The following items are only those extracted from the newsletters. Items not reported because of publication dates/timings will have been overlooked Where actual date not known, shown as the 1st of the month Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2000 13-Jan New Year Lunch, Regency Park Thatcham 2000 31-Jan Holiday re-union t. Three Swans, Hungerford 2000 10-Feb Margaret Wallace Drama Can Be Fun Social Mtg 2000 16-Feb Simon Lloyd Making the Most of your Money 2000 23-Feb Dick Morris- Trav Eastern Himalayas Gp 2000 08-Mar Phantom of the Opera - Mayflower 2000 21-Mar Cosi fan Tutte - Nationa Opera at Oxford 2000 28-Mar Spring Lunch 2000 08-May Czech republic (Prague) - ret 16th 2000 24-May Hertfordshire 2000 22-Jun Annual outing Hampton Court and Boat Trip to Richmond 2000 04-Jul Dorset 2000 10-Jul Group Showcase and Coffee Morning Mayor of Newbury invited to attend 2000 27-Jul Romeo & Juliet - Stratford 2000 08-Sep Somerset 2000 23-Sep Scotland (Royal acht) ret 3/10 2000 12-Oct Louis Atkinson My Life as a Shepherd AGM 2000 14-Oct Mill at Sonning A Party to Murder 2000 16-Oct Inspector Calls (Priestly) High Wycombe 2000 08-Nov Dr P F Sievers Iceland 2000 22-Nov Les Sylphides Eng. National Oxford 2001 18-Jan New Year Lunch at Newbury/Crookham Golf Club 2001 24-Jan Hexagon Johann Strauss Gala Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2001 25-Jan Pat Carrick and The Bottom of the World Margaret Howlett 2001 02-Mar Mr D Maddocks Namibia 2001 23-Mar Marriage of Figaro 2001 03-Apr Spring Lunch St Nics 2001 25-Apr Norfolk Holiday ret. 3/5 2001 23-May London Eye and Somerset House Treasures of Catherine the Great 2001 14-Jun Annual Outing Birmingham Jewellery Quarter and Botanical Gardens 2001 20-Jun My Fair Lady - National 2001 05-Jul Brighton Pavilion and Arundel Castle 2001 09-Jul Alan Copeland Curiosities of the Cotswolds 2001 23-Jul Tour of Royal Opera House Plus Kew 2001 26-Jul West Green House - Garden Group 2001 29-Jul Open Gardens Day, Catcott Somerset 2001 05-Sep Isle of Wight and Osborne House 2001 13-Sep Chichester Chekhov's Three Sisters 2001 28-Sep Weekend in Normandy ret 2/10 2001 10-Oct Ballet Rambert - mixed programme 2001 11-Oct Stan Mellor His Career in Racing AGM St Nics to mark 10th Anniversary MP David Rendall attending 2001 21-Nov Chichester Hock and Soda Water 2001 24-Nov Mill at Sonning Who Killed Santa Claus? 2001 27-Nov Melanie Blackman Tibet 2002 01-Jan History Group Took Tea with the Mayor 2002 23-Jan Mr J Irving New Zealand - Trav Gp Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2002 09-Feb Mill at Sonning Alan Ayckbourn's Taking Steps 2002 14-Feb Bronwen Sutton Newbury Festival Social Meeting with Speaker 2002 14-Mar Glass Slides of Old Newbury 2002 03-Apr Wisley - Gard. Gp 2002 16-Apr Spring Lunch 2002 25-Apr Bicester Shopping Village, Waddeston, Buckingham Old Gaol Museum and tea 2002 01-May Frances Berry Mayor 2002 01-May Ken Wells, Thames Valley Police Custodian Museum History Group 2002 07-May Hosted Reg. Conference at St Bart's (Wormestall) 2002 14-May Czech Republic (Prague) ret. 23/5 Full report travel newsletter #6 2002 01-Jun History Groupvisit to Newbury Fire Stn 2002 14-Jun Blenheim Palace Flower Show Gard. Gp 2002 26-Jun Singing in the Rain Oxford 2002 29-Jun Gardening Group Plant Sale in Members Garden 2002 08-Jul Trav Gp Poole and Swanage 2002 08-Jul Poole and Freetime Sandbanks, Poole and Swanage 2002 10-Jul Antony and Cleopatra - Stratford 2002 17-Jul Rita Lenney A Light Hearted Look at Love and Marriage Summer Social 2002 19-Jul Calligraphy Gp Art in Action at Waterperry 2002 29-Aug Cabaret at Chichester 2002 01-Sep History Group Tea With Frances Berry in the Mayor's Parlour Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2002 03-Sep Moreton-in -the-Marsh and Stratford on Avon Mary Arden's House, Shakespeare Countryside Museum 2002 20-Sep Weekend in Chester Trav. Gp For full report see Travel Newsletter No 8 2002 10-Oct AGM Speaker deferred 2002 17-Oct Annual Outing - A Day in Bath 2002 25-Oct Kew Records Office - Calligraphy Group 2002 09-Nov Mill at Sonning Inside Job 2002 13-Nov Sleeping Beauty Bath 2002 03-Dec Drop in for a Mince Pie and meet new Committee 2002 06-Dec Dr P F Sievers Orient Express or Unusual Views of Newbury 2003 30-Jan Pat Carrick In the Steps of My Mother Norway 1907-2002 2003 05-Feb Noel Coward's Present Laughter High Wycombe 2003 20-Feb D'Oyly Carte HMS Pinafore - Savoy Theatre 2003 20-Feb Phil Scrivener Christmas Farm Social with Speaker 2003 15-Mar Mill at Sonning Foot in the Door 2003 18-Mar Dave Subbs The Thames Way 2003 19-Mar Cav. And Pag - WNO at Mayflower 2003 08-Apr EGM to Discuss new Constitution Preceded by Spring Lunch 2003 28-Apr Bletchley Park - Trav. Gp 2003 14-May Rhine Cruise ret. 23/5 2003 02-Jun For full report see Travel Newsletter No 12 2003 05-Jun History Group Visit NWN 2003 12-Jun Scenic Trip to Dorchester - Annual Outing Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2003 18-Jun Mrs Warren's Profession, Bath 2003 23-Jun Antiques Gp to Dreweatt Neate Evening 2003 01-Jul Coffee Morning - Showcase Meeting 2003 02-Jul Compton Acres - Gardening Gp 2003 09-Jul Whichford Pottery and Warwick Castle 2003 27-Jul Catcott Open Gardens 2003 01-Sep Change of Charity Number from 1042840 to 1097700 2003 04-Sep The Seagull Chichester 2003 10-Sep Wandering in Wiltshire 2003 18-Sep Northumberland return 24/9 2003 09-Oct Chris Smallbone The Longest Night AGM 2003 23-Oct Richard III Stratford 2003 28-Oct Nutcracker Bath 2003 12-Nov Eleanor Tims Granny and a cat Sail the Atlantic 2003 03-Dec Travel Rhone reunion 2003 16-Dec Christmas Social - Melody Makers group entertained 2004 13-Jan Pat Carrick May 2003 Rhine Trip 2004 24-Jan Alan Ayckbourn's Just between Ourselves 2004 01-Feb Mobile Phone acquired 2004 11-Feb Craft Workshop 2004 19-Feb Mel Rees My Family and Other Setbacks Social Meeting with Speaker 2004 05-Mar David Saadi The Kennet and Avon Canal 2004 30-Mar Spring Lunch 2004 31-Mar Eugene Onegin Southampton (WNO) Cancelled - lack of interest 2004 01-Apr Des and Mel Show - Cancelled 2004 03-Apr The Face of Fear Sonning by Edward Taylor Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2004 26-Apr Science & Tech Gp U3A Explores ~Science at the Royal Inst'n 2004 29-Apr Stan Reilly Arrive Alive Motoring Safety Talk 2004 05-May Gard. Gp Spinners Nursery and Exbury 2004 12-May Kidderminster, Bridgenorth and Severn Valley Railway 2004 25-May Norway ret. 1st June 2004 09-Jun Carmen Mayflower Southampton 2004 16-Jun Les Miserables Queens, London 2004 30-Jun Cardiff City tour by coach ending at waterfrong. PM Rhondda Heritage Park 2004 27-Jul Beth Chatto's Garden (Gard. Gp) 2004 11-Aug Man and Superman Bath 2004 19-Aug Annual Outing to Cambridge 2004 06-Sep War Museum then British Legion Poppy Factory at Richmond Meal at Windsor on return 2004 15-Sep Merry Widow Carl Rosa Company Swan High wycombe 2004 23-Sep Kent return 27th 2004 07-Oct Sally Hughes History of The Mill at Sonning AGM 2004 10-Oct Music Afternoon organised by Jean Martin's Music Group 2004 28-Oct Sleeping Beauty Bath 2004 27-Nov Murder by Misadventure The Mill at Sonning 2004 14-Dec Christmas Coffee and Mince Pies 2005 18-Jan Discussion on the formation of U3A in Thatcham Memorial Hall Thatcham Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2005 17-Feb Carolyn Murison Experiences as a Captain Principal with the TA Environmental in Iraq Health Officer 2005 23-Feb Cabinet War Rooms and Apsley House 2005 03-Mar Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Theatre Royal Windsor 2005 08-Mar Quiz Afternoon - Olwyn Lynes 2005 10-Mar La Traviata danced by the Northern Ballet Theatre at Theatre Royal Bath 2005 11-Mar Melanie Blackman Pakistan - High and Wild in the Karakoram Spring Lunch Followed by EGM 2005 11-Mar David Saadi Have Boat - Will Travel Subscription 2005 05-Apr increased to £15/27 p.a. U£A pay accomodation fees 2005 14-Apr Launch of Thatcham U3A 2005 25-Apr Llandudno ret. 29/4 2005 04-May Madame Butterfly Ukranian National Opera New Victoria Theatre, Woking 2005 10-Jun Premises Fund Recommended by EC 2005 14-Jun Summer Coffe Morning 2005 15-Jun Chislehurst Caves and Eltham Palace 2005 29-Jun Dial M for Murder High Wycombe 2005 13-Jul Annual Outing to Worcester 2005 01-Sep You Never Can Tell Bath 2005 04-Sep Yorkshire ret. 10/9 2005 13-Sep The Mikado High Wycombe 2005 12-Oct David Hopson History of Camp Hopson AGM 2005 13-Oct Sci Tech Gp Copenhagen Watermill See Newsletter 63 for details Year Date Speaker Subject Outing Theatre Other Meetings - Does not Comments include meetings produced by outside organisations 2005 18-Oct Dick Morris Burma - Travel Group 2005 10-Nov A Musical Afternoon - 3 Music Groups combined 2005 23-Nov The Real Thing New Victoria Theatre, Woking 2005 06-Dec Christmas Coffee Morning and Bric a Brac Sale 2006 11-Jan Jack Williams Nelson and Trafalgar 2006 08-Feb Afternoon Tea and Book Sale 2006 25-Feb Strictly Murder Sonning 2006 28-Feb Kensington Palace and Wallace Collection 2006 01-Mar Lease agreed on Office in Arcade 2006 21-Mar Dr P F Sievers Crete - Travel Group 2006 29-Mar Woman in White Palace, London Production withdrawn 2006 04-Apr Spring Lunch 2006 22-Apr Northern Ireland 2006 11-May Tea and Video Cassette sale 2006 07-Jun Gard.