General Interest

We meet at the Salvation Army Centre, Catherine Street, Whitehaven every other Wednesday afternoon at 2pm.
We make a small charge of £3 which includes refreshments and also covers venue hire and speaker costs.

Please note NO PARKING is available at the centre but a few spaces can be kept for disabled drivers by arrangement - please see Kevan.
NB: there is actually a public car park right next door.

U3A General meetings Spring/Summer 2025

Wednesday 8th January 2pm - WILL RAWLING ‘’ A year in the life of a Hill Farmer’’
Wednesday 22nd January 2pm - ROS DOWNING “A Pictorial journey through Cumbrian History”
Wednesday 5th February 2pm - JANE LASKEY “Reimagining Roman Maryport and the Senhouse Museum”
Wednesday 19th February 2pm - AGM followed by Coffee and Cake
Wednesday 5th March 2pm - JENNY GARBE West Cumbria Rivers Trust “Rewilding Walkmill”
Wednesday 19th March 2pm - IAN JACKSON “Rocks at the Edge of Empire”
Wednesday 2nd April 2pm - BECKS SKINNER “Wool Stories - The History of the Wool Industry”
Wednesday 16th April 2pm - WHITEHAVEN FIRE BRIGADE “Fire Safety at Home and in the Car”
Wednesday 30th April 2pm - IAN SAVAGE Copeland Squirrel Group “Conservation of Red Squirrels”
Wednesday 14th May 2pm - JOHN LAWSON “The Local Steel Industry”
Wednesday 28th May 2pm - MIKE JAMES “The Story of Whiskey from the Lindores Abbey Distillery”
Wednesday 11th June 2pm - ANTHONY PAYNE “The Road to Morocco”
Wednesday 25th June 2pm - ALAN CLEAVER “The Demise of Handwriting: How the digital age is killing off handwritten letters - and why that matters”
Wednesday 9th July 2pm - JONATHAN AYLEN “Building the Shadow Factories: High Duty Alloys at Distington”

SUMMER BREAK

SUMMER LUNCH
Wednesday 18th June at Hundith Hill Hotel, Lorton 12 for 12.30pm
The price per person is £30.25 inc tip

U3A General meetings Autumn 2025

Wednesday 3rd September 2pm - DAVID JUTSON “All smoke… but no mirrors
The history of smoking and curing foods from the Stone age to the present day”
Wednesday 17th September 2pm - BRIAN TOPPING “Life as a Customs Officer part 2”
Wednesday 1st October 2pm - IAN HOOSE “Snapshots of the Industrial Revolution - Innovation illustrated”
Wednesday 15th October 2pm - SHARON ARROWSMITH “Life as a curator at Muncaster”
Wednesday 29th October 2pm - TERRY HARVEY-CHADWICK “Moorforge Viking Settlement”
Wednesday 12th November 2pm - BECKS SKINNER “The Birth of the Airborne Forces”
Wednesday 26th November 2pm - JENNIFER FELTON & KATE STARK “United Utilities plans for Cumbria”
Wednesday 10th December 2pm - St Begh’s School Choir

CHRISTMAS LUNCH
Wednesday 17th December at Hunday Manor Hotel 12 for 12.30pm.
The price per person will be £. inc tip (to be confirmed)
The menu will be available in the reports section
Pre-booking is essential please see Judith Jordan.