2025 is Thame and District u3a's 40th Anniversary
40th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS -EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A sub committee (including John Sutton, Jeff Hewitt, Naz Reed, Lesley Charnock, Rita Fidler, Anne Hughes and Carol Bradbrook-Taylor) is heading up planning for celebrating our 40th Anniversary year from October 2025 to September 2026.
The following table provides a summary of events. Please contact Carol Bradbrook-Taylor at mediau3a.tad@gmail.com for further details.
Forthcoming Events
| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER | COST | Comments |
| 16 October 2026 | Tea Party and Music – Bowls and Tennis Club | JS/NR | £3 |
Past Events
| DATE | EVENT | ORGANISER | COST |
| 1 October 2025 | Anniversary Meeting 1 | JS | - |
| 15 October 2025 | Anniversary Meeting 2 | JS | - |
| 17 October 2025 | Afternoon Tea Party -Thame Tennis and Bowls Club | JS/NR | £7 |
| 1 Nov-21 Dec 2025 | Exhibition in Thame Museum | CBT | Free |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Crafts and Hobbies Show | JS/CBT/HP/Crafters | Free |
| 31 Mar 2026 | Quiz | JS | £5 |
| 27 May 2026 | Special Concert 2PM - 4PM | CBT/JS/JH | £5 (members) |
| 10 June 2026 | Lunch – The Black Horse | LC/NR | £28.50 (2 courses) £37.00 (3 courses) |
| 30 July 2026 | Day Trip to Gilbert White’s House | CBT | £40 |
| 2025/2026 Membership Card with drawing of Commemorative Bench | DM/AF | ||
| Anniversary Banner | RF | ||
| Commemorative Record and Digitalisation of past records | NW/AH/CBT | ||
| Memories of Past Holidays – for Book and Exhibition | CBT | ||
| Memoirs of Past Chairmen – for Book and Exhibition | CBT | ||
| Commemorative Bench – outside Thame Museum | CBT |
To celebrate our ruby anniversary we commissioned a bench which has been installed outside Thame Museum.
Quiz
Exhibition at Thame Museum
Tea Party at Thame Tennis Club
Anniversary Concert
Anniversary Lunch at the Black Horse
Visit to Gilbert White's House
Retracing this u3a's first coach trip to the naturalist Gilbert White's house in Sussex.
Enguistics ABC for our u3a
A is for APPRECIATION of AGE
B is for BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
C is for COMPANIONSHIP and the CULTURE of COFFEE & CAKE
D is for DIVERSITY of DISCUSSION
E is for EVERYONE’S EXPERIENCES
F is for FORTY YEARS of FUN & FRIENDSHIP
G is for GROUPS & GOSSIP
H is for HELPING HANDS
I is for INTERESTS & INFORMATION
J is for JOINING IN
K is for KINDNESS to each other
L is for LEARNING LATER in LIFE
M is for MEETINGS with MEANING
N is for NINETEEN EIGHTY-FIVE
O is for OPPORTUNITIES for OPSIMATHS
P is for PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMMES
Q is for the QUALITY of QUESTIONS
R is for REGULAR RAMBLINGS
S is for SCINTILLATING SPEAKERS - sometimes
T is for TALKS of all TYPES
U is for U 3 A
V is for a VARIETY of VENUES
W is for WEDNESDAYS, we meet twice a month
X is for the X(CROSS) ROAD into the Third Age
Y is for YOU & ME
Z is for ZOOM for inclusivity and ZEST for life