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10th September 2024

The Ghost Story in 19th century Popular Fiction

Mike Bailey

Mike Bailey presents this intriguing topic. More details to follow!

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13th August 2024

Behind the Green Baize Door

Paul Busby

Paul Busby a guide at The National Trust property, Tredegar House presents an intriguing insight into the world of ‘Below Stairs’ at the house. Paul explains how we know far ...

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British Library

9th July 2024

Love and betrayal behind enemy lines

Rosemary Chaloner

Rosemary Chaloner tells the story of a group of British soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during the early stages of the First World War. As the years passed the local ...

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11th June 2024

How Blaenavon changed the world

Mike Woodford

Mike Woodford explains how from here Wales heaved and belched and blasted itself onto the global stage. Welsh iron fashioned trailblazing engines, tools and machines. It built bridges, ships and ...

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14th May 2024

Behind the Silver Screen

Roger Evans

Roger Evans presents the story of Nine Miles Point Miners’ Institute and valleys’ institutes in general. Roger also includes a “behind the scenes” look at how cinemas operated in their ...

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Photograph by Ted Richards of the Scott memorial in Roath Park

9th April 2024

Captain Scott and the Cardiff Connection

Ted Richards

Ted Richards tells how Captain Scott and his team left Cardiff in June 1910 in their attempt to be the first people to ever reach the South Pole. This talk ...

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12th March 2024

Mr Rolls and Mr Royce

Roger James

Roger James will talk about this famous pair who produced the cars we might aspire to own and drive.

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13th February 2024

Consequences of a family history exploration

Dr John Pitts

Dr John Pitts is a retired family doctor and medical educationalist who is going to talk about how an exploration of a family history led through a trail of major ...

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9th January 2024

Aberfan – Ceri Thomas

Ceri Thompson

Ceri Thompson, curator of the National Museum, Wales, is based at Big Pit Blaenavon. Ceri’s presentation is based on work done by the museum on the Aberfan disaster of 1966 ...

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12th December 2023

Using History in Creative Writing

Jimmy Stokes

Local author Jimmy Stokes has written two novels, Digging for Gold and Blood on their Hands. He spent time working in night shelters which led him to appreciate the waste ...

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14th November 2023

Annual General Meeting 2023

Committee

The 2023 Annual General Meeting of Cardiff u3a will be held at 2.00pm on Tuesday November 14th at Cornerstone, Charles Street, Cardiff CF10 2GA. For full details and documents click ...

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10th October 2023

Meet the Groups

Group Convenors and Committee

Cardiff