FERNDOWN U3A 2019 -2020

Following Kevin Steele's appeal for support for NHS staff,  Kevin has written:  Hi there, I dropped off the food and toiletries at the Emergency Department at Bournemouth Hospital this evening (with a mask and surgical gloves, and keeping my 2m distancing!). As also...

Supermarkets are giving priority to the vulnerable, elderly and NHS workers, with restrictions in-store and online Supermarkets have faced a surge in demand from shoppers, with many stocking up on essentials. This has led to empty shelves and queues at some...

FU3A Bridge Group Leaders and Committee members formed an unlikely cavalcade through the streets of Ferndown last week  -  they had gone to the Barrington Centre to remove the bridge tables and other items prior to the Theatre closing for refurbishment. However, the...

The intrepid Discovering Wessex group ventured out on Friday 13th March on an exploration of ‘The Tarrants’ (eight beautiful Dorset villages) using a tried and tested idea – the Treasure Trail, which involves solving clues as we go along. The weather was perfect –...

46 Members  left Ferndown by coach at the crack of dawn ( 7.00 a.m.) to travel to Bristol where they slit into 2 parties – the first taking a guided tour of the BBC West Studios and the second to a guided tour of the SS Great Britain. GROUP 1 Richard Tucker  At the...

On Saturday 1st February a group of enthusiastic U3A members along with two very well behaved, beautiful dogs, went on a nature walk from Potterne Park into Moors Valley.  The morning dawned without any of the  previous days rain and by the time we arrived at the Park...

On Friday 17 January a group of the U3A members met on a slightly chilly but dry and sunny morning, at the Whitchurch silk mill for a guided tour of the working mill. We started off with a welcome cup of tea or delicious coffee and biscuits, served by very smiley,...

Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Museum uncovers moving and important stories of everyday people’s interactions with the justice system since the late 18th century. It shows how the law affects all of us, and how we can also affect the law. The Museum makes this...

The 6th of December saw the last First Friday Talk of 2019 when 90 members of the FU3A came to the Barrington Theatre, Ferndown to hear a very interesting talk on Air Traffic Control. The talk was given by the very knowledgeable Dr. John Guy who has spent his whole...

Thursday 12th December was not a nice day. Those of you who can remember will recall that there was not a deluge of rain, more a precipitation of Biblical proportions, a prelude to all the flooding in the locality. We who had arranged to go to Kingston Lacy to see the...

Visit to old fossils On Thursday 21st November members of the Tea at the Museum group visited the Etches Collection at Kimmeridge for the afternoon. This is a modern, purpose built museum housing the lifetime collection of Jurassic marine fossils (157 million years...

33 members of the Discovering Wessex J1 Group went to Portsmouth on Friday 15th November,  to visit Fort Nelson which is now the home of the ROYAL ARTILLERY Museum. We were shown around the whole installation by 2 very knowledgeable official guides looking at the...