Preparing for a Hybrid Chair and Balance Pilates class
15.10 Tuesdays in room 2.21, 12.50 Thursdays in room 1.29 and on Zoom
The Monday Talk 10.30 9th February in Room 2.21
This Monday’s talk Closing Orphanages will be given by Sir Richard Greenhalgh. He talks about the role of Hope & Homes, a children’s charity that moves children out of institutions into family-based care.
The timetables for the week
The full timetable, the room and Zoom timetables and this Update are all available from the U3A Office, in the Common Room, and on the lower corridor noticeboard
Class Notices
Replanting Eden: 12.50 Mondays in room 1.29. Andy Moss is responding to popular demand and is now going to hold his class weekly from 9 February
More Advanced Russian: Monday 10.30 – 12.40 on Zoom. The more eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that Sylva’s class, having been cancelled for some weeks, is now reluctantly off the timetable altogether. We hope that Sylva will be well enough to return to her beloved Russian class after the summer
ADVANCED NOTICE: Wine Tasting: Thursday 19 February at 18.30 in room 2.21. The subject is ‘SHERRY’ £15 pp. Please contact Martin Rayboulds
The AGM in March
Company Registration No. 01752272 Charity Registration No. 288434
Companies Acts 1948 to 2006
U3A in London 42nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 23 March 2026
Our forty-second Annual General Meeting will be held on 23 March 2026 in room 2.21 and on Zoom. We invite you to join our Executive Committee to guide our future and serve our ever-changing and diverse community. For a Nomination Form please apply in the Office and ensure that the completed form is returned to Mushtak Macci in the office by 12 noon on Monday 23 February 2026.
Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Lilly Lewy
Lilly was an extraordinary person. Born in pre-war Czechia into a well-to-do Jewish family, her childhood was shattered by the rise of Nazism. She became one of the famous Kindertransport children. Fortunately, she adapted well to English life and remained in London for the rest of her life. Everybody who knew her in the ‘Write your own Memoirs’ class was fascinated not only by her stories of the past, but by her hilarious observations on the life around her in everyday North London. She possessed a fierce intelligence and an uncompromising sense of clarity about the world. Having been a reliable member of the Memoirs class for 15 years, she will be much missed. (Write your Memoirs 10.30-12.30 Fridays in room 1.30 and on Zoom)
London Region U3A Notices
Women’s History Month: Once more – remember to log into the London Region website, this time on Sunday 15 February to register interest in walks and tours from 18 – 24 March.
To make you smile
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company – Benjamin Franklin Wade
With all good wishes,
Richard, Gilli and Maureen