Hidden Talents
Do you have a hidden talent?
There are over seven hundred members of the Knutsford u3a, many of whom have had exciting and challenging lives. During your life, you will have enjoyed educational experiences and adventures through your occupation, hobbies, travel, sports, and holidays that might well interest our members. If so, here is the opportunity for you to entertain, amuse and educate, your u3a friends by re-living some of your interests, activities, personal contacts, contributions and the adventures that have made you who you are.
According to u3a regulations, we are not allowed to remunerate our own members for contributing to our meetings (unlike the ‘guest speakers’ invited for our regular members’ meetings) so volunteer ‘Hidden Talents’ lecturers will be providing their contribution gratis in support of our ‘self-help’ ethos.
Those members (or activity groups) who would like to contribute by delivering a ‘Hidden Talents’ presentation please email Tony Axon at info@knutsfordu3a.co.uk giving a brief description of your intended contribution and a few details about yourself or call him on 07947 741467.
Next Meetings
We intend to hold the next four Hidden Talents meetings on the fourth Thursday of November 2026, January, February and March 2026.
The talks are in Knutsford Methodist Church starting at 2.15pm prompt and are followed by tea and biscuits. Please aim to be seated by 2.00 pm.
| Date | Speaker | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 27th November 2025 | John Miller | ‘The Show must go on : Living with live events’ John Miller was a member of BBC staff for nearly 30 years, the majority of that time in television production. In his previous talks, ‘A Life at the Beeb’ and ‘On the Road with the BBC’, John spoke of his years of producing TV programmes as a BBC network television producer based in Manchester, and his time as the BBCs corporate exhibitions manager, presenting continuous stage shows at indoor and outdoor live events. Today, after a brief reminder of those first talks, he’s going to tell us about his subsequent freelance years in the production and management of live stages and theatres at major events organised by mainly BBC-related companies. |