We meet at 2pm to 4pm at the Memorial Hall, Old London Road, Patcham.
The Cost is £2.00 per visit, and includes talks by speakers, and refreshments.
PROGRAMME FOR MONDAY AFTERNOONS PATCHAM U3A JANUARY 2026
12 January 26 John Pope History of Commonwealth War Graves - CWGC
19 January 26 John Field Amazing World of Magic
We welcome John Field to Patcham u3a. John has been performing magic for over 40 years and during that time has honed his skills to the highest level. He was elevated to the exclusive degree of Associate Member of the Inner Magic Circle. There are only 350 members of this club worldwide
26 January 26 Current Affairs
2 February 26 Margaret Watson Life On a Harp String
9 February 26 David Silvertime Legal - Advice about, wills, trusts and lots more
16 February 26 Andy Garth Photographic Archives of Brighton
23 February 26 Richard Durrant Life on a Guitar String
2 March 26 Trevor Povey Film Making on the South Coast
9 March 26 Ann Dieckman Life in Zanzibar
16 March 26 Philip Gloyn Censuses,,,Past and Ptesent
23 March 26 Helen Poole The Life Of Anne of Cleves
30 March 26 Easter Quiz
6 April 26 No Meeting - EASTER MONDAY NO MEETING
13 April 26 Carol/ Caroline Our 2025 view of Sussex Churches
20 April 26 Jan Current Affairs ONLY. Introduction to the Community Garden is postponed to September 7th
27 April 26 Neil Henson Inn and Out at the Top - Neil is a successful writer with 70 published books to his name. He is also a storyteller and speaker. His talk today is about running Britain's highest Inn. It is a very funny talk, and includes eccentric characters, bizarre local customs, naturist weekends and much more!
4 May 26 NO MEETING BANK HOLIDAY
11 May 26 Chris Horlock Brighton During the Wars
18 May 26 Fun Afternoon
15 June 26 Sussex Day
PREVIOUS talks in 2025
29th Sept Anne Bickmore. A talk about her children's charity ABC Fund
6th Oct Dr Tony Leonard Journal of a young Parisian - A sobering, powerful talk of the experiences of a friend of his as a young Jewish girl in France during WW2
13th Oct Current Affairs
20th Oct Trevor Povey The Development of the East Side of Brighton * Note the change of speaker*
27thOct Hilary Stirling Life and work of a Crafty Potter
Hilary has been creating pots since 1975 while training to be a teacher at Brighton. Hilary will be bringing some of her pots with her. There will be an opportunity to purchase these items, but cash only please. Hilary will be telling us about her influences and inspirations.
3rd Nov Peter Jones Taffy's Travels
10th Nov Philip Gloyn HMS Esperance Bay, The story of a WW2 AMC
17th Nov Jerry Docherty TWAM { Tools With A Mission}
Followed by our AGM
24thNov Roger Tristram Fraud and Scams...are you immune?
1st Dec Andy Thomas Christmas, A Festive History
8th Dec Ian Everest Bishopstone, A Tale of a Sussex Village
15thDec Denny Austin Christmas Party, cost £8:00.
6 JAN An Introduction to our new Website and some social time to catch up with each other in 2025 Caroline Thomas
- 13 JAN Current Affairs
- 20 JAN Is that a Machine gun? Richard Durrant
- 27 JAN Uzbekistan, following the Silk Road Amanda Healey
- 3 FEB Ghosts and the Blitz Alan Kingshott
- 10 FEB The Making of Casablanca David Allen
- 17 FEB History of the Elm Trees of Brighton Ian Lamb
- 24 FEB Piers and Pleasures Chris Horlock
- 3 MAR Pink Champagne Music of Operettas Ian Gledhill
- 10 MAR Hedgehog Haven Ann Winney
- 17 MAR Songs of Sussex - Geoff Harrington
- 24 MAR Stories from the Sussex Downs Ian Everest
- 7 APRIL Costa Rica - the country, its wildlife and scenery. Andy Davies, & Jo Graver
- 14 APRIL Easter Quiz and Party
- 21 APRIL EASTER MONDAY ...NO MEETING
- 28 APRIL More SOE Missions Gilly Harcrow
- 5 MAY MAY DAY...NO MEETING
- 12 MAY My Life in Banking in Central London Philip Gloyn
- 19 MAY The History of Champagne - the Real thing!! Peter Griffiths
Autumn Programme 2024
- 9 SEPT Life On A Harp String - Margaret Watson
Sketch by member Sheila Sheppard of Harpist Margaret Watson as she entertained us so royally in September
- 16 SEPT Writing a Presentation, the pleasures and pitfalls Philip Gloyn
- 23 SEPT Sussex Secrets
- 30 SEPT Ceremonies and Poppies Alan Kingshott
- 7 OCT Current Events Philip Gloyn
- 14 OCT The threat of Yellow legged Hornets Judith New
- 21 OCT The History of Sussex Day Geoff Harrington
- 28 OCT Victorian Women in Exploration Sarah Snow
- 4 NOV The History of Sussex Day Geoff Harrington Part 2
- 11 NOV All Your Very Own Members
- 18 NOV Update on Binkie and Friends Julie Macdonald
Since last year Julie has written and published more books for children helping them to understand children who have differences, and that its OK to have a difference. They are proving a great success, and are being taken up by schools and soon with the NHS.
- - Followed by the AGM
- 25 NOV Sussex Murders and Misdemeanours Paul Green
- 2 DEC Current Events Philip Gloyn
- 9 DEC Our Christmas Party