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Ilkley & District U3A - Home ILKLEY & DISTRICT U3A To update personal details, login & click on your name Log in Home Search Groups Events News Join Us News Flash 20-02 # ***February Group of the Month # U3A joins Facebook # ***Just for Fun # News Flash 20-02 # ***February Group of the Month # U3A joins Facebook # ***Just for Fun # News Flash 20-02 # Latest News Click here or scroll down for Forthcoming Events Select or click here for the February Group of the Month - Ceilidh Dancing. Select or click here for February's Just For Fun Select or click here to read about our new Facebook page or click on the icon to go to it. Select or Click here for Volunteer opportunities to help run our U3A (member login required). Select or click here to view some interesting statistics of the Ilkley & District U3A membership or click here for some statistics of the National U3A membership Scroll Down for Information on Forthcoming Events Are you retired, semi-retired or working part time and would like to: Meet people? Take up a fresh activity and learn something new? Make friends with those who share your existing interests or hobbies? Then it could be time to join Ilkley & District U3A Time, the 3rd age, after the age of parental responsibilities and work Time to pursue interests for which you were always too busy Time to encounter new hobbies and interests We are a self-help learning organisation, part of a national ne twork, where over 1,700 local members enjoy a range of activities and form new friendships. To find out more, call in for a chat to one of our Drop-in sessions at the Clarke Foley Centre, Cunliffe Road, Ilkley, S29 9DZ. These sessions are held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month between 10.30am and 12noon. Select or click here to read more about us and join on-line. Scroll Down for Just for Fun and more Information on Forthcoming Events For more information on the range o f groups you can join, select this link: Group Information We look forward to meeting and helping you to discover that the 3rd age is the time to learn, laugh and live life through enjoying the company of like-minded people. Just For Fun February 2020 Q 1. How many apples did Adam and Eve eat? (My thanks to Anne Knight for submitting this information). Q 2. Thinking about your fellow U3A members: What are the 6 most popular surnames? What are the 5 most popular male forenames? What are the 5 most popular female forenames? (My thanks to Anne Eady for extracting this information. For more statistics on our membership profile, select or click here ) Q 3. Who coined the phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson?” ( From the QI book of General Ignorance) Select or click here for the answers. Just For Fun January 2020 was: It’s behind you! A pantomime quiz for the New Year: 1. Why did the content of pantomimes change for ever in 1843? 2. When was Cinderella first performed? 3. The Fairy always enters from the Right or the Left? 4. When was Dick Whittington first performed? 5. Which Pantomime dame was originally called Ching Mustapha? 6. Name a pantomime (other than Dick Whittington) based on true life 7. When and where was the first use of a girl dressed as boy (the principal boy) Select or click here for the answers. Scroll Down for More Information on Forthcoming Events Forthcoming Events FRIDAY Drop In Session 07 Feb 2020 10:30 AM • Wright Wing, Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley Group Leaders' Drop-In Session 07 Feb 2020 10:30 AM • Wright Room, Clarke Foley Centre Being Safer Online 07 Feb 2020 2:00 PM • MAIN HALL, Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley Addingham Drop In Session 14 Feb 2020 10:30 AM • Addingham Hub above the Library Edith and I: on the trail of an Edwardian traveller in Kosovo 15 Feb 2020 10:00 AM • Clarke Foley Centre FRIDAY Drop In Session 21 Feb 2020 10:30 AM • Wright Wing, Clarke Foley Centre, Ilkley YAHR Study Day J M W Turner 10 Mar 2020 10:00 AM • Mercer Gallery, Harrogate HG1 2SA WestNet Quiz Night - Gargrave 27 Mar 2020 6:00 PM • Gargrave Village Hall Captain Cook & Whitby 23 Jun 2020 • Various locations in and around Whitby YAHR Summer Learning Break 27 Jul 2020 • The Hawkhills, Easingwold, YO61 3EG The Old Bridge, Ilkley Some pictures in and around Silsden © Ilkley & District U3A Privacy Policy 2019-20 Site Map Contact Us Back to Top of Page Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software...