Leigh Estuary u3a

A stand in talk on the history of Leigh by Bernard

Greg Fay is a writer and creative currently represented by the prestigious Independent Talent Group. On leaving school with no significant qualifications bar an A in GCSE Religious Studies (and with the position of Pope already taken), he tried to turn a teenage love of clothes into a career by undertaking a YTS apprenticeship as […]

Hello, my name is Iain Peel. I have worked for Southend Council as a Resort Officer on Southend Pier for 13 years. My main duties are driving the trains and training staff on their operation as well as providing information for visitors and generally managing the public at the Pier Head and Main Entrance or […]

This year we celebrate not only the 40th Anniversary of the u3a movement in the UK but also the 10th Anniversary of Leigh Estuary u3a and our Summer Lunch celebrates both events so we hope as many members as possible join us for a three course meal and entertainment at Saxon Hall. Cost is £30 […]

by David Stovell

Daryl Easlea. Southend Pop Music Scene.

(Please take note of new venue and revised day/week for our monthly meetings going forward.) David will be giving an illustrated talk about about his collection of saucy postcards, giving us a glimpse into the world of randy nurses, henpecked husbands, nagging wives, bathing belles, innocent vicars and more.  The talk will look at the […]

  Roger Hance to deliver his talk 'Nature through the Seasons'. Roger did a Zoom for us during lockdown. He is a well known nature photographer (see https://rogerhancefrps.com).

Daryl Easlea Born between Rubber Soul and Revolver, Daryl Easlea was in music retail between 1979 and 1997, and left to belatedly take his degree in American History and International History at Keele, where he also ran the student radio station. He began writing professionally in 1999. After graduating in 2000, he became the deputy editor at Record Collector, […]

7th February 2023 Speaker Iain Peel on Making and Playing Guitars You may remember me from the talk I gave last year about Southend Pier. Well I'm back to bore you again.This time about guitars and my experiences building them. I have been playing the guitar for over 50 years and I'm still not very […]

Digby Fairweather became a fulltime jazzman in 1977 after twelve years as a qualified librarian in Southend-on-Sea working night by exhausting night in everything from local soul and dance bands to avant-garde jazz ensembles in Southend and all over his home-county of Essex. In 1971 he formed his first ‘Half Dozen’ to play his preferred […]

Claire Reed and Clara Phillips