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QUIZ MORNING
24th November 2026
Back by popular request, u3a Bromley’s wizard quiz creators will keep the audience scratching their heads. ...
BINGO BONANZA
9th September 2026
u3a Bromley is holding its first ever Bingo event on 9th September 6-8pm. Open to members, who can also bring a partner or friend. Online booking. How Bingo Reached Britain Bingo’s British story starts well before the modern bingo hall. In the Elizabethan era, lotteries were...
Bromley's new Mayor to attend Explore u3a Bromley Open Day on Oct 3rd
26th August 2026
The new Mayor of Bromley, Councillor Christine Harris, will be attending our Explore u3a Bromley open day on Saturday October 3rd 11-3pm at the United Reformed Church Bromley. She will be finding out about our many interest groups and meeting Bromley members and the public. ...
General Meeting Talk on Fraud and Scams
23rd August 2026
Ian Davidson drew on many years of Bank of England work to tell a packed General Meeting on 18 August about Fraud, Scams and Home Security. With more people on the Internet than ever, we need to know how to protect ourselves. Ian also answered questions post event. His key messages were: Fraud...
A school girl's war (General Meeting)
25th July 2026
At the July General Meeting we welcomed Mary Smith (photo), a former Headmistress who regaled the story of 'A school girl's war'. It was more than a story as evidence revealed the real lives of school girls at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls during World War 2. Mary had produced a book on the...
Sinatra The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre
21st July 2026
32 members of Bromley and Beckenham U3As attended this new musical about Frank Sinatra. Starting on New Year’s Eve 1942 a skinny 27-year-old Italian-American singer is about to step onto the stage of New York City’s Paramount Theatre and give a performance that will change music history. But...
Mamma Mia Singalong at Bromley Little Theatre
15th July 2026
Thanks to Bromley Little Theatre for providing their wonderful air-conditioned theatre for our Mamma Mia Sing-along. After a few technical hitches the film started and at every song, the words showed nice and large on the screen. With about 90 people in the hall, we nearly drowned out the...
u3a Bromley wins private tour of Cutty Sark
14th July 2026
I have no idea how, but I was awarded a private tour by the Greenwich museums after filling in a questionnaire on behalf of u3a Bromley. Their aim being to encourage u3as to visit. I invited group leaders and the committee to make a small party and five of us made the trip by train and DLR to...
Theatre Group visit to see The Watsons
4th July 2026
I love Jane Austin and her prose is super, so it was no surprise to me that when she left an unfinished novel someone would be asked to finish it and turn it into a play. The brilliant Laura Wade stepped up and The Watsons was born. The play opens with a bed, in which the snoring old Mr...
LOWE Group trip to Shoreditch
1st July 2026
We were treated to a tour of the Victorian Town Hall by their Cultural Programme Manager. She told us of its history both as a municipal building and then a venue for various activities after Shoreditch merged with Stoke Newington and Hackney in 1965. It is presently run by a Trust as a thriving...
