The monthly speaker meeting is our most high-profile activity. Every interest is catered for, be it Our Place in Space, Bronze Age Dartmoor, the Pre-History of Malta, the Future of Local Journalism, Plymouth under the Blitz or The Building of Exeter Cathedral – to name just a handful of past topics.
We welcome recommendations from our members, but are happy also to respond to offers from professional speakers. Our members can derive a lot of social and intellectual satisfaction from participating in the various interest-groups, but the monthly meeting is the forum which best demonstrates our commitment to the u3a principle of life-long learning.
2024 Spring Lectures
Thursday 18th January at 10am with Iain Grant
Medicine in the freezer
Iain will outline the work of the British Antarctic Survey and describe the medical support for that organisation, the challenges of living and working in the extreme environment of Antarctica, and how these are overcome.
Thursday 19th February at 10am with Mary Marshall
‘From Boom to Bust’ the history of the British Cut Flower Industry
Mary outlines the history of the British flower industry from its boom around 1900 to present day with the effects of world wars and changing farming and how now more than ever our own choices can influence greatly the direction it will now go.
Thursday 21st March a 10am with Pamela Vass
Breaking the Mould – the Suffragettes story in the South West
The fascinating story of the fight for the vote in the south west – not a tale of a sleepy rural backwater but of women prepared to protest at political meetings, recruit in the streets, join mass rallies in London, and suffer the agony of forced feeding in Holloway. All this … and the biggest sleepover the region has ever known!
For further information about our Speakers or to contact the Speaker Secretary speakers@westdartmooru3a.org.uk