This is a list of our past meetings and, where relevant, the speaker's name and topic.

2026
18 March	41st AGM
1 April	Our cross to bare: Chalk carvings in the central Chilterns - Wendy Morrison
15 April	My life as a micro artist - Graham Short
6 May	A day in the life of a Metropolitan Police Crime Scene Investigator - Hayley Scott
20 May	Amazing Alphorn - Frances Jones
3 June	My role as South East Region council member - Sally Ingledew
17 June	3x10 Members Talks: Gaudi Anne with Barrington, TBC
1 July	Embroidery or fabrication? Hastings and the Bayeux Tapestry - Charles Boundy
15 July	Dr Livingstone I presume? - Fran Sandham
5 August	The role of a TV film extra - Robert Brewer
19 August	Gone groups - Rita Fidler
2 September	Charles Dickens, conjuror - Ian Keable
16 September	British Civil Wars in 8 paintings - Stephen Barker
7 October	The World of Fungi - John Tyler
21 October	Antarctica - Nigel Webb
4 November	The swinging 60’s - Graham Harrison & Bronwen (singer)
18 November	Thame Meadows archaeology update - Chris Ellis
2 December	Fooling the Brain - Jim Ellis
16 December	Walking into Grandma’s Kitchen at Christmas - Jenny Mallin
2027
6 January	A life in plants - Timothy Walker
20 January	3x10 Members Talks: TBC
3 February	Art, Science and the Unfeathered Bird - Katrina van Grouw
17 February	Poisons in medicine - Graham Harrison
3 March	Hedgerows - Jessica Bower

2025
19 Mar	2025 40th AGM
2 Apr	The Life of John Smythe QC, MBE (MIL), OBE - Eddy Smythe
16 Apr	Fossils and How To Become One - Dr Jill Eyers
7 May	Anti-Corruption Practice. Professor - Robert Barrington
21 May	3 x 10 Minute Talks by Members. TBA
4 Jun	Curiosities of The Chilterns (Part 1) - Alan Copeland
18 Jun	The Miracle of Bletchley Park - Gillian Cane
2 Jul	Why do we sing?
16 Jul	The Glass Rainbow
6 Aug	A day at the beach
20 Aug	Exciting animals from around the world
3 Sep	Origin of Life on Earth
17 Sep	Curiosities of The Chilterns (Part 2) - Alan Copeland
1 Oct	40th Anniversary Thame & District u3a Event - TBA
15 Oct	40th Anniversary Thame & District u3a Event - TBA
5 Nov	Medical Detection Dogs
19 Nov	Crafts & Hobbies Show. Members
3 Dec	How we remember and why we forget
17 Dec	Christmas Nightmares
2026
7 Jan	Songs from our youth
21 Jan	History of The Bodleian Library - Gillian Cane
4 Feb	Art on the London Underground
18 Feb	3x10 Minute Talks: Carol Bradbrook-Taylor - "Looking through my window", Andy Gunn - "Furniture for the 21st century", Anne Hughes - "At what point?"
4 Mar	Behind the scenes at Thame Players

2024
20 Mar	2024 AGM
3 Apr	Working with some of the most dangerous men in the Country - Janine Kilroe
17 Apr	The Oxford Botanic Garden - Timothy Walker
1 May	Six Warrior Women of the English Civil Wars 1642-51 - Stephen Barker
15 May	Top of the Greasy Pole - Mike Brook
5 Jun	Where do novelists get their ideas from? - Bobbie Darbyshire
19 Jun	South Atlantic Excitement - Bob Ward
3 Jul	Private Godfrey's Real War - Peter Gill
17 Jul	Ten Minute Talks: Our Quirky Language - Rita Fidler, New Berry Fruits & Bohemian Crystal - Graham Watson, Oxfordshire Lass Done Good! - Anne Hughes
7 Aug	Beneficial Insects and Birds in the Garden - George Lockwood
21 Aug	Kino & Kinder - A Family's Journey - Vivien Sieber
4 Sep	Tea - the journey from bush to cup - Giles Oakley
18 Sep	The Joys and Perils of being an Author - Colin Wade
2 Oct	A Mexican in Margate with Ann Barrington, Himalayan Diplomacy with Brian Fisher, H.J.Massingham - Eco Warrior withBernadette Tildesley
16 Oct	Sixties Coffee Morning with Adrian Broadway and Co
6 Nov	My Father's part in the D-Day Invasion with Ann Hine, War Graves with Len Davidson, Lest We Forget with Tony King
20 Nov	Plants for Christmas - Timothy Walker
4 Dec	A Christmas Miscellany - Mike Brook
18 Dec	Man on the Spot - Bill Hamilton
2025
1 Jan	no meeting
15 Jan	Tales of 1920's Tahiti - Simon Keable-Elliott
5 Feb	Grumpy Old Men - Steve Dimmer
19 Feb	Our Banner with Rita Fidler, The History of Bathing with Lesley Charnock, Lorca-a tenuousity with Bernadette Tildesley
5 Mar	"The Publication of my Latest Book" - Charles Boundy

2023
15 Mar	2023 AGM
5 Apr	The Subtle Science & Exact Art in English Garden Design - Timothy Walker
19 Apr	Capability Brown - Hero or Hooligan? - Michael Brown
3 May	From Barrow to Baghdad and back again - Philip Caine
17 May	The Sky at Night - with a laugh - Gordon Rogers
7 Jun	Welcome to my World - Butler to the Royal Family - William French
21 Jun	Wartime & Romance - from Boaters to Anti-bac. - Andy Smith
5 Jul	Growing up in the 1960's - a follow on - Lesley Charnock
19 Jul	Clarkson Rose Intoduces 50 Years of Seaside Entertainment - Brian Freeland
2 Aug	Solo Walk Across Africa - Fran Sandham
16 Aug	Friends of Chrissie's Owls - Rescue and Conservation Work - Chrissie Gaines
6 Sep	Shelf Life: My Glamorous Life in Libraries - Mike Brook
20 Sep	British Piers - Their Past & Their Future - Janine Kilroe
4 Oct	Baja California and the Sea of Cortez - Sara Frost
18 Oct	Craft & Hobbies Show
26 Oct	Scams Talk – Shelley Edwards, Oxfordshire County Council
1 Nov	The Green Fields of France - Lesley Charnock
15 Nov	Bulbs in a Royal Garden (Highgrove) - George Lockwood
6 Dec	The Creation of Dickens Christmas Carol - Steve Dimmer
20 Dec	Defying Logic - Steve Wilkinson
2024
3 Jan	A Lighthearted Look at Life - Rita Fidler
17 Jan	Utterly Immoral - Simon Keable-Elliott
7 Feb	Remembering Shoah - Anne Hughes
21 Feb	Grace Darling & the Fine Art of Saving Lives at Sea - James Taylor
6 Mar	The Questionable History of the TV Quiz Show - Jeff Evans

2022
2 Feb	2022 AGM
16 Feb	The Russell-Cotes Gallery & Museum - 100th Anniversary - James Taylor
2 Mar	The River Thame - focusing on water management & restoration - Doug Kennedy
16 Mar	Opals - Helen Plumb
6 Apr	How to make the most of your memories and possessions in the home - Jane Fletcher
20 Apr	The Mysterious Death of MI6 Spy & Code-Breaker Gareth Williams - Paul Barwick
4 May	Ten Minute Talks: A ghost in the family - Ann Barrington, Cyprus before tourism - Joan Bellingham, Poetry is Marmite....or is it? - Anne Hughes
18 May	Treasures beneath our feet - Discovering the Watlington Hoard - James Mather
1 Jun	Fighting Bladder Cancer UK - Susan Mullerworth
15 Jun	The Life and Crimes of Agatha Christie - Steve Dimmer
6 Jul	Winston Churchill's Toy Shop - Gordon Rogers
20 Jul	Working for Auntie - Christine Green
3 Aug	Special Envoy to the Matabele People - Jill Elford
17 Aug	Pop on the Box - Jeff Evans
7 Sep	Richard III - Hero or Villain? - Steve Dimmer
21 Sep	Morris Minors in the Media - Ann Ford
5 Oct	St. Kilda - Sailing to the edge of the World - Sara Frost
19 Oct	Crafts & Hobbies Show
2 Nov	Plants to encourage wildlife - George Lockwood
16 Nov	The Heritage of Gilbert & Sullivan - Bernard Lockett
7 Dec	Musings From the Amateur Stage - Part 2 - Mike Brook
21 Dec	Yule Be Surprised Why Christmas is Christmas - Steve Dimmer
2023
4 Jan	Careless Talk Costs Lives - Art & Design in WWII - James Taylor
18 Jan	Growing up in the 1950's - Lesley Charnock
1 Feb	As Thame Goes By - a reprise - Len Davidson
15 Feb	Five RAF Indian Pilots of the Great War - Stephen Barker
1 Mar	Ten Minute Talks: Why do you want to go to Rugen?” - Bernadette Tildesley, My Time In I.T. - Rita Fidler, The Social Importance of a Town Bench - John Sutton

2021
03 Feb	2021 AGM (Zoom meeting)
17 Feb	River Thame - Birding desert or just underwatched and undervalued? - Nick Marriner (Zoom meeting)
03 Mar	Cliveden - Power, Politics & Scandal - Peter Hague (Zoom meeting)
17 Mar	Potted History - The history of Houseplants - Catherine Horwood (Zoom meeting)
07 Apr	Porridge - Truth or Fiction? - Ian Gunn (Zoom meeting)
21 Apr	2 bars of chocolate a day can help prevent stroke and heart disease - true or false? - Dr. Lynda Ware (Zoom meeting)
05 May	Indonesia - Sailing from Bali to Komodo - Sara Frost (Zoom meeting)
19 May	Life in a Nutshell - John Tyler (Zoom meeting)
02 Jun	The Bow Street Runners - Steve & Eve Bacon (Zoom meeting)
16 Jun	River at War - Bill King (Zoom meeting)
07 Jul	Prosthetic Perils – Adventures at home and abroad - Andy Smith (Zoom meeting)
21 Jul	Daisy's Story - John Caldicott (Zoom meeting)
28 Juy	A social gathering to celebrate the lifting of lock-down restrictions. (Zoom meeting)
04 Aug	Paul Nash & the Wittenham Clumps - Christopher Baines (Zoom meeting)
18 Aug	A Schoolgirl's War - Mary Smith (Zoom meeting)
01 Sep	A Grandmother's Legacy: Full Steam Ahead - Jenny Mallin
15 Sep	Forgotten Art of the Picture Postcard 1840-1950 - James Taylor
06 Oct	Becoming a famous author - Martin Lloyd
20 Oct	The Rothchilds of the Thames Valley - Catherine Taylor
03 Nov	History of Coaches and Coach Horns - Colin Pawson
17 Nov	The Wit of Winston - Part 2 - Jeff Rozelaar
01 Dec	Living Green in Thame – Hazel Boundy
15 Dec	The History of Cunard and Glamorous Stars - Steve Herra
2022
05 Jan	Crystal Palace & the Great Exhibition - John Ansell
19 Jan	Travel - Ron & Gill Bellis

2020
05 Feb	2020 AGM
19 Feb	Making space for wildlife - John Tyler
04 Mar	10 minute talks: The sack - Warren Ford, Roy - Rita Fidler, The bottom school - Pat Ruxton
01 Jul	Eva Braun – victim or contriver? - Melanie Gibson-Barton (Zoom meeting)
15 Jul	London - An illustrated history - Simon Gregor (Zoom meeting)
05 Aug	The most heroic failure of modern times - Shackleton's Antarctic expedition - Jeremy Holmes (Zoom meeting)
19 Aug	The Mitford Sisters - Gillian Cane (Zoom meeting)
02 Sep	A courageous and skilled shot - Montenegro's photographer Princess, Ksenia Petrovic-Njegos - Elizabeth Gowing (Zoom meeting)
16 Sep	Wildlife on your doorstep - Tom Way (Zoom meeting)
07 Oct	The history of cartoons - Ian Keable (Zoom meeting)
21 Oct	Five generations of a British Raj family seen through the eyes of their granddaughter - Jenny Mallin (Zoom meeting)
04 Nov	The wit of Winston - part 1 - Jeff Roselaar (Zoom meeting)
18 Nov	Glorious Coloured Gemstones - Helen Plumb (Zoom meeting)
02 Dec	A Christmas Miscellany - Mike Brook (Zoom meeting)
16 Dec	Christmas Entertainment - Graham Harrison (Zoom meeting)
2021
06 Jan	A Virtual Tour of Cambridge - Murray Jacobs (Zoom meeting)
20 Jan	King Arthur - Myth or reality? - Rupert Matthews (Zoom meeting)

2019
06 Feb	2019 AGM
20 Feb	40 years Bomb Disposal and still 10 Fingers - Ian Jones
06 Mar	10 Minute Talks: Ripping yarns - Sue Jenkins, Roy - Rita Fidler, Tying the knot in Thailand - Julie West
20 Mar	Volunteering with Orangutans in Borneo - Anthea Mearns
03 Apr	Skye of the beaten track - John Rogers (Meeting held in the Spread Eagle)
17 Apr	The complete Thame Remembers - David Bretherton
01 May	From rags to riches - The story of Andrew Carnegie - Jeremy Holmes
15 May	The life and career of Lord Williams - Brian Lowe
05 Jun	Ted Heath: A reputation revisited - Dr. Martin Holmes
19 Jun	The history of the National Gardens Scheme - Priscilla Frost
03 Jul	The history of the Foundling Hospital - John Caldicott
17 Jul	Bagel and bacon - Jeff Rozelaar
07 Aug	The sex lives of Kings - Tony Stafford
21 Aug	Melodies and the memories – Linda Watts
04 Sep	Bless 'em all - Adrian Broadway
18 Sep	From guns and roses to hearts and flowers - Catherine Jones
02 Oct	The remarkable story of our national chair - the Windsor - Stuart Linford
16 Oct	Craft and Hobbies Show
06 Nov	From Cylinder to CD - and beyond - Ian Brearley
20 Nov	A virtual safari to Africa - Bob Brind-Surch
04 Dec	Christmas - A celebratory history - Andy Thomas
2020
15 Jan	Japan at Cherry Blossom time - Edward Bray & Mary-Ann Evans

2018
07 Feb	2018 AGM
21 Feb	Pandemonium in Thame! - Pandemonium Band
07 Mar	A year behind the scenes at Waterperry - Rob Jacobs
21 Mar	What do the Groups do? - Group Leaders
04 Apr	An Inspector recalls - Derek Turner
18 Apr	History minus the boring bits - Susan Howe
02 May	Passports, Assassins, Traitors & Spies - Martin Lloyd
16 May	A Passion for Pearls - Frances Benton
06 Jun	The Problems with recording Mammals in the UK - Derek Crawley
20 Jun	Suffragettes: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? - Colin Oakes
04 Jul	From Page to Stage - Jennifer Cowling
18 Jul	Members' antique/collectable valuations - Stephen Hearn
01 Aug	no meeting
15 Aug	The history of golf - Stefan White
05 Sep	The Oxford of Inspector Morse - Alistair Lack
19 Sep	101 things you never knew about garden birds - Chris Ward
03 Oct	Memoirs of a Royal Footman - Ian Scott-Hunter
17 Oct	10 minute talks: Civil Defence - Peter Hewitt, The Fuzz - Gill Read, Stealing Music - Eric Crouch
07 Nov	The Tudor Wall Painting at Thame Museum - Lindsey Weimers
21 Nov	Brain Gremlins - Living positively with Alzheimers - Valerie Blumenthal
05 Dec	Gilbert & Sullivan and the Savoy Operas - Roger Askew
2019
02 Jan	Bumbling around the Baltic - Anne Fisher
16 Jan	My Work in Burma - Sherry Scott

2017
1 Feb	2017 AGM
15 Feb	The Life of a Civil War Soldier - Tony Cullen
1 Mar	Ten Minute Talks: Being Santa - Keith Broadey, Not quite what I expected - Joan Boughton, And dysentery sealed my fate - Hilary Cope
15 Mar	Birds, Tigers & Taj - Arthur Ball
5 Apr	Harold Wilson - a reputation revised - Martin Holmes
19 Apr	Human Impact on Wildlife including Climate Change - Nigel Griffiths
3 May	Impressionists v. Pre-Raphaelites - Colin Lomas
17 May	An English History of Freedom - Andy Thomas
7 Jun	40 years of Catching Smugglers Pt II - Malcolm Nelson
21 Jun	Thame U3A has talent - Members
5 Jul	Archaeological Excavations in Thame 2015 - Chris Ellis
19 Jul	The Works of Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Bob Kendall
2 Aug	Secret London - Mike Beech
16 Aug	Pre-history through Archaeology - Meg Latham
6 Sep	Facing the Camera - Zena Skinner
20 Sep	Filming Life on Earth - Martin Saunders
4 Oct	The Geology of the Chilterns - Jill Eye
18 Oct	Heroes of Bomber Command - The Veterans' Stories - Steve Darlow
1 Nov	Skye – Off the beaten track - John Rogers
15 Nov	Art, Science and the Un-feathered Bird - Katarina van Grouw
6 Dec	Christmas Entertainment - Poetry & Singing Groups
2018
3 Jan	Nepal - Anne Fisher
17 Jan	A mad way to earn a living - Doug Watkinson

2016
3 Feb	2016 AGM
17 Feb	The Art of Faith - Nicholas Mynheer
2 Mar	The Restoration of the Wilts & Bucks Canal - Martin Buckland
16 Mar	The Unnatural History of the National Trust - David Bullock
6 Apr	The Ridgeway: Europe’s Oldest Track? - John Tyler
20 Apr	10 Minute Talks: My Part in the Wall Street Crash - Brian Fisher, I've started so I'll finish - Sue Jenkins, Medical Research Part 2 - Ross Dyke
4 May	The Palace of Knightsbridge - _Richard Furnival-Jones
18 May	The Music of Jerome Kern - Ken Fitt
1 Jun	Up in the Clouds (with some fluffy bits) - Alan Brewer
15 Jun	Bishops, Sex and Money - Tony Stafford
6 Jul	Music Hall and WW1 Show - Adrian Broadway
20 Jul	London Oddities part III - Sally Botwright
3 Aug	Location, Location, Location - Linda Warren
17 Aug	20th Century Poets - John Waterer
7 Sep	An Inspector Falls - Derek Turner
21 Sep	From 4 legs that move to 4 legs that don't - Stephen Hearn
5 Oct	The Gardens at Giverny - Susan Brooke
19 Oct	Skye off the Beaten Track - John Rogers
02 Nov	What do the Groups do? - Group Leaders
16 Nov	The Story of the Mary Rose - Bob Foster
7 Dec	Christmas Music - Anything Goes
2017
4 Jan	Imperial Cities and Beyond - Anne Fisher
18 Jan	Amnesty International - Bob Fieldsend

2015
4 Feb	2015 AGM
18 Feb	The Art of Turner & Constable - Serena Quatermaine
4 Mar	Buckinghamshire Market Towns - Julian Hunt
18 Mar	Vaccine Research at Oxford - Christopher Green
1 Apr	40 Years Catching Smugglers - Malcolm Nelson
15 Apr	10 Minute Talks - Members
6 May	GM Crops - Do We Need Them? - Dr. Brenda Harold
20 May	Elizabethan Lindon - Early Modern Capital - Colin Oakes
3 Jun	The Story of the Mary Rose - Bob Foster
17 Jun	A Tour of the Universe - Valerie Calderbank
1 Jul	Thame Remembers - David Bretherton
15 Jul	The Music of Jerome Kern - Ken Fitt
5 Aug	Life as Speaker - John Bercow
19 Aug	Wildlife of Oxfordshire - Dudley Iles
2 Sep	Meet Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst - Louise Reed
16 Sep	The Gardens of Claude Monet at Giverny - Susan Brooke
7 Oct	Impressions of Japan - Margaret Deakin
21 Oct	Craft Show - Members
4 Nov	Eccentrics in Dickens Novels - Ann Severn
18 Nov	Origins and Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes - Terry Penny
2 Dec	The History of Christmas - Lesley Charnock
2016
6 Jan	Ethiopia - Anne Fisher
20 Jan	The Green Man, Who, what and why - Jo Blenkinsop

2014
5 Feb	2014 AGM
19 Feb	Humour is a Tonic - Betty Page
5 Mar	Energy for Life - Alex Paterson
19 Mar	Music of the Stones - Zachary Taylor
2 Apr	10 minute talks: Mevagissey - Len Chapman, An Entertaining Speech - Julie West, Medical Research - Ross Dike
16 Apr	The Streets of India - Ed & Jenny Bullimore
7 May	Nature's Signals - John Tyler
21 May	Whitehall Revisited - Len Davidson
4 Jun	London Oddities 2 - Sally Botwright
18 Jun	The History of Pinewood Studios - Mike Payne
2 Jul	Life in a Library - Peter Mussett
16 Jul	Child labour in 19th-century Oxfordshire - Liz Woolley
6 Aug	The Great War: music, memorials and memories - Lesley Charnock
20 Aug	The Great Train Robbery - John Woolley
3 Sep	The Shaky Islands - Jill Carey
17 Sep	Oxford Eccentrics - Richard Smith
1 Oct	Hedgehogs - Hugh Warwick
15 Oct	Memories - TBA
5 Nov	Richard III - Rita Fidler
19 Nov	Canine Partners - Malcolm Welles
3 Dec	Christmas meeting - TBA
2015
7 Jan	New Year on the Mekong - Anne Fisher
21 Jan	Treasures of the Oxford Museums - Susan Griffiths & Nicola Bird

2013
6 Feb	2013 AGM
20 Feb	Picking a Winner. 20 Paintings in the Ashmolean - Susanne Carr
6 Mar	The Energy Crisis & Nuclear Fusion Research - Robin Stafford-Allen
20 Mar	Working with Police Dogs - James Cumming
3 Apr	The Performance between the Ears - Karen O'Connor
17 Apr	London Oddities - Sally Botwright
1 May	A History of Pop - Mike Hurst
15 May	The Chilterns from the Middle Ages - Simon Townley
5 Jun	Members Ten Minute Talks: Spread Eagle; Kings Cross; Marlow Donkey
19 Jun	Open All Hours - John Mutton
3 Jul	It's a Girl's Life in the Army - Gillian Cane
17 Jul	How to Paint a Picture while your Buns are in the Oven - Beryl Maile
7 Aug	Canterbury Tales - Anne Fisher
21 Aug	Court Entertainment to Ceildh - Mike Ruff
4 Sep	Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies - Sally Mason
18 Sep	Story of the Radcliffe Infirmary - Andrew Moss
2 Oct	The Incredible World of the Honey Bee - Steve Moll
16 Oct	Craft & Art Show
6 Nov	Magical Madagascar - Barry Oxley
20 Nov	Aylesbury Waterside Theatre & History of Panto - Cath Campbell
4 Dec	Christmas Celebration - Sarah Goss & Jane Coulcher
2014
15 Jan	Round the Horn - Gill & Ron Bellis