This page lists forthcoming events and visits that may be of interest to Thornbury U3A members.
Please contact the organiser of any event of interest - or that you wish to attend.
Forthcoming Events
1st May 2024
Outing
3rd May 2024
Meeting
7th May 2024
Meeting
Photographing Buildings with Bob Dale
(Group: Architecture)
We've all done it; arrived in front of, or entered, a building and thought "Wow" - grabbed the box-brownie or the i-phone and - "Click". What if we had the […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
8th May 2024
Outing
Practical: The group will go out into Thornbury…
(Group: Photography)
The group will go out into Thornbury to photograph the buildings.
9th May 2024
Outing
10th May 2024
Meeting
(Group: Travel & Tourism)
with Helen Moszoro
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
10th May 2024
Performance
(Group: Music)
An orchestra of banjos, guitars and mandolins new to us will show us what these instruments in combination can do, something to look forward to.
Venue: Alveston Methodist Church
13th May 2024
Outing
20th May 2024
Outing
21st May 2024
10:00 am
Walking
(Group: Short Slow Rambles)
A walk around Olveston along pavements and field footpaths of approximately 3 miles in length. There are 2 stiles and a stiffish climb which could be avoided if necessary. Meeting […]
23rd May 2024
Outing
28th May 2024
Performance
28th May 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
4th June 2024
Meeting
Clough Williams-Ellis & Portmeirion with Doug Fowler
(Group: Architecture)
Doug will take us through the development of Portmeirion where architect Clough Williams-Ellis wanted to demonstrate how a site could be developed without spoiling it. He created a landscape of […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
5th June 2024
Meeting
Bedminster Coal, Blood, Sweat and Tears
(Group: History)
with Garry Atterton
Venue: The Chantry - Coach Hall
10th June 2024
Outing
13th June 2024
Outing
13th June 2024
Outing
14th June 2024
Meeting
(Group: Travel & Tourism)
with Peter Davey
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
14th June 2024
Meeting
Our Vice-Chairman Phil Holland will be Jos Gregson’s guest
(Group: Music)
Our Vice-Chairman Phil Holland will be Jos Gregson’s guest as he decides what records he would like to take with him on a Desert Island and we find out about […]
Venue: Alveston Methodist Church
25th June 2024
Performance
25th June 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
27th June 2024
Outing
2nd July 2024
Meeting
Brutalism in Architecture with Helen Roberts
(Group: Architecture)
The most unpopular architectural style. But what is brutal about Brutalism? Why have so many grand brutalist schemes been demolished? So why does the Twentieth Century Society campaign to save […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
3rd July 2024
Meeting
5th July 2024
Social
8th July 2024
Walking
11th July 2024
Outing
12th July 2024
Other
23rd July 2024
Outing
25th July 2024
Outing
30th July 2024
Performance
12th August 2024
Outing
27th August 2024
Performance
3rd September 2024
Meeting
The Answer is Leipzig with John Ellis
(Group: Architecture)
The title is the City’s slogan, and John’s 3 years residence/10 years visiting helped to answer his company’s mission at the time - how to invest successfully in European property. […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
9th September 2024
Outing
24th September 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
1st October 2024
Meeting
(Group: Architecture)
Lawrence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker was a British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and designs that maximized space, ventilation and light and maintained an uncluttered yet […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
14th October 2024
Outing
21st October 2024
Outing
22nd October 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
5th November 2024
Meeting
WW1 Memorials - 'Pro Patria Mori' with Mark Walker
(Group: Architecture)
Mark will be talking about some of the great architects of the early 20th Century and in particular, their creation of monuments to commemorate the fallen in the Great War. […]
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
11th November 2024
Outing
26th November 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
3rd December 2024
Social
Architecture Group Christmas Event
(Group: Architecture)
Fun and games in a relaxing festive mood.
Venue: Thornbury Methodist Church - Upper Hall
9th December 2024
Outing
17th December 2024
2:00 pm
Meeting
(Group: Archaeology)
Some winter sunshine & seasonal nibbles
Venue: Porch House - Catholic Church