1st Dec Monthly Meeting – A Surprising Celebration of Christmas Movies
Pete Allen – Lights, Camera and Ho! Ho! Ho! Jimmy Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life, Macauley Culkin in Home Alone, Michael Caine and the Muppets in A Christmas Carol but what makes a great festive film? There’s always room for a little surprise. l like John Wayne on the run from the law. What could be more Christmassy than that?
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 for guests.
4th Dec – Christmas Lunch – Open to all Members
Join us for our Christmas lunch, open to all members of Kingston u3a and a chance to get together again at Glenmore House and renew friendships in a friendly environment with delicious cuisine.
This year children from the local St Andrew’s and St Mark’s Primary School choir will welcome us with cheerful festive songs before we sit down to lunch.
Menu
● Starter: Cured salmon and beetroot terrine with French bread
● Glenmore sorbet
● Main Course: Roast turkey with all the trimmings
● Dessert: Cream profiteroles with chocolate sauce
Please note: The chef will cater for you if you have a food intolerance. Make sure you explain this on the reverse of the booking form.
Date/Time: Thursday, 4 December Arrive from 12 noon. Please be seated by 12.30pm. Place: Glenmore House, 6 The Crescent, Surbiton KT6 4BN. Free car parking is available on site.
Cost: £38.40 per person (includes meal and gratuities). Drinks are not included in the price but will be available to buy from the bar.
To join us, please fill in the form (with details on the reverse of special dietary requirements) in the centre of this newsletter and send it to Jacqui Hine. Closing date for bookings: 20 November jacqui@hine.org.uk, 07817 264959 (for cancellations on the day only, please
5 Jan Monthly Meeting – Annual Quiz:
Come along and pit your wits against other members. Magnificent prizes to be won.
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.
14 Jan 2026 – National Theatre Guided Tour – Away Day
Come along for a backstage tour of the National Theatre. Founded by Sir Laurence Olivier in 1963, it is adjacent to the South Bank Centre at Waterloo. The building, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and Peter Softley, contains three theatres, which were opened individually between 1976 and 1977. It has been a Grade II listed building since 1994.
Our tour starts at 11.15am and lasts 75 minutes. There is a limit of 20 places, so please book early.
Date: Wednesday, 14 January Meeting Time/Place: 10.15am Waterloo Station. It’s a 10-minute walk to the Theatre and we’ll stop for coffee on the way.
Price: £15 Accessibility: Only a few steps to negotiate during the tour
To join us, please fill in the form in the centre of the newsletter and send it with your cheque, made payable to Kingston u3a GAS, to Pamela Crisp. pamelacrisp50@hotmail.com 07846 722278
13 April Monthly Meeting – Archaelogical Frauds, Hoaxes and Silly Things
A talk by Scott McCracken
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.
11th May Monthly Meeting – To be Confirmed
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.
1st June Monthly meeting – Walking with Polar Bears
Gillian Lloyd a photographer, her travels abroad with her photographs
Held at the Richard Mayo Hall, Kingston Doors open at 1.30 talk starts at 2.00. Coffee/ tea and biscuits at the end of the talk. Cost £1.00 to members £1.50 foe guests.
6th Nov – Charles Dickens Museum – Visits
48 Doughty Street in Bloomsbury was the London home of Charles Dickens 1837-1839.
The five-storey house opened as a museum 100 years ago on 9 June 1925. It holds the world’s most important Dickens collection. It contains many mementos from Dickens’s life and writings.
The house is furnished throughout as it was when Dickens and his family were in residence. There are thousands of objects on display, including the writing desk where he wrote Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. I
n the basemen kitchen is the washhouse copper, which was cleaned out every December so they could boil the Christmas pudding. The artefacts, manuscripts, paintings and furniture give a valuable insight into Dickens’s life,
his family and the times in which they lived.
Only small handbags or backpacks are allowed in the Museum and must be worn on the front, or carried by hand.
After the visit, to round off your day, you may want to spend time in the British Museum, which is a short walk away from Dickens’s house.
Date: Thursday, 6 November
Meeting Time/Place: 10.15am, Waterloo Station opposite platforms 1-4
Travel: We leave the Station via the escalator to walk to the bus stop and take a bus to Russell Square (details to follow). After refreshments at the Caffè Tropea in the Square (not included in the price), we set off for the 15/20-minute walk to the Museum. Depending on the group size, our entry may be staggered, with half entering at 12pm and half at 12.15pm. If this is the case, the second group will stay a little longer at the Caffè to avoid congestion outside the Museum.
Cost: £11.35 (entry to Museum and self-guided tour). There is no reduction for National Art Pass holders when in a group.
Accessibility: There are five floors with many stairs. There is a staff operated platform lift as far as the 4th floor, then stairs to the attic.
To join us, please fill in the form in the centre of this newsletter and send it with your cheque, made payable to Kingston u3a GAS, to Hazel Burr.
07950 687553
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