A beginners Italian Language Course will begin on  Friday16th March 2018 from 1.30pm – 3.30pm and will  last 17 weeks with the exception of Good Friday ending on Friday 13th July.

The venue is Kensington House near to Maghull Station.

The course will be tutored by Lorenzo Stimolo who tutors 6 separate courses at Aughton and Ormskirk U3A from “beginners” to ” advanced”

The maximum number to attend the course is 15 (we already have 6 members) therefore 9 places are available.

The cost is £5.00 per session with 5 weeks payable in advance every 5 weeks.

Included in this cost is the hire of the tutor , the hire of the hall and tea/coffee in the interval.

Please contact George Birchall on 0151 287 0308 or 07826 048379 or call at the “Architecture for Fun” and “wine Tasting” desk on Tuesday mornings.

Empire Theatre – Behind The Scenes Guided Tour

April 12th 2018 at 11.00am

Maximum 30 places available (25 left)

Cost £4.00 per member , make your own way there.

See David Scott or George Birchall at Architecture for Fun desk

The Modern France group this year are going to look at doing a course on Anglo-French relations across the centuries, which has meant going all the way back to the Hundred Years’ War, when in French eyes England was the natural hereditary enemy (devastation of the French landscape,  burning of Joan of Arc, the  humiliation of the French monarchy as Henry V accompanied by his young French bride and the defeated French king walked hand in hand to Henry’s majestic coronation as the official King of France! )

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The Poetry Reading Group meet on the second Wednesday in every month 10.30-12.30. They have eleven members and the meetings are very informal and friendly.  Each month the group decides the subject for the next month, whether it be a particular poet or subject and then go away and either with the help of the internet or their own poetry books choose a poem which they will read out to the group at the next meeting.

Much discussion follows and it is surprising where the discussion goes!!!!

We would welcome new members but are limited to how many new people we can take as we meet in a members house. Anyone is welcome to come along to test the water and join us  with a cuppa and biscuit.