COWBRIDGE U3A HISTORY GROUP PROGRAMME IN 2017
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January: "Michael Collins: IRA Leader" by Thelma Jeeves
February: AGM followed by the members’ “Show and Tell”
February 2017 Minutes of the AGM
March: "Glamorgan's Greatest Generation" by Malcolm Cowper (guest speaker)
March 2017 Greatest Generation of Glam
April: "Hidden London" by Rosemary Scadden (guest speaker)
May: "Cardiff Parks in WWI" by Rosie James (guest speaker)
May: Visit to Stanway House organised by Val Monaghan
June: "The William Cantilupe Murder 1375" by Dr Melissa Julian-Jones (guest speaker)
The William Cantilupe Murder 1375
July: "Eating for Victory" by Margaret Jenkins (guest speaker)
August: August 2017 Visit to Newport
September: The booked speaker was indisposed the evening before the meeting was due, so was replaced by a quiz and an impromptu talk by Martin Jeeves (not a member) entitled; "The Jeeves family and the Earls of Selborne".
October: "What the Postman Saw (a History of Postcards)" by Dave Salter (guest speaker)
October 2017 A History of Postcards
November: three short talks by members
i) "From City to Country; Living a more Rural Dream" by Gwerfyl Gardner. The story of the Welsh Garden City that was never built.
ii) "Weird War II" by Valerie Monaghan. Amazing and/or amusing anecdotes from World War II.
iii) "The Home Life of Grigory" by Gavin Davies. A short biography of Grigory Rasputin.
December: "Digital Reconstruction of a Medieval Welsh Castle" by Chris Jones-Jenkins (guest speaker), followed by the Christmas buffet