Graeme Beck Emeritus Professor John Parker, a world renowned academic specialist in the world of glass, gave us a look into the sustainability of glass both as a product and in the course of its manufacture. Prof Parker is the curator of the Turner Museum of Glass at the University of Sheffield. Professor William E S Turner … Read more
Bill Skipworth, who qualified as a dentist in 1981, gave us talk not only about his early life but also about his journey through the traumatic loss of sight that he experienced as a result of glaucoma, his partial recovery and the unusual side effects of his blindness, in his case synesthesia. Bill was born … Read more
Our speaker Martin Rowley made a welcome return following his earlier talk to us on The Sheffield Gang Wars in August 2023. This week Martin gave us a talk on not only motorsport in the 1960s but extended this to include commentary on The Goodwood Festival of Speed held annually at the stately home of … Read more
Our 2024 year started with the welcome return of John Hull for a third appearance following his previous talks on The Siege of Leningrad and The Peterloo Massacre, and we had a delve into the life of William Morris, well known for his wallpaper and textile designs but less well known as a writer, poet, … Read more
Geoff Gill, Emeritus Professor of International Medicine at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Liverpool University, and a retired NHS Consultant Physician, gave us an illuminating talk on the privations and diseases experienced by Allied prisoners of war during the building of the Burma railway. He gave an often harrowing account of the suffering experienced … Read more
Sue Turner is a volunteer at not only Whirlow Brook Park but also Friends of the Porter Valley and keen on the history of all of Sheffield’s parks. Sue explained that initially restoration of the rock garden at Whirlow Brook was started by a U3A group founded as recently as 2021 but The Friends of … Read more