Dates for your Diary

Participation in any event listed here is open to the whole SWHerts u3a membership, although places may be limited on some trips.

Please contact the relevant organiser to check availability.

SOCIAL EVENTS BILLBOARD  Carol Stanton  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Quiz Group are holding their Annual Fish and Chip Supper Quiz on Tuesday 17th March 2026 at All Saints Church Hall, Leavesden, All Saints Crescent, WD25 0LU.
Doors will open at 16.15 and the quiz will start at 16.45 sharp. To ensure a good mix of knowledge, on arrival you will be randomly allocated to a table. If you arrive with one friend, you will be allowed to sit with them. But please don’t move from your allocated table.
You have the choice of Fish and Chips, Chicken and Chips or Vegetarian option. Bring your own Drinks.
Tickets will cost £13.00 and will be on sale for the next three General Meetings.

January 2026

Mon 12 General Meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Charles Wallace: “Emma Hamilton — Lord Nelson’s Mistress”
Coach Trips 1: No trip January
Coach Trips 2: No trip January

February

Mon 9 General Meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Jonathan Jones: “Stanley Holloway”
Wed 18 Coach Trips 1: Imperial War Museum (Tickets on sale today)
Coach Trips 2: No details available

March
Mon 9 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Brian Cookson: “London Bridges”
Tue 17 Quiz Group Annual Fish and Chip Supper Quiz, All Saints Church Hall , Horseshoe Lane, Leavesden
Wed 18 Coach Trips 1: Wakehurst Place NT & Millennium Seed Bank, Sussex (Tickets on sale February)
Thu 26 Coach Trips 2: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre—Barnum (Tickets on sale today)

April
Mon 13 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Andrew Sheldon: “Digital Forensic Casebook”
Wed 15 Coach Trips 1: Sutton Hoo NT Woodbridge Suffolk (Tickets on sale March)

May
Mon 11 General meeting at Stanborough Centre: Speaker: Tony Tutton: “That’ll be the day – The Life, Music and Influence of Buddy Holly”
Wed 20 Coach Trips 1: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (Tickets on sale April)

SWHerts u3a holds regular Monthly General Meetings on the second Monday of each month, from 10.00 am to 12:00 noon, at The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Rd, Watford WD25 9JL. Doors open for members at 9.15am. Please do not enter before then.
Next month’s meeting will be on Monday 9h February 2026
PEARL &

SWHerts u3a holds regular Monthly General Meetings on the second Monday of each month, from 10.00 am to 12:00 noon, at The Stanborough Centre, 609 St Albans Rd, Watford WD25 9JL. Doors open for members at 9.15am. Please do not enter before then.

Next month’s meeting will be on Monday 12th January 2026

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COACH TRIPS 1

Coach Trips 1: Leader: Roger Frost (01923 465739)

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Welcome to 2026.
Our first Coach Trip of the year which will be to the Imperial War Museum at Lambeth, South London on
Wednesday 18th February
IWM London's Second World War Galleries display over 1,500 items that bring to life a war which affected millions of people from around the world, from London to Russia, to New Zealand, to China and the Philippines. It is a war with which everyone will have a personal connection.
Spanning two floors, these vast, award-winning galleries bring together the stories of real people from diverse communities to examine the complex relationship between the Holocaust and the course and consequences of the Second World War.
Depart at 9.15 am from Stanborough Centre. Return approx. 6 pm . Tickets - Coach : £16

COACH TRIPS 2

Contacts: Lorraine Law (07906 500974)
and Gill Dobson (07769 963532; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2026.
Our first coach trip this year is to Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on Thursday 26th March for a matinee performance of Barnum.

The show has been choreographed by the former Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse.
Tickets are £60.00 all inclusive of the show and coach fare. They are on sale today.

Coach pick-up from Stanborough approx 12.45 and arriving back approx 6.pm.
More information at the Coach Trip 2 table in the foyer.



LONDON WALKS

These gentle walks are open to all members. Pre-booking is not usually required unless the walk includes admission to a Museum or Gallery.

TRIPS FURTHER AFIELD

Leader: Mike Findley (01727 845122)

Currently on sale is a 4-night break in Torquay by coach with a full package of excursions starting 11th May 2026.

An exciting, fully-featured break including a murder mystery dinner. There may be some limited double/twin rooms available but all single rooms are taken.

Albania, starting 3rd October 2026
Details of our fully-featured one week Albanian holiday have now been finalised and will be released at today’s General Meeting. This includes a full tour of this enigmatic country accompanied throughout by a tour guide, almost all meals, 4 star hotels, UK transfers, and many sites of historical and scenic interest, etc . Price from £1469. A single room supplement of £199. A unique opportunity to see somewhere different.

Reminder—Riviera Travel Partnership scheme with the Third Age Trust.

Members who take holidays with Riviera Travel can earn commission for our u3a. In 2022, we received £675 from Riviera for holidays booked by our members. Claiming the commission is easy. When booking a holiday, members should say they are SWH u3a members and ask for commission to be paid. Riviera Travel will pay the commission to the TAT who then notify our Treasurer and transfer it into our SWH Bank Account

As Sergei would say — “Simples”