Monthly Talks Page

The Eden Centre

Make sure you don't miss our interesting lectures on the second Wednesday of each month - 2.00 pm at the Eden Centre, 21 Montagu Street, Kettering, NN16 8XG.
The talks start at 2:00 and the meeting lasts until 3:00 approx. Before the speaker you can see displays of some of the activities and there are 'sign ups' for trips and group activities. Refreshments are free. There is also a raffle for U3A funds.

Visitors are welcome at £2 per meeting for a maximum of 2 meetings. Our membership fee is quite small - why not become a member and come to all the talks and be able to take part in our Activity Groups?

Please note that the doors are open at 1pm for group leaders and committee members BUT members should not arrive before 1:30pm. This allows Committee members and others to set out the membership sign-in desk, stalls, raffle, displays etc before the majority of people arrive.

If you come by car, the School Lane car park is accessible via the alley way just across the road from the Eden Centre while the multi-story car park is slightly cheaper and just around the corner. The back door is available for disabled access - please ring the bell - it may take a little time for someone to open the door for you so please be patient.

Speakers for the 2025 Meetings are shown below

Date (second Wednesday in Month)	Title	Speaker

	January 8th 2025 Alice Hawkins - A Sister for Freedom	Peter Barratt

	February 12th 2025 Kam Tours	Kam Cadell







	June 11th 2025. In the days long before the advent of the NHS there were a great many very unusual ways of dealing with illness and various health conditions. We will find out about some that helped and, maybe, some that did not! Her talk is entitled "Lotions, Potions and Dubious Cures"	Susan Copperwheat

	July 9th 2025 A.G.M

	August 13th 2025 William Knibb and Kettering Coat of Arms	Monica Ozdemir

	September 10th 2025 Security Part 2	PC Joanne Barlow

	October 8th 2025 Northamptonshire Victorian Inventions and Inventors	Jon-Paul Carr

	Novermber 12th 2025 Haunted Northamptonshire and Beyond	Adrian Perkins

	December 10th 2025 with singer Sammy Dean