry u3a on a garden visit to Kington, on the Welsh border. A drive along the leafy lanes along the winding country lanes of Worcestershire and Herefordshire was followed by a…

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The current u3a friends newsletter has been out for a couple of weeks, but it's always a good time to sign up to receive your free regular issues. Just go to our links page for more details.

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Hot off the press is the latest u3a West Midlands Newsletter (May 2025), so why not take a look at our Newsletters page.

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The warm weather as well as the monthly general meeting welcomed historian David Fry from the Coventry Society for a talk on Coventry's post-war rebuilding and the roles of the architects Donald Gibson and Arthur Ling. David explained how pre-war…

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My father spent VE Day 1945 aboard the destroyer HMS Bulldog in the English Channel on a mission to German occupied Guernsey. As the German government had not officially sanctioned the surrender of the Channel Islands commander, Admiral Hoffmeier, refused…

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The official end of the Second World War in Europe was 8th May 1945, but it wasn't as simple as it might seem. The Nazis surrendered at the Allied Supreme Headquarters in Reims in the early hours of 7th May,…

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Coventry Sherbourne u3a was well represented at the recent funeral of one of its founder members, Dorothy Mayo. Many of us have fond memories of Dorothy who contributed greatly to our branch in the early days and continued to do…

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