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DAY VISITS
LOCAL VISITS
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
A Virtual Literary Walk at the Wimbledon Museum.
The Wimbledon Society is well known for the interest it stimulates in all things Wimbledon, both historical and current. One of its latest activities is to invite groups, including Merton U3A, to the museum outside its normal opening hours and to provide an insight into a
particular subject of local interest, in the case of our group visit it is to be a virtual literary walk and guiding us into this world of notable Wimbledon authors will be Michael Norman Smith. Following this we will be able to view areas of our own particular interests at
the museum . . . like buying Christmas cards etc?
The visit will take place between 10.30am (meeting at 10.20am) and 1.00pm, and we will meet at the entrance to the Museum, 22 Ridgway, on the corner with Lingfield Road, (93 or 200 bus). The price will be £3.00 per person, to a maximum of 20 people, this to provide a donation to the museum.
Cheques payable to Merton U3A Social Account to be sent to
Sheila Holiday, 118 Russell Road, London SW19 1LW.
Please include your telephone number and email address if you have one so that I can acknowledge your booking. However, if you do not have an email address and you want a notification that your letter
has been received please enclose a SAE.
Please note that there are three flights of stairs up to the museum and that the visit is for bookings only. And when you book please, please, please make sure that I can actually read your handwriting.
LONDON WALKS
Bill MacGregor, an experienced London Walks leader, leads these walks on the first Wednesday of the month. Each involves a gentle stroll with coffee breaks. Bill talks about places and buildings of interest and their history.
Meet 9.30 at Wimbledon Station, look for Bill with a U3A sticker or ring Bill in advance on 8946 9553.
Will restart again in the Spring
Stanley Picker
April 30 and September 31 Warren Park, Kingston.
Stanley Picker was an American industrialist. He, over the years, collected modern art, sculpture and paintings.
The visit starts in the gallery, then over to the house for tea and biscuits and more art, and then to the gardens where the sculpture looks great among the shrubs.
The visit lasts about two hours. No charge.
Contact Yva Bernard 8946 9429 for details and to book.
SHORT BREAKS
None offered at present.
Cheques. All cheques for visits or short breaks should be made payable to the U3A Merton Social Account.
LOCAL MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, DRAMA, FILM, LITERATURE, SCIENCES, HISTORY.
There is a website providing information about cultural events, e.g. see below, and organisations in and around Merton, run by one of our members.
www.wimbledonmusicdiary.com provides a regularly updated diary of non-commercial events in and around Wimbledon. To publicise an event or organisation, free of charge, email wimbledonmusic@btinternet.com
