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Open Meetings are held in the Buckingham Community Centre
Address: Cornwalls Meadow, Buckingham MK18 1RP
Non-Members are normally welcome as guests at our Open meetings. Please speak to a Committee member if you are interested in joining our U3A.
Meetings usually start at 2:15 for 2:30pm
2025
28th May 2025
Tony Harris
Winston Churchill is definitely coming back, a historical and possibly hysterical view.
25th June 2025
Fran Sandham
Dr Livingstone I presume?
The real story behind the legendary meeting in Africa in 1871 between the missing explorer Dr David Livingstone and the ambitious journalist Henry Morton Stanley. How their meeting proved to be the newspaper scoop of the century, bringing Stanley world fame and notoriety; the widespread controversy, hostility and personal ridicule Stanley faced on
his return to Europe and America after finding Livingstone; why their meeting was such a sensational news story – and why Stanley’s four words became the most famous greeting in history.
23rd July 2025
Summer Social – See Events for Members
August 2025 – No Meeting
24th September 2025
Doug Kennady
Restoring English Rivers
England is traversed by dozens of rivers, from the mighty Thames, Avon and Tyne to crystal streams tumbling down rocky beds and rural brooks meandering through the countryside. Many possess great beauty and rich ecologies, but they are in decline. Many suffer from pollution, water abstraction, climate change and over-exploitation so water quality, fish and biodiversity have all declined over the decades. This talk explores the current state of affairs, how it came about, and the many initiatives to restore our rivers to good condition.
22nd October 2025
Roger Edwards
“Oh Yes It Is! A short history of Pantomime”
Another of Roger’s famous talks, just in time to get you ready for Christmas
26th November 2025
Annual General Meeting – See Special Events
18th December 2025 – NB this is on a THURSDAY
Christmas Social – See Events for Members