We hold a General Meeting on the second Monday of every month. The meetings include a talk given by a guest speaker. Occasionally, a talk will also be on Zoom, on the fourth Monday of the month.
Our General Meetings open at 10am and include a talk from an invited Speaker starting at 11am.
See also Talks on Zoom and Other Talks of Interest.
Monthly General Meeting Talks
Monday 14th October
A Submarine lost in the past
HMS Holland 1 under way on the surface
A film produced by Roger Webber
Rather than a talk, this event will be a film produced by u3a member Roger Webber.
Please note that the film will start at 10:40.
The film depicts how research by Michael Pearn identified the position of The Royal Navy’s first submarine, the Holland 1, which had sunk in 50 metres of water near the Eddystone lighthouse in 1913. As a result of the interest surrounding this, Holland 1 was raised from the seabed by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum and taken to Devonport Dockyard in 1982.
There a young Roger Webber filmed the cleaning and preservation work. Those u3a members connected with the Dockyard will try to spot themselves in the film. Included is an interview with Roger Osborne, the chief engineer explaining about dockyard work practice.
Michael Pearn will be attending the premier of this film on the 14th October. As the film is too long for a lengthy Q&A session Michael will be glad to talk to members in the Lounge after the film. Roger will join in after he has put the Audio Visual equipment away.
Please take note that this film is one hour long and in order that there is some time after the film for questions, the film will start at 10:40am. It has subtitles for the hard of hearing.
Monday 11th November
Coaching a winning team
A talk by Stefan Lupu
Stefan Lupu is Head Coach for under 16s Devon County Tennis Players.
Have you ever wondered what it takes to coach a winning team? It is not just the physical, it is the mental.
How do you pull yourself up from 1 Set down to win the match by the power of your thoughts?
This talk gives you the ability to find your own inner strength.
Talks on Zoom
For talks on Zoom meetings
About two weeks before each talk all members will receive an emailed invite from our Meetings Co-ordinator, asking if they wish to attend the talk. There is a limited of 95 attendees, and these will be allocated to the first 95 responses to that email. A few days before the actual date of the talk, a link to join the meeting will be emailed to those confirmed acceptances. On the day of the talk, all attendees will be automatically ‘muted’ to avoid any interruptions from background noises.
All the talks on Zoom start at 11am, though you can sign in to Zoom from 10:30am.
No talks on Zoom currently scheduled.
Other Talks of Interest
Free talks from Rest Less
In addition to a subscription for full access to all talks, Rest Less has occasional free talks. See Rest Less Free Talk Events.