Monthly Speaker Meetings
Monthly Speaker Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at:-
Burton Joyce and Bulcote Village Hall
Burton Joyce
Nottingham
NG14 5EY
They are followed by refreshments, tea/coffee and cakes. Many of the Group coordinators are also present so if you’re thinking about joining a group can take the opportunity to find more about it from the coordinator in person and you can also able to speak to any member of the Committee as our Chairman and other Committee members always attend.
The meetings start at 1.45 p.m. and members are asked to be seated in good time as late arrivals make it difficult for those sitting near the entrance to hear the announcements.
TUESDAY 11TH AUGUST 2026 – PETER SLATER – “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?”
Peter visited us in 2025, telling us amusing and revealing stories of the famous people he encountered during his career as a sports reporter, during which he was assaulted by a World Motor Racing Champion, given an audience by the most famous man in the world, was thrown off the Wembley pitch live on-air, and convinced the listening world that an air conditioning unit sounds like a helicopter. This time Peter returns with his illustrated presentation entitled “Do I Know Who I Am?” Adopted at birth, Peter describes the search for his birth parents. It involves secrets, lies, foreign travel and a Premier League footballer!
TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2026 – DAVE ANDREWS – “100 YEARS OF AUNTIE”
Dave Andrews worked at BBC Radio Leicester from 1996, where he presented most of the daily and weekend programmes. He was the commentator for BBC Radio Leicester during the services for the re-interment of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. Dave delivered a very interesting talk to us in April 2025 about the life of King Richard III life and the amazing story of the search for his bones, which were eventually discovered under a Leicester car park.
This month’s illustrated talk tells the story of the BBC’s 100 years from the early days under Lord Reith through to the present. It covers the great days of radio and TV and some of the incredible changes in broadcasting over those 100 years. It also features nostalgic audio and video clips from programmes and events of the past such as the first Christmas broadcast from King George V, clips from Muffin the Mule, The Archers, and the late Queen’s coronation, the opening of Radio1 and many other extracts.
TUESDAY 13TH OCTOBER – ANDY SMITH – “SONGSMITH AND OTHER STORIES”
Andy comes with some really good testimonials . His talk covers the challenging and sometimes funny world of songwriting and performing. ” A chance to laugh ,cry , cringe and sing along “
TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER 2026 – JAYNE DARLING
Jayne will give us a performance (during Remembrance week) of Second World War 40’s songs in the style of Vera Lynn , Glenn Miller etc.
Social Events
60s/70s/80s DISCO! FRIDAY OCTOBER 2ND – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL
Great tracks from three outstanding musical decades, played by DJ and Vocalist Freddie Vokes. Contribute to the playlist by telling us what songs you’d like to hear by emailing treasurer@bju3a.co.uk
Bring your own drinks and nibbles. Just £5 per person.
QUIZ NIGHT! FRIDAY JUNE 5TH – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL
Almost 70 members and friends attended the now “annual“ U3A quiz night. A very close scoring night was won by the (ironically-named) team, “THE DONALD TRUMP FAN CLUB” who just got over the line by 1 point after scoring a maximum 10 points on the last round. The second-placed team on the night, “UNIVERSALLY CHALLENGED” led all the way but could only score 8 points on the last round. Other prize winners on the night were “QUIZ TEAM AGUILERA” for the most inventive name and, in the sense that they were bottom of the table, supporting all the others, the “strongest” team at the event, “THE CRISP APPRECIATION SOCIETY” happily accepted “specially commissioned“ wooden spoons. A very good night was had by all.
FRIDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2025 – SOCIAL EVENT – KELLYS HEROES – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL 7:30pm.
A great night with one of the most sought after bands on the circuit. Their repertoire encompassed fast and furious Celtic tunes and songs, gentle ballads, quality contemporary numbers as well as some original material. The band will performed a 2 x 45-minute sets between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
FRIDAY 23RD MAY 2025 AT 7:30 p.m. – BURTON JOYCE VILLAGE HALL
72 members and guests attended our annual quiz on Friday 23rd May, making up 12 teams. Quizmaster Rupert Williams devised 8 rounds of 10 questions, plus a TABLE ROUND worth 20 points,
to be played at the midpoint. Teams were also asked to play a JOKER round, worth double points. The 8 rounds were (loosely) based on our Interest Groups, comprising:-
- Round 1 – HISTORY
- Round 2 – CRAFT & PATCHWORK
- Round 3 – BOARD GAMES
- Round 4 – INTERNATIONAL DINING
- Round 5 – BOOK CLUB
- Round 6 – INFORMATION EXCHANGE
- Round 7 – ARMCHAIR TRAVEL
- Round 8 – DISCUSSION
Teams had to select which round their JOKER would be played on before the quiz began. The TABLE ROUND took inspiration from the TV programme Countdown, being 20 x 9-letter anagrams, which had a lot of us baffled, although one team managed to get a very creditable 14 correct.
The Winners were (team name) “POINTLESS”, who scored 84 points, joint Second place went to “THE WEDNESDAY MURDER CLUB” and “WE’RE RIGHT BEHIND YOU”, both with 82 points, and 4th place on a tie break went to “MISSING MARY” (who was ill and couldn’t make the team unfortunately). Perhaps a little unkindly, the name of the team that won the Wooden Spoons was “BRAINLESS”.
*** “REVIVAL”60s NIGHT – FRIDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2024 ***
Based in Nottingham, Revival have been performing now for over 34 years, entertaining audiences across the country. The group specialise in recreating the sounds of the 1960’s, 70’s and 80s. They are not a tribute band although their aim is to recreate the sound and excitement of the original artistes from that era. Much more info on the band’s website at – http://www.revival-web.com/default.htm
This very successful event was attended by almost 80 members. The comments in our Facebook group the day after included these:-
“What a fabulous, fun evening yesterday, bopping to the music of Revival. A wonderful pick-me-up. Thank you everyone.”
“I had the best time ever, thank you to all those who arranged it.”
“Fantastic evening. We had a great time. Thank you to Rob and all the Committee.”
“It was a great evening. Thank you to all the organisers.”
“Great evening was had by all, really good night – Thanks to Rob Johnson for organising.”