Monthly Meetings

Monthly Meetings and Open Days

We meet at 2pm on the first Wednesday of each month (except August and December) in the Angel Centre, Tonbridge (map). We invite interesting speakers and always follow the talk with the chance to chat over a tea or coffee.

Once a year this meeting is dedicated to an Open Day where there is the opportunity to talk to many group leaders. Details of these meetings are given on the Events page.

We have had positive reports from most of those that joined the January monthly meeting over zoom. We will be making the February meeting available over zoom. The meeting id is published in the February Journal. These meetings are for members only. Please don’t circulate these details outside the u3a.

If you would like to be sent an e-mail with the link to these meetings each month or have any questions about this new service, please e-mail me at zoom@tonbridgeu3a.uk The zoom service is being provided for those members that cannot join us in the Medway Hall for whatever reason. 

Do come to the meeting if you are able; you would then hear the speaker live and enjoy meeting other members after the talk over a tea or coffee. 

IT Coordinator David Bell itcoordinator@tonbridgeu3a.uk

WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL 2025

Sue Ryder - A life of Service - Joanna Bogle

Our speaker for April will be Joanna Bogle, who is an author, broadcaster and historian. Her books include a number of historical biographies.

 As Visiting Research Fellow at St Mary's University Twickenham she produced a commemorative history marking its 125th anniversary. She leads regular history walks around London. 

Joanna’s presentation: Sue Ryder- Lady Ryder of Warsaw - was a remarkable woman whose legacy of care for the gravely ill, handicapped and housebound lives on.  After service with SOE in World War II, she started to help on her own initiative. Polish refugees and concentration camp victims, and this led in due course to the establishment of care homes and other initiatives across Britain. Marriage to Leonard Cheshire VC brought a new range of work including projects in India and Australia. 2025 marks her centenary and Joanna Bogle's biography tells the story. 

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY 2025

Tom Crean - Unsung hero of Antartica - Michael Smith