Andy Smith Midlands-based musician Andy entertained us with a selection of songs from various decades of the past century. Read more

John and Carole Matthews, Vintage Garden Store Read more

Speaker: Age UK Read more

Speaker: Vanessa Berridge Read more

As usual, our AGM formed the first part of our Core Meeting in May.  Afterwards, we were treated to a superb live music performance from a guitar and vocal duo; long-term ssu3a member Dave Thatcher with his good friend Russell Gain - a.k.a. The Melancholy Brothers. Read more

Our April Core Meeting was enlivened by Tony Mawbey's excellent talk about the extensive art collection at Upton House, near Banbury. Tony described the origins and development of the house, now owned and run by the National Trust, and introduced us to the art collection assembled by the early 20th-century owner Walter Samuel, the 2nd… Read more

Georgia Sproul, Senior Branch Manager, Solihull Cluster, Nationwide, gave us advice on financial scams and online financial security. Read more

This fully-illustrated talk was about the tools and techniques that artists have discovered and used to try to re-create the impression of the missing 3rd dimension of depth in their artworks.  It spanned the history of art from cave paintings to Virtual Reality, and took as case-studies some iconic images that we all recognized. The… Read more

84 members enjoyed our Christmas Party in December.  Pam gave us her legendary Christmas Quiz, (2 winning teams!) and members of the Play reading group performed ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’.  After prosecco and mince pies Raye and Maria taught us to sing a round and we finished with Christmas songs with the help of… Read more