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  Membership renewal day 2026

  16th March 2026

  What a great turn out for renewals day @ Ollerton Jubilee Hall on Monday 16th March..

  Many thanks to all groups who attended and also our u3a members who came to renew for the next year. It was great to see so many new faces and new members who joined and prospective members who came to see what the Dukeries u3a is all about..

  Many thanks to all who participated and the wonderful people who kept us supplied with coffee tea and yummy biscuits. Thank-you all @ the u3a

  

  

  

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  Rhubarb Rhubarb Rhubarb

  21st February 2026

  An exciting and amazing day at the Wakefield Rhubarb Festival, thankyou to Leslye and the events team and to Carl the coach driver and to everyone for making it such a fun day.

  Here are a few photos from various people who came along... Enjoy

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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  Life and times of the Beatles

  20th January 2026

  What a lovely afternoon we spent listening to Paul Lillee giving his fantastic talk on the Beatles, including songs and his amazing artwork (see pictures)

  Here is some of his presentation, he talked about the early years and how the band was formed with a few who joined the original early band the Quarrymen with Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best who left the band before the fab four were settled when Ringo Starr joined after Paul, John and George.

  Paul talked about the early songs and then conquering the USA and the famous concert at Shea stadium, the tour marred slightly with John's comment about being more famous than Jesus which was slightly taken out of context.

  After finishing with touring and live concerts they concentrated on studio work with their manager Brian Epstein and producer George Martin (aka the fifth Beatle), one early song showing their progression was Yesterday. George was a little frustrated as most recordings were Lennon-McCartney compositions so George didn't get a look in for quite a while.

  In their final couple of years they had various turmoils with Brian sadly committing suicide (eventually replaced by Alan Klein) and the infighting with Linda Eastman and Yoko Ono over managers and musical direction.

  One of the last songs was the beautiful Hey Jude (originally Hey Julian) written by Paul for John's son with Cynthia

  

  

  

  

  

  

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