This year there will be 3 methods of distributing Membership Cards: 1. Fill in the enclosed green renewal form and send with a cheque and small self-seal stamped addressed envelope to Jane Hoyland this week. 2. Or fill in the form and bring to a Monthly Meeting with a cheque, preferably on Monday 7 September or 5 October, rather than leaving until later. 3. As a new experiment, if you have already set up a Standing Order to pay on 1 October, we are sending your card with this Autumn Newsletter. These 60 people will not need to complete a renewal form. If your details have changed (e.g. address or Gift Aid status) please let Linda Foreman know.

People who wish to join the Standing Order scheme for the first time this year should arrange this with their banks for 1 October, then fill in the renewal form and send it to Jane Hoyland with an s.a.e. or bring it to a Monthly Meeting as above. We will adjust the records for next year to save you time and postage.

We send this Autumn Newsletter in print to everyone, whether or not they usually have communications by email only.

linda.u3a@foto.co.uk

WORLD WAR II IN SOUTH-WEST LONDON

United Reform Church, Eden Street, Kingston upon Thames Tuesday, October 6th, 2015

Please come with memorabilia from WW II and any memories or experiences you would like to share. There will be music and images from the period and several talks on the following topics:

War time uses of Richmond and Bushy Parks. Life in SouthWest London during the war. Rationing of food and other items. Bombing in the Wimbledon area.

Speakers: Max Lankester Pieter Morpurgho Norman Plastow Amy Graham

TIMETABLE

Registration and tea and coffee (free)10-10.30. First session: talks and questions 10.30 –12.30. Lunch: 12.30 -1.45. Cafes and restaurants nearby, or bring packed lunch. (Tea and coffee available. ) Afternoon session: 1.45 –3.30. Fourth talk.

This will be followed by Susan Leigh describing evacuation experiences in Wandsworth, to introduce the “Show and Tell” session.

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Application Form: Name……………………………………………………………………………………………………… U3A……………………………………..Email address………………………………………….. If no email please enclose a s.a.e. with your cheque £8, payable to Wandsworth U3A Send to: Elinor Parker, 16, Alric Avenue, New Malden, KT3 4JN

The Russian artist Dora Gordine (1895-1991) is one of the main protagonists and principal subjects of our upcoming 2015/16 programme, as we prepare for the relaunch of Kingston University’s Dorich House Museum in October. Following the Postgraduate shows in Fine Art and Photography (22-26 Sept), the Stanley Picker Gallery will be staging Dora (8 Oct-28 Nov) with artists Fiona Banner, Cullinan Richards, Hilary Lloyd and Nicole Wermers each selecting objects from Dorich House Museum’s collections to be shown alongside works of their own…more    http://research.kingston.ac.uk/dorich_museum/#events