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The North Norfolk U3A caters for retired or semi-retired people and it is run as a voluntary, self-help organisation; with a membership of circa 700. It is one of over 1000 autonomous U3As in the UK. North Norfolk U3A geographically encompasses Fakenham, Holt, Sheringham and Cromer as well as all their outlying villages.
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EVENTS SUMMARY
NNU3A events are open for members,but guests who are considering joining are welcome to come to hear more of what we do.
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TITLE The Ups and Downs of an Artist's Life!
DATE Monday 12 November 2018
SPEAKER Ms Judith Key
DETAILS
Location The Gallows Sports Centre, Fakenham
Time 10 am coffee/refreshments - 10:30 start
NB DIFFERENT VENUE
KNITTERS & STITCHERS MEETING – MONDAY 3rd DECEMBER, 2018
CLEY VILLAGE HALL – CLUB ROOM
Time: 2.00 – 4.00 pm
DIANA COOK will be attending the meeting with HER MOTHER’S SHAWL and will be giving the group a talk. Maureen Lait would like to extend an invitation to other interested members. There will be a £3 charge towards hall hire.
Please contact us by email, ensuring your name and telephone are in the message if you wish to attend
NNU3A Architecture Group Visit to Holkham Hall
The Architecture Group enjoyed a bespoke tour of Holkham Hall on 17 October.
The seat of the Earls of Leicester, Holkham Hall is an elegant 18th century Palladian style house, based on designs by William Kent and built by Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. The Marble Hall is a spectacular introduction to this imposing building, with its 50ft pressed plaster dome ceiling and walls of English alabaster, not marble as its name implies. Stairs lead to magnificent state rooms displaying superb collections of ancient statuary, original furniture, tapestries and paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Claude, Gaspar Poussin and Gainsborough.
Dr Mac Graham, Librarian and historian at the Hall explained the architectural ideas and influences that Thomas Coke brought back from his Grand Tour to inform the design of the Hall. His insightful talk and tour were accompanied by the showing of contemporaneous architectural books from Holkham Library that are rarely on public display. It was a morning of fascinating explanation of this wonderful building.
