Author: Piotr
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170227 History Talk 27th Feb 2017: The History of Natural and Manmade Glass
Date: Monday 27th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The History of Natural and Manmade Glass Lecturer: John Hopwood Glass is a naturally formed material due to volcanic activity, lightning strikes and meteorite impacts and has been used by man to make tools,…
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170116 History Talk: Famous Quakers
Date: 16th Jan 2017 10:30 (note change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Famous Quakers Lecturer: Cheda Panajotovic Some great Quakers Frederic Horniman the Tea Merchant and John Cadbury the Chocolate Magnate made their fortunes by refusing to add hedge clippings into their tea blends and…
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170130 Art Lecture 30th Jan 2017: Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Date: Monday 30th January 2017 10:30 (change of date) Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Domenico Chiocchetti and Orkney’s Italian Chapel Lecturer: Angela Chantry 550 Italian prisoners of war, captured in North Africa during World War II, were brought to Orkney in 1942 and set…
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Ukulele
Frequency: Weekly: Fridays at 13:30 Venue: Bar Mediterranean, Teulada from 28th February, 2020Group Leader: Roger Saunders Ukulele groups are one of the most popular social activities in the UK especially in close knit village communities with new groups being formed almost daily. The Ukulele is a very simple instrument to learn to play and perfectly good instruments are…
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170213 History Talk 13th Feb 2017: San Francisco and Yosemite
Date: Monday 13th February 2017 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: San Francisco and Yosemite Lecturer:Peter Atkinson Town and Country in Northern California: the History and Geography of San Francisco and Yosemite A study of one of the world’s most interesting and attractive major cities,…
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U3A President presentation of gift voucher
From the U3A President: In appreciation of his enormous support to the Committee of Moraira-Teulada U3A and for the many hours spent looking after the website as well as his undoubted expertise as a translator in discussions with the Ayuntiamento, at the General meeting on Monday 7th November Piotr Azia was presented with a gift…
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161114 History Talk 14th Nov 2016: The Man Who Was
Date: Monday 14th November 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: The Man Who Was Lecturer: Brian Nicholls This is a story of covert activity in WW2, the full details of which did not become known until well after WW2. It is of a plot that was…
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161031 History Talk 31st Oct: Famous and Infamous Courtesans of the 18th Century
Date: Monday 31st October 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Some Famous and Infamous Courtesans of the 18th Century Lecturer: Mike Rendell The talk looks at the role of the courtesan in the Georgian era. Nowadays think Kardashians, WAGS and Super-models; back then, think of the…
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161212 12th Dec Graciela Kaplan: A Life in Four Acts
Date: Monday 12th December 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: A Life in Four Acts Lecturer: Graciela Kaplan Former Principal Ballerina Graciela Kaplan talks about the highs and lows of being a ballet dancer. She will illustrate her talk with photos and video clips of her career and, no…
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160926 Art Talk 26th Sep: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date: Monday 26th September 2016 10:30 Location: Salón de Actos, Espai la Senieta, Moraira (next to the large free car park) Subject: Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his muses Lecturer: Angela Chantry Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 – 1882). Poet and painter, founder and acknowledged leader of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Dante Gabriel Rossetti has beguiled and intrigued for more…
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Canasta Summer Lunch September
After the return of some of our group after the summer we had our complimentary lunch on the proceeds of our ‘contribution’ pot. We are such a happy group and most have become firm friends outside of the canasta group, which is great, just what the U3A is all about. Here we are at the…
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Room calle Dr. Calatayud, Moraira
As some of you may know, we have been trying to obtain a place for some of our meetings, considering that lack of suitable meeting locations is the main obstacle to creating new groups and a major headache for group leaders. After several months of discussion, the Teulada-Moraira ayuntamiento have kindly offered us the use of their…