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Have You Seen Our New Group News?
27th January 2020
Hover the mouse over Interest Groups in the banner and you will see a list of categories. The list also includes two special options you may not have noticed: New Group News - Looked all through the Interest Groups, but nothing takes your fancy? New Group News tells you all about new...
Have You Seen Our Interest Groups Timetable?
27th January 2020
Hover the mouse over Interest Groups in the banner and you will see a list of categories. The list also includes two special options you may not have noticed: Interest Groups Timetable - shows you what's on when. If you're wondering what to do on Wednesday mornings take a look at this...
Mens' Golf Trophies awarded at Christmas Lunch
18th January 2020
We held another successful Christmas lunch at High Elms in early December at which our 2 winners Terry Platt, left, & Gary Ramsay, right, were presented with their Trophies. Although it is very much Winter, with some courses closed because they were flooded, we still played our first 18 hole...
Village Lunch Group Visit to Biggin Hill Museum
18th January 2020
Village Lunch Interest Group A Visited Biggin Hill Museum news on Thursday 16th January. Thanks must be given to Eileen and Ken Vear and the Museum Staff who organised this enjoyable visit by the Orpington U3A Village Lunch Group A. Having been given coffee and a warm welcome, the group enjoyed a...
Learning to be Retired - Next course Starts 15th May
18th January 2020
Have you had problems adjusting to Retirement? If these words describe you, and you've retired in the recent years, why not come along to the next 'Learning to be Retired' course? The course is run by Bromley U3A but is open to all members of Bromley, Orpington and Beckenham. We will meet for...
Need Help With Your IPad?
16th January 2020
Sevenoaks U3A Apple Group are running two seminars by one of the professional Apple companies to teach everyone how to get much more enjoyment out of using their iPad. "There are more than 20 things you can do on an iPad and each two hour seminar will show you how to use most of them as well as...
Gardening Made Easy is up and running
9th January 2020
The first meeting of the 'Gardening Made Easy' group was off to a good start this week. It is set up to encourage our U3A members to find simple ways to make our gardens look nice without too much effort and expense. Members agreed to take turns to host the group when possible. Members also...
Getting Started
3rd January 2020
Welcome to the new website for Orpington u3a. We hope you like it and find lots of useful information to enhance your membership or encourage you to join! There are several ways to navigate around the website. Wherever text is underlined just click on it to take you to the...
STOP PRESS - Orpington U3A new Website now LIVE!
21st November 2019
Welcome to our new website. Our Chairman, William Sear, said "This is a great new resource for Orpington U3A. Members will receive logon details after the official launch in the new year but I would encourage you all to take a look now and let us know what you think"....
Calling all Group Leaders
17th November 2019
Orpington U3A new website is coming soon! Work continues on the new website and all members will get a chance to see it soon. Group Leaders are being asked to confirm the latest details for their groups before we go live. If you are leading a group and haven't been contacted then please contact...
