VISITS/TRIPS
| 9 September | Jane Austen's House and Winchester |
| 9 September | Stanley Picker |
| 17 September | Leighton House |
| 14 October | Backstage Tour. Royal National Theatre |
| 5 November | Chelsea Day |
| 8 November | Folk Dance Network Holiday |
| 18 March 2011 | Budapest Spring Festival 2011. 5 Days |
Thursday 9 September, 9.30am-6.00pm
Day Visit to Jane Austen’s House and Winchester. We leave opposite the Community Centre in St George’s Road, Wimbledon at 9.30am and go straight to Winchester. King Alfred the Great made Winchester the capital of Saxon England in the 9th century. A magnificent Norman cathedral dominates the city, which today is an agricultural market centre. The surrounding streets contain fine buildings from every period since the early 12th century.
After lunch in Winchester we go to Jane Austen’s House, a 17th century house where she wrote or revised her six great novels. The house contains many items associated with Jane and her family: recreated kitchen, pleasant garden, bakehouse with brick oven and wash tub and Jane’s donkey carriage. We will have tea opposite the house (not included in the price). Return to Wimbledon by 6.00pm depending on traffic. The cost is £25.00, which includes entry fees to Jane Austen’s House, gratuities and coach. Further details and booking from Sue Morrell, 15 Cambridge Close, Wimbledon SW20 0PT suemorrell@btinterntet.com 8947 2639
Friday, 17 September, 11.00: Leighton House Museum, 12 Holland Park Road, W14 8LZ. Download Here.
After a £1.6 million refurbishment, Lord Frederic Leighton’s bizarre home and studio has reopened: ‘a private palace of art’! The charge of £8.00 per person (minimum 12) includes a 1 hour guided tour. Meet at Wimbledon Station at 10.15 or at the Museum at 11.00: please tell me which. The Museum is a 10 minute walk from High Street Kensington Station.
Booking. Please make your cheque payable to U3A Merton Social Account and send it to Bernard Collyer, 44 Durham Road, SW20 0TW. Please include your phone number, and an email address or a SAE, so that your booking can be acknowledged. The minimum number for the visit has been reached, so cheques will be cashed soon after receipt. For further information or with any problems please phone Bernard on 8946 6371, or ON THE DAY ONLY 07812 726 167.
Thursday, 14 October, 10.30: Backstage Tour of the Royal National Theatre Download Here.
The date is now confirmed, but there were not enough applicants for the proposed private tour to go ahead, so we have now booked to join a public tour at 10.30. If anyone else would like to be included at anytime up to the end of September, please send a cheque for £6.00. But please be aware that these tours do become full quite early and a place may not be available. We will meet at Wimbledon Station at 09.30, or at the Information Desk on the ground floor of the National Theatre at 10.25. Tours start promptly and latecomers will not be admitted!
Booking. Please make your cheque payable to U3A Merton Social Account and send it to Bernard Collyer, 44 Durham Road, SW20 0TW. Please include your phone number, and an email address or a SAE, so that your booking can be acknowledged. Your cheques will not be cashed if a place is not available. For further information or with any problems please phone Bernard on 8946 6371, or ON THE DAY ONLY 07812 726 167
Friday 5 November, 10.00am: Chelsea Day Out
The Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York’s HQ, Kings Road, SW3 4SQ and
The National Army Museum Art Gallery, Royal Hospital Road, SW3 4HT
The Saatchi Gallery was opened two years ago when stunning gallery spaces were created from a former Territorial Army HQ. The exhibition in November will be Part 2 of ‘Newspeak: British Art Now’.
The National Army Museum Art Gallery has a permanent collection, also a special exhibition ‘Indian Armies, Indian Art: soldiers, collectors and artists, 1780-1880’.
Meet at Wimbledon Station at 10.00am to travel to Sloane Square Station to visit the nearby Saatchi Gallery. Lunch break (1.00pm–2.15pm approx) at any of the many cafes nearby, followed by a 10 minute walk to the National Army Museum. Outside the museum is a stop for the 170 bus, which goes to Clapham Junction.
If you are interested please ring Gill Rawlings 8947 1340 or write to
34 Rathbone House, 6 The Downs, SW20 8HP enclosing a contact number. Mobile number ON THE DAY ONLY 07981 844 016. You can come to only one of the venues if you wish; admission to both is FREE.
VISIT TO STANLEY PICKER TRUST
Thursday 9 September 2.00 for 2.15
1 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.
FOLK DANCE NETWORK HOLIDAY 8 - 12 November. Details Here.
THE BUDAPEST SPRING FESTIVAL 2011 (U3A Greater London Music) Departs 18 March 2011. 5 Days. Details here
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
