Previous Monthly Meetings
2022
Thursday May 26th - Alfred Williams and the Folk Songs of the Upper Thames - Martin Graebe
Thursday April 28th - A New Market Cross - improving Malmesbury town centre - Terry Fox
Thursday March 24th - What can we do about climate change? - David Head
Thursday March 10th - Art of Deception or Fakes and Forgeries - Marilyn Bishop2021
Thursday February 24th - The world's oldest family tree, found in the Cotswolds - John Hammond
Thursday February 10th - Malmesbury Twinning: Past and Future Julia Bowen
Thursday January 27th - The Work of the Fire and Rescue Service-Support Officer from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service - Jamie Johnstone
Thursday January 6th - 'Bang up to the Elephant’ Fools' Gold (by Zoom)
2021
Thursday November 23rd - The Discomforts of Bath - Dickon Povey
Thursday October 28th - Malmesbury Foodbank - Dick Gray
Thursday September 25th - REDD in the Green Hills of Africa - Chris Tuite
Thursday June 24th - Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace - Mike Shiel
Thursday June 10th - Climate Change and Planet Earth - David Head
Thursday May 13th - A programme of songs and their accompanying stories - Steve and Carol Robson
Thursday May 27th - From wildlife photography to saving the cheetah! - Alison Mees
Thursday April 22nd - The Work of Marie Curie - Riona Houghton
Thursday April 8th - Malmesbury in the news from the 1830s - Susan Mockler
Thursday March 25th - Poetry, Feminism and Creativity - Lesley Saunders (in conversation with Sue Hammond)
Thursday March 11th - The Cleveland Connection: revisiting the Intriguing Story of Malmesbury’s Oilmen - Sue Poolman
Thursday February 25th - Ritual and Belief during the time of Stonehenge - John Hammond
Thursday February 11th - Graffiti Through the Ages - Michael Lewis
Thursday January 28th - Oliver Cromwell and his effect on modern democracy - Howard Robinson
Thursday January 7th - Brazil - Travels through unknown territory reveal the best kept exotic secrets - Mandy Dobson
2020
Thursday November 26th - The History of the Village Blacksmith - Hector Cole MBE
Thursday November 5th - Slum School and Safari - Janette and Jonathan Barstow
Thursday October 22nd - Live Longer Better with the Optimal Ageing Programme - Sir Muir Gray
How to stay well and increase physical and mental wellbeing
Thursday September 24th - The Work of Wiltshire Air Ambulance: ‘We Save Lives’ - Roger Heafield
Thursday August 20th - Bradenstoke Priory - its recent History - Mark Thomas (Zoom meeting)
Friday July 17th - Bow in the Cloud - history of the vineyard - Sophie Willingale (Zoom meeting)
Thursday June 18th - Coronavirus - Phil Yates (Zoom meeting)
Thursday February 27th - Dickens in Wiltshire - The author's life and times - Dr Keith Hooper
Thursday January 23rd - Life as an expedition doctor - Phil Yates working as a doctor in extreme locations
2019
Thursday 28th November - The Beauty and Uses of Trees - Hugh Angus, Dendrologist (U3A Member)
Thursday 24th October - The Early History of Penguin Books - Barry Edwards (A paperback revolution)
Thursday 26th September - The View from the Wings - Brian Freeland
Thursday 27th June - Cyber Crime - Lee Stripe, Digital Investigations and Intelligence Unit, Wiltshire Police
Thursday 23rd May - Wellboring – Water for 100,000 via 100 wells - Nigel Linacre
Thursday 25th April - AGM and "Chavenage House and guests throughout the ages" Caroline Lowsley-Williams
Thursday 28th March - The Cleveland Experience - the story of Malmesburians who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in the 19th century - Susan Poolman
Thursday 28th February - Bloodhound SSC - the story behind the building of a car to run at 1000 mph - Jonathan Barstow
2018
Thursday June 28th - 'The Doorway Project' - Lisa Lewis
Thursday May 24th - 'Traditional Craft to Technological Innovation' - Andrew Poynton
Thursday April 26th - 'Medical Detection Dogs' by Danielle Mills
Thursday March 22nd - 'Snatched from Danger’' - Deborah Poneskis. Personal experiences of life in the Army.
Thursday February 22nd - 'Patagonia - A Welsh Journey' - Mike Lewis
2017
Thursday November 23rd - 'The Toxic Trio. Mesopotamia 1914-16' - Tank Nash
Thursday October 26th - 'Whales and Dolphins - a look into their world' - Bernard Purrier
Thursday September 28th - 'Vision, Perceptual and optical illusions' - Howard Robinson
A look at optical illusions
Thursday June 22nd - 'Magistrates in the judicial system - are they needed?' - Michael Kay JP
Thursday May 25th - 'The Prisoners of Hope' - Helen Landau - The birth of aviation
Thursday April 27th - 'Signature Tunes' - Malcolm Lewis
Thursday March 23rd - 'Where did I go?' - Polly Williamson
Thursday February 23rd - 'The History of Herbal Medicine' - Caroline Sheldrick
2016
Thursday November 24th - 'My Life in Russia Before and After Perestoika' - Marsha Lees
Thursday October 27th - 'Mercy Ships' - Angela Grist - Mercy Ships
Thursday September 22nd - 'The Making of Casablanca' - Edward Barham
Thursday July 28th - 'The History of Art': Post War to Today - Paul Deacon
Thursday June 23rd - An Elizabethan Blockbuster: 'A Knack to Know a Knave' at the Rose - Dr. Tim Hammond
Thursday May 26th - Suzann Valadon: Model and Artist - Paul Chapman
Thursday April 28th - 'The Roman Baths at Bath' - Bernard Purrier
Thursday March 24th - 'This is Jazz' - Alan Cornell
Thursday February 25th - 'The Doolittle Raid' - David Head
2015
Thursday November 26th - The Cotswold Canals; past, present and future - Theo Stening - Cotswold Canals Trust
Thursday October 22nd - 20th Century Western Art - Paul Deacon
Thursday September 24th - The History of the Greener Guns Company from 1829 and some of the inventions, not always involving guns.
- Graham N. Greener - Greener Gun Company
Thursday July 23rd - An Introduction to Global Warming in Science and Society - Richard Erskine
If you missed the talk, or would like the opportunity to look at the facts
in more detail, then you can find a copy of the talk here.
Thursday June 25th - What Happened at Chernobyl - Robert MacLachlan
Thursday May 28th - Driving safely on rural roads - Gordon Burley - Cirencester Advanced Motorists website
Thursday April 23rd - M&D U3A AGM - no speaker
Thursday March 26th - Sevington Victorian School - Dinah Starkey - Sevington Victorian School website
Thursday February 26th - The History of 20th Century Western Art - Paul Deacon
Thursday January 22nd - The Witches of 17th Century Malmesbury - Tony McAleavy
2014
Thursday November 27th - River Barn - Nicki & Finn Spicer - River Barn website
Thursday October 23rd - History of Western Art - Paul Deacon
Thursday May 26th - Alfred Williams and the Folk Songs of the Upper Thames - Martin Graebe
Thursday April 28th - A New Market Cross - improving Malmesbury town centre - Terry Fox
Thursday March 24th - What can we do about climate change? - David Head
Thursday March 10th - Art of Deception or Fakes and Forgeries - Marilyn Bishop2021
Thursday February 24th - The world's oldest family tree, found in the Cotswolds - John Hammond
Thursday February 10th - Malmesbury Twinning: Past and Future Julia Bowen
Thursday January 27th - The Work of the Fire and Rescue Service-Support Officer from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service - Jamie Johnstone
Thursday January 6th - 'Bang up to the Elephant’ Fools' Gold (by Zoom)
2021
Thursday November 23rd - The Discomforts of Bath - Dickon Povey
Thursday October 28th - Malmesbury Foodbank - Dick Gray
Thursday September 25th - REDD in the Green Hills of Africa - Chris Tuite
Thursday June 24th - Fields of Battle - Lands of Peace - Mike Shiel
Thursday June 10th - Climate Change and Planet Earth - David Head
Thursday May 13th - A programme of songs and their accompanying stories - Steve and Carol Robson
Thursday May 27th - From wildlife photography to saving the cheetah! - Alison Mees
Thursday April 22nd - The Work of Marie Curie - Riona Houghton
Thursday April 8th - Malmesbury in the news from the 1830s - Susan Mockler
Thursday March 25th - Poetry, Feminism and Creativity - Lesley Saunders (in conversation with Sue Hammond)
Thursday March 11th - The Cleveland Connection: revisiting the Intriguing Story of Malmesbury’s Oilmen - Sue Poolman
Thursday February 25th - Ritual and Belief during the time of Stonehenge - John Hammond
Thursday February 11th - Graffiti Through the Ages - Michael Lewis
Thursday January 28th - Oliver Cromwell and his effect on modern democracy - Howard Robinson
Thursday January 7th - Brazil - Travels through unknown territory reveal the best kept exotic secrets - Mandy Dobson
2020
Thursday November 26th - The History of the Village Blacksmith - Hector Cole MBE
Thursday November 5th - Slum School and Safari - Janette and Jonathan Barstow
Thursday October 22nd - Live Longer Better with the Optimal Ageing Programme - Sir Muir Gray
How to stay well and increase physical and mental wellbeing
Thursday September 24th - The Work of Wiltshire Air Ambulance: ‘We Save Lives’ - Roger Heafield
Thursday August 20th - Bradenstoke Priory - its recent History - Mark Thomas (Zoom meeting)
Friday July 17th - Bow in the Cloud - history of the vineyard - Sophie Willingale (Zoom meeting)
Thursday June 18th - Coronavirus - Phil Yates (Zoom meeting)
Thursday February 27th - Dickens in Wiltshire - The author's life and times - Dr Keith Hooper
Thursday January 23rd - Life as an expedition doctor - Phil Yates working as a doctor in extreme locations
2019
Thursday 28th November - The Beauty and Uses of Trees - Hugh Angus, Dendrologist (U3A Member)
Thursday 24th October - The Early History of Penguin Books - Barry Edwards (A paperback revolution)
Thursday 26th September - The View from the Wings - Brian Freeland
Thursday 27th June - Cyber Crime - Lee Stripe, Digital Investigations and Intelligence Unit, Wiltshire Police
Thursday 23rd May - Wellboring – Water for 100,000 via 100 wells - Nigel Linacre
Thursday 25th April - AGM and "Chavenage House and guests throughout the ages" Caroline Lowsley-Williams
Thursday 28th March - The Cleveland Experience - the story of Malmesburians who emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in the 19th century - Susan Poolman
Thursday 28th February - Bloodhound SSC - the story behind the building of a car to run at 1000 mph - Jonathan Barstow
2018
Thursday June 28th - 'The Doorway Project' - Lisa Lewis
Thursday May 24th - 'Traditional Craft to Technological Innovation' - Andrew Poynton
Thursday April 26th - 'Medical Detection Dogs' by Danielle Mills
Thursday March 22nd - 'Snatched from Danger’' - Deborah Poneskis. Personal experiences of life in the Army.
Thursday February 22nd - 'Patagonia - A Welsh Journey' - Mike Lewis
2017
Thursday November 23rd - 'The Toxic Trio. Mesopotamia 1914-16' - Tank Nash
Thursday October 26th - 'Whales and Dolphins - a look into their world' - Bernard Purrier
Thursday September 28th - 'Vision, Perceptual and optical illusions' - Howard Robinson
A look at optical illusions
Thursday June 22nd - 'Magistrates in the judicial system - are they needed?' - Michael Kay JP
Thursday May 25th - 'The Prisoners of Hope' - Helen Landau - The birth of aviation
Thursday April 27th - 'Signature Tunes' - Malcolm Lewis
Thursday March 23rd - 'Where did I go?' - Polly Williamson
Thursday February 23rd - 'The History of Herbal Medicine' - Caroline Sheldrick
2016
Thursday November 24th - 'My Life in Russia Before and After Perestoika' - Marsha Lees
Thursday October 27th - 'Mercy Ships' - Angela Grist - Mercy Ships
Thursday September 22nd - 'The Making of Casablanca' - Edward Barham
Thursday July 28th - 'The History of Art': Post War to Today - Paul Deacon
Thursday June 23rd - An Elizabethan Blockbuster: 'A Knack to Know a Knave' at the Rose - Dr. Tim Hammond
Thursday May 26th - Suzann Valadon: Model and Artist - Paul Chapman
Thursday April 28th - 'The Roman Baths at Bath' - Bernard Purrier
Thursday March 24th - 'This is Jazz' - Alan Cornell
Thursday February 25th - 'The Doolittle Raid' - David Head
2015
Thursday November 26th - The Cotswold Canals; past, present and future - Theo Stening - Cotswold Canals Trust
Thursday October 22nd - 20th Century Western Art - Paul Deacon
Thursday September 24th - The History of the Greener Guns Company from 1829 and some of the inventions, not always involving guns.
- Graham N. Greener - Greener Gun Company
Thursday July 23rd - An Introduction to Global Warming in Science and Society - Richard Erskine
If you missed the talk, or would like the opportunity to look at the facts
in more detail, then you can find a copy of the talk here.
Thursday June 25th - What Happened at Chernobyl - Robert MacLachlan
Thursday May 28th - Driving safely on rural roads - Gordon Burley - Cirencester Advanced Motorists website
Thursday April 23rd - M&D U3A AGM - no speaker
Thursday March 26th - Sevington Victorian School - Dinah Starkey - Sevington Victorian School website
Thursday February 26th - The History of 20th Century Western Art - Paul Deacon
Thursday January 22nd - The Witches of 17th Century Malmesbury - Tony McAleavy
2014
Thursday November 27th - River Barn - Nicki & Finn Spicer - River Barn website
Thursday October 23rd - History of Western Art - Paul Deacon