Members’ Meeting – 12th February

Our next Members’ meeting will be on Thursday 12th February at 2:15pm at the Knutsford Methodist Church. Please aim to be seated by 2pm so that we can make a prompt start at 2:15pm.

Joanna M Williams, historian and biographer, returns to give her talk “Manchester’s Radical Mayor – Abel Haywood”

Known in his day as the man who built the Town Hall, Abel was also a leading publisher who entertained royalty at his home and twice became Mayor of Manchester. A campaigner for votes for all and social reform, Heywood attempted to enter Parliament twice, but his working-class origins and radical ideas proved an insurmountable obstacle.

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Some dates for your diary:-

There will be two further “Hidden Talents” talks this winter. These are talks given by members of our u3a on any topic. The line-up for the next two months is as follows:-

Thursday 26th February: Howard Thorp will give his talk “Growing up in Manchester in the 1960s and 70s”.

Thursday 26th March: We have a double billing, with Gerrard McCreesh reciting his poetry followed by Zoe Langmead telling us about the journey of a donated tin of baked beans.

More Details to Follow