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Hand bell presentation for 23 years of service
22nd April 2021
On 14th April, hand bell members presented Terry and Barbara Rayfield with a gift to say thank you for their 23 years of running the Hand bell group. The group will reconvene at St John's church on 10th September. Pictured with Terry and Barbara are Joan Fabb and Dorothy Weller, both founder...
A celebration of Hand bell ringing over 23 years
2nd March 2021
After 23 years, Terry Rayfield has decided to step down from leading the Hand bells Interest Group. Way back in 1998, when Orpington u3a was very new, Terry set up the hand bell ringing group with seven members and two octaves of bells, ably supported by his wife Barbara. They now have...
Join us on Monday for our next monthly online meeting
13th February 2021
We have partnered with a company called Mirthy for our next few meetings. They have an excellent selection of talks and we are sure you will enjoy our selections. The meetings are easy to join. An email will be sent out in the week before each meeting with a link for you to...
Join us on Monday for the AGM
13th January 2021
We hope you enjoyed our December entertainment by Matthew Sear. We had over 100 members join the meeting again this month. Given that more than one person will have been watching in many of the households, we are getting back towards our Crofton Halls attendances of around 200 so it looks like...
Join us at our next monthly Zoom meetings
7th December 2020
We hope you enjoyed our November talk on Brecon's mountain rescue by Penny Brockman. We had over 100 members join the meeting again this month. Given that more than one person will have been watching in many of the households, we are getting back towards our Crofton Halls attendances of...
London Region U3A Winter Learning Programme
25th October 2020
Lots to get involved in. Details at the following LINK ...
London Region U3A Fortnightly talks
28th August 2020
below are the details of the next two fortnightly London Region U3A zoom meetings. Just click on the links to find more details of each meeting and register your interest: 7th September: Alistair Griffiths - 'Gardening in a Changing Climate' Click here21st September: Jo Livingston - 'Do you Want...
Next monthly Zoom meeting - Thursday 17th September
26th August 2020
We are pleased to announce our next monthly Zoom meeting will be held on Thursday17th September. Click HERE for further details or on the link under Upcoming events. ...
Monthly meetings restarting via ZOOM
4th August 2020
All We are pleased to announce that, whilst we can't return to Crofton Halls, we are starting to hold our monthly meetings via ZOOM. This a simple to use video-conferencing technology that is being used by many of our Interest Groups to keep in touch and hold online meetings. Click on the...
Things to see or do online during lockdown
9th June 2020
Beckenham U3A shared this very useful information in their recent newsletter and we thought we would share it with you. Lots of things to see and do online, including a chance to see some great Theatre, Opera and Ballet. Thanks to Beckenham U3A for putting this great list together. If you...
