Our Thursday meetings are held at Ealing Green Church, Ealing Green, London W5 5QT but we also continue to broadcast the talks online, using Zoom video conferencing software. We no longer have any restrictions on the audience in the Church, other than the space available. There are no restrictions on the numbers who can view these talks on Zoom.
Thursday meetings usually start at 10:15am, with u3a members admitted to the Church from 10:00am. The meetings begin with announcements and any in-house business, followed by the speaker's presentation (from around 10:30am) during which there is a break of approx. 10mins. There is usually time for a Q and A session after the talk with the aim to finish the proceedings by 12:00 noon.
AUTUMN TERM 2024
This term started on Thursday 12th September and finishes on Thursday 12th December with a seasonal entertainment session followed by tea/coffee/mince pies/etc.
Forthcoming events
24th October 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday meeting - Photo Competition 2024 Results
The Results of this year’s Ealing u3a Photographic Competition and award of the prizes. See the NEWS page for further details of the competition. This will be followed by a […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
31st October 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday talk - Harlots! Covent Garden’s Sordid History
Title: Harlots! Covent Garden’s Sordid HistorySpeaker: Ian Fagelson In the early 1600s, the Earl of Bedford developed Covent Garden as upscale housing for wealthy Londoners. But after the Drury Lane […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
7th November 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday talk - A Beginning, a Muddle & an End
Title: A Beginning, a Muddle & an End: Where do Novelists get their ideas from?Speaker: Bobbie Derbyshire In an entertaining, informative talk, Bobbie Darbyshire will explain how the complex world […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
14th November 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday talk - A Welsh Rarebit
Speaker: Mike Perry The talk covers early Welsh history including Roman Occupation along with Myths & Legends in folk law as loved by the Victorians, leading to Industrialisation of rural […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
28th November 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday talk - 'Take Shelter'
Title: ‘Take Shelter!’ Immersive tours in a WW2 air raid school shelterSpeaker: Chris Cocking Chris is a volunteer tour guide in one of the few WW2 school air-raid shelters in […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
5th December 2024
10:15 am - 12:00 pm
Meeting
Thursday talk - A Life in Musical Theatre
Speaker: Helen Anker Helen has worked professionally in Theatre from a young age. This talk will take you on a journey of what life is really like as an actress, […]
Venue: Ealing Green Church
Photos of our previous speakers are displayed here. Photos of speakers from previous terms are shown on the relevant sub-page (see foot of page for links)
The Winter term 2025 talks will start on Thursday 9th January.
SUMMER TALKS 2024
Details of our Summer Season of talks for 2024 can be found on the Summer Programmes page along with information on any recordings of these talks. Pictures of our Summer Season speakers are shown on this page.
We normally have talks on the first, second and fourth Thursdays each month and on the third Thursday monthly, we have Coffee Mornings, which are open to ALL members. There are 5 locations for these, in Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Northfields - notifications of the dates for these are distributed by email and letter. If there is a fifth Thursday in any month, we will usually put on another event.
The organisation of our talks for 2024 has been by our team of Patricia Plummer and Jane Cocking co-ordinated by Derek Atkinson, for which the Committee is very grateful. If you have any suggestions for talks or possible speakers, please send an email to Speakers organiser .
The Committee is also grateful for the work of Jeannine Andre for her assistance in arranging some of the talks for 2023.
PAST THURSDAY TALKS
The Spring term 2024 talks started on Thursday 11th April and finished on 18th July; details of all the talks for this term can be found on the 2024 Talks page. Details for the Winter term 2024 (January - March) can also be found on that page, where copies of some presentations are also available, along with information on any recordings.
Details of the talks for 2023 can now be found on the 2023 Talks page, where copies of some presentations are also available, along with information on any recordings.
For 2022 and previous years, details of talks can be found on the relevant page under Links on this page. For our Summer season talks, details can be found on the Summer Programmes page.
For a number of these past talks, we have copies of the presentations used and these are also shown on those pages, along with information on the Recordings of these talks that are available on our Ealing u3a YouTube channel. The details of how to access the individual talks have been published in our regular Newsletters but, if you missed that information and would like to view any of these recordings, please contact the Webmaster .
Photos of our recent speakers are displayed on this page. Photos of previous speakers are shown on the relevant sub-page