Monthly Meetings
2018 -2019
Next Monthly Members Meeting
Bridges Centre, Drybridge House
Monmouth, NP25 5AS
Tuesday September 17th 2019 2.30pm - 4.30 pm
AGM then Antarctica – The Human Side Rachel Morgan MBE
With a B.Sc. Hons in cartography and geography, Rachel started out as custodian of the priceless photograph collection at the Royal Geographical Society and then worked for an environmental policy think-tank at the University of Oxford. The acceptance of women wintering in the mid 1990s meant that Rachel achieved her lifelong dream of working in the Antarctic; as the first female wintering field guide at Rothera Research Station with the British Antarctic Survey. She has been immersed in Antarctic matters ever since, first establishing the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust as one of the major forces in Antarctic heritage, and more recently working as a naturalist and lecturer on expedition ships. She sits on the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, and is a member of the Antarctic Club. She was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s honours for services to Antarctic conservation and heritage. Rachel has lived in Monmouthshire for the last 20 years with her husband, daughter and son.
Bridges Centre, Drybridge House
Monmouth, NP25 5AS
Tuesday September 17th 2019 2.30pm - 4.30 pm
AGM then Antarctica – The Human Side Rachel Morgan MBE
With a B.Sc. Hons in cartography and geography, Rachel started out as custodian of the priceless photograph collection at the Royal Geographical Society and then worked for an environmental policy think-tank at the University of Oxford. The acceptance of women wintering in the mid 1990s meant that Rachel achieved her lifelong dream of working in the Antarctic; as the first female wintering field guide at Rothera Research Station with the British Antarctic Survey. She has been immersed in Antarctic matters ever since, first establishing the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust as one of the major forces in Antarctic heritage, and more recently working as a naturalist and lecturer on expedition ships. She sits on the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee, and is a member of the Antarctic Club. She was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s honours for services to Antarctic conservation and heritage. Rachel has lived in Monmouthshire for the last 20 years with her husband, daughter and son.
July 14th 2018 Monmouth U3A 30th Anniversary Open Day
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Saturday 14th July 2018
Over 200 people visited the Monmouth U3A 30th Anniversary Open Day at Bridges Centre on this beautiful summer day. Monmouth U3A is one of Monmouth’s largest charities, and visitors picked up Membership forms until they ran out. Everyone was impressed with the displays from many of the fifty U3A activities that included wide-ranging interests such as Science, Geology, French, Walking Groups and Mahjong. Jazz Appreciation played recorded jazz and there were Country Dancing demonstrations. However, it was the social buzz of conversation between members and visitors that created the friendly atmosphere. At the Summer Party in the afternoon, members were served with Pimms, and Jenny Robbins (Chair) introduced the Forest of Dean U3A Ukulele Band who performed nostalgic pop songs from the fifties to the seventies. The songsters and the audience shared party fare of savoury and sweet items, and strawberries and cream provided by the committee – and most importantly a specially designed cake made by Diana Wilkinson, (Social Secretary) which was sliced by Ken Winter and his wife Margaret, founder members in 1988.
Over 200 people visited the Monmouth U3A 30th Anniversary Open Day at Bridges Centre on this beautiful summer day. Monmouth U3A is one of Monmouth’s largest charities, and visitors picked up Membership forms until they ran out. Everyone was impressed with the displays from many of the fifty U3A activities that included wide-ranging interests such as Science, Geology, French, Walking Groups and Mahjong. Jazz Appreciation played recorded jazz and there were Country Dancing demonstrations. However, it was the social buzz of conversation between members and visitors that created the friendly atmosphere. At the Summer Party in the afternoon, members were served with Pimms, and Jenny Robbins (Chair) introduced the Forest of Dean U3A Ukulele Band who performed nostalgic pop songs from the fifties to the seventies. The songsters and the audience shared party fare of savoury and sweet items, and strawberries and cream provided by the committee – and most importantly a specially designed cake made by Diana Wilkinson, (Social Secretary) which was sliced by Ken Winter and his wife Margaret, founder members in 1988.
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