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December Newsletter and Materials for January AGM Now Available
5th December 2022
The latest newsletter has now been published. For those of you who still receive this in the post we are doing our best to get it to you as soon as possible. Here's 4 good reasons to think about taking the newsletter by email: You'll get it sooner (hear all the latest news whilst it is still...
New Mahjong for Beginners Interest Group Starting in October
29th September 2022
Hot on the heels of the successful BOB Games morning, Irmgard Tonolo is looking to start a Mahjong Beginners on Monday 24th October, 2-4pm at her house Interest Group. If you are interested in joining you can find Irmgards contact number on the Interest Group list under Mahjong 3. ...
Bromley, Orpington & Beckenham u3a Games Morning a Great Success
28th September 2022
The Bob u3a 40th Anniversary Games morning was held at Crofton Halls on Wed 21st September. Chair Pauline and Bromley Chair Sandy Boden agreed it was a roaring success and plan to run another on in the future. Many of our card and board games were represented with attendees able to try...
Bromley, Orpington & Beckenham u3a Games Morning - Wed 21st September
6th August 2022
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of u3a, Bromley, Orpington & Beckenham (BOB) would like to invite you to a morning of fun and games at Crofton Halls on Wednesday 21st September from 10am to 1pm. Click HERE for further details. ...
Birdwatching Group events for 2022
7th April 2022
The group meets on the 4th Wednesday of each month to visit parks, rivers and reserves local to Orpington or farther afield, to look out for birds and other fauna. We have a gentle walk and try to finish with a welcome cup of coffee. Generally we meet at the venue at 10 a.m. or at the...
Have you tried joining our Coffee Mornings at BR6?
23rd March 2022
Many of our members join our coffee mornings at BR6, held at 10.30 am on the Tuesday directly after our monthly meetings at Crofton Halls. £3.50 for coffee and a pastry. All members are welcome, no need to book. Just come along and say hi. If you are new to Orpington u3a...
STOP PRESS - Late Change to Speaker at Monday's Monthly General Meeting at Crofton Halls
15th March 2022
There has been a late change to Monday's speaker as Gilly has Covid. We are Grateful to Peter for stepping into the breach. We wish Gilly a speedy recovery and look forward to hearing her talk later in the year. Click HERE for details of Monday's meeting. ...
Membership Renewal for 2022 is NOW DUE
27th January 2022
Membership for 2022 will be £12 and is due by 1st March. Click HERE for further details. Those of you who joined after 1 December 2021 already have 2022 membership and do not need to renew. ...
Update From The AGM
22nd January 2022
Our AGM was held on Zoom on 17th January. For those of you that weren't able to attend, the key points were: William Sear stood down as Chairman, as did Sybil Robinson (Newsletter Editor), Frank Rowe (Business Secretary) and John Robertson (Publicity). Incoming Vice-Chairman Sue Howe...
Book sale at Crofton Halls November General Meeting
3rd October 2021
It's a whole 2 years since we have had a book sale so gather together all those paperbacks you enjoyed during lockdown and wish to donate and buy some more "just in case", for Xmas presents or just because you have run out of reading material. We hope to see you at...
