u3a Penrith Monthly Meetings:-

JULY MEETING

VISIT TO LEVENS HALL AND FARFIELD MILL – Thursday 16 JULY

Full details on the application form at the end of the newsletter.

The visit will take place on Thursday, 16 July leaving the bus station in Penrith at 9 ampromptly. We will travel to Levens Hall where will have the opportunity of joining a guided tour of the house at 10 am before the house opens to the general public. There will then be time to explore the house more thoroughly and also see its renowned gardens with their famous topiary work dating back to Jacobean times. There is a café which you may to like to visit as well or if you prefer you may bring your own picnic lunch.

Next, we will be driven to Farfield Mill near Sedbergh. This is an old textile mill now housing work by a range of artists and craftspeople who exhibit their work and also run workshops. When we visit several new exhibitions will be taking place. Entry to Farfield is free. Members of our group have been invited to take up the option of having refreshments in the café on arrival. They are offering a hot drink and a tray-bake for £6.50.

We will leave Penrith at 9 am and are aiming to be back in Penrith by 5 pm.

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August

No Meeting

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SEPTEMBER MEETING 

LINKING LIVES Dr Gavin Young

2.15 pm Thursday 17 September at Penrith Rugby Club

Loneliness and isolation are significant problems for many people of a variety of ages throughout the UK. Dr Gavin Young is known to many as a popular and successful GP at Temple Sowerby. Now retired, he is very well qualified to understand people who have these problems. He very much enjoys his role as a befriender with our local Linking Lives project. and his talk is likely to be laced with both common sense and humour.

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2026

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2025

NOVEMBER :- RUSSIA STARTS HERE - Howard Amos. (Read Article)

OCTOBER :|- COMMUNITIES AND LANDSCAPE - Christian Lisseman. (Read Article)

ANNUAL OUTING Barrow Dock Museum JULY VISIT to BARROW DOCK MUSEUM and SWARTHMOOR HALL (Read Full Article)

MONKS, SHEPHERDS AND WOOL – Harry Hawkins. (Read Full Article)

THE RACE TO A GREENER FUTURE: BUT WHY IS MINING SUCH A TRICKY BUSINESS? . (Read Full Article)

LOCAL SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE: ‘CUMBRIA AID UKRAINE. (Read the Full Article)

APRIL MONTHLY MEETING: ALSTON TURNPIKE TRUSTS AND RELATED STORIES - Simon Danby (Read Article)

MARCH MONTHLY MEETING MEDITATION FOR A PEACEFUL MIND - Dave Stones (Read Article)

FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEETING SOUNDS LIKE CUMBRIA - Helen Millican (Read Article)

JANUARY MONTHLY MEETING 2025 WILD LIFE OF THE NORTH PENNINES - GUY BROOME ( Read Article)

2024

DECEMBER MONTHLY MEETING A GEOLOGIST’S VIEW OF CLIMATE CHANGE - PAUL LOGAN(Read Article)

NOVEMBER MONTHLY MEETING THE COMING OF THE RAILWAY TO PENRITH (Read Article)

October. JOHN LAING, 1879 TO 1978: From Sebergham to Saudi Arabia. (Read Article)

September GREAT DANE MEETS MONGREL—Robin Acland (Read Article)

July. Annual Outing. Raby Castle (Read Article)

June Monthly Meeting / AGM. (Read Article)

May Monthly Meeting (Read Article)

April Monthly Meeting (Read Article)

Long Meg and Her Daughters. Paul Froddson. March 2024 (Read Article)

Going for Gold. Hartside Nursery February 2024 (Read Article)

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT, a talk by RAYMOND WHITTAKER. January 2024. (Read Article)

2023

CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT. December 2023. (Read Article)