LINK & LEARN In September a group of U3A members journeyed to Germany as part of a Link & Learn exercise. This is a summary of their experience by Edna Butler. INTRODUCTION “Link and Learn” was established by members of Seaham Harbour U3A. They invited our members from Seaham & District U3A to join them … Continue reading →

There are two issues to remind you of before our members meeting on Wednesday 26th October: The Christmas lunch is booked for Wednesday 14th December at Seaham Town Hall. Price £15.00p. Money will be collected at the meeting on 26th October. Hand made, felt poppies will be on sale at the meeting. Price £3.00p each. … Continue reading →

The Red Hatters are going to a Christmas Party Night at Hardwick Hall, Sedgefield on 11/12/16. The cost is £23.95p and includes an Abba tribute band and a 3 course dinner. If you want to attend can you please give your name to Marie Hutchinson email address hutchinson.marie@ymail.com or Sarah Simpson at sarah04560@yahoo.com.au Full Payment … Continue reading →

Our trip to Pickering takes place this Saturday. This is a reminder to those people who are getting on the bus at Seaham that the bus will leave from outside of Costa coffee promptly at 8.30am. Please be there a little earlier so we can ensure everyone is accounted for and the bus is ready … Continue reading →

The games night which we held on Friday in Dalton le Dale community hall was a great success. Take a look at the photographs in the gallery under the heading ‘Games Night’ to see some of the games that the members enjoyed. Continue reading →

Today’s speaker was Bernard Hope who gave a nostalgic talk called ‘Their Name Liveth Forevermore.’ The talk was accompanied by slides and described the work of the Imperial War Graves Commission (which subsequently became the Commonwealth War Graves Commission) and their work in recording war dead and when ever possible marking their last resting places. … Continue reading →

On 17th September, 23 of our members attended the final Kynren show for 2016 and joined with the enthusiastic audience of 8,000 people in roaring their approval of a fantastic show. It is really difficult to explain how spectacular the show was – a visually stunning night show, with a world-class display of technical and … Continue reading →