Members’ Monthly Meetings

We meet at the John Godber Centre (JGC) on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 2.00 pm.

Monthly meetings are as follows:

Wednesday, 19th February, 2025

Our guest speaker this month is Mo Cooper, giving a talk entitled “The Good, The Bad and The Reality” – Women who contributed to Nottingham’s history.

Wednesday, 12th March, 2025

Our talk this month is “The Race to Fix the Nerve Agent Detector” by Jerry Jarvis. With threats to use deadly nerve agents, the new detector failed to work and drove massive efforts to correct it within the secret weapons establishment in Porton Down. Learn the reason for the failure and laugh at the characters involved.

Wednesday, 9th April, 2025

Today’s talk is “Masters of Mirth, The Sequel” by Mike Storr. An affectionate look at more of the Music Hall laughter makers.

Wednesday, 14th May, 2025

Today we welcome Dr Anne Featherstone to give a talk on “The Victorian Fair: freak shows and fisticuffs”.

Wednesday, 11th June, 2025

We welcome Tim O’Brien, Air Cadet at Newton, now an artist and author. His talk will cover many aspects of the history of Newton up to the present housing developments; his time as a cadet and the creation of the statue that commemorates the RAF role in Newton.

Wednesday, 9th July, 2025

Our guest speaker today is Brenda Ainsley, a U3a member and trained Climate Reality Leader. Her talk is “The Climate Crisis and some solutions” drawing from examples around the world and here in the UK.

General Information

Car parking is available on the Market Place and Piggins Croft, both of which are a short walk away. There is a small charge for parking at the JGC (50p for 2 hours £1 for 4 hours), the proceeds of which help to support the church.

Entry to the meeting is from the car park entrance only, please, not before 1:30pm. Please sign in at the tables at the front of the hall.   If leaving before the end of the meeting, it is important for health and safety that you sign yourselves out.

In the event of the fire alarm sounding, then please make your way to the rear car park by means of the rear doors. The assembly point is the Scout Hut in the far corner of the car park.

We will be using the JGC loop system for those of us with hearing aids, please switch to your loop setting. If unable to do this, then please sit on front row seats.