Chairperson Maggie Whitbread requested that members observed a 1 minute silence in memory of long term member and group leader Margaret Sage.
Writing in the newsletter she reported that the Thurrock branch hosted a preliminary meeting of the organising committee of the Thames Estuary Olympic Walk. some 28 delegates from U3A branches from Essex and Suffolk.. She expressed her thanks for a donation of £100 from the Chafford Hundred branch of Sainsbury’s, to cover the catering. She reported that there will be a need for volunteers as stewards and helpers during the event.
Peter Woodcock, leader of the birdwatching group, announced that following the late winter break a visit to Pemsford Nature Reserve has been arranged for March 25th.
The speaker for the meeting was Martin Lloyd, who spoke on the subject ‘Passports. Assassins and Spies.
Tracing the development of the passport as we now know it.
