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    Activity Group Programmes

    (last update 15/07/2025)



     

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    Musicals - Future Programme 2025

    Meeting in St Philip's Church on 2nd Tuesday of each month, from 6.30 - 9.30pm.

    The fee for 2025 July-December fee is £14.00.   If you’d rather try before you buy, for £5.00 you can sample a one-off  ‘taster’ visit.

    Musicals programme July – November 2025

    July 8  

    Gypsy: 1962/remastered1990

    Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood and Karl Malden star in this tale of an ambitious showbiz mother who can only see value in one of her daughters.  Little did she suspect that her ‘ugly duckling’ (Natalie Wood) would one day become the sophisticated stripper Gypsy Rose Lee!

     August 12

    For me and my Gal: 1942 B/W

    Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in a tribute to the lost art of vaudeville.  Through the hard grind of touring, to morale-boosting shows for WW2 troops Jo (Garland) remains loyal to Harry (Kelly) – but is it reciprocated, and how does it end?

     September 9

    Annie get your Gun: 1950

    Betty Hutton and Howard Keel sing, charm and sharp-shoot as Annie Oakley and Frank Butler, real-life stars of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in late 19th century America. Can you get a man with a gun?  Annie finds out the hard way.

     October 14

    A Star is Born:1954/reconstructed 2012

    Judy Garland (Esther Blodgett) and James Mason (Norman Maine) portray the struggles and challenges of showbiz.  A powerful story with great songs by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin.

    November 11

      On Moonlight Bay:1951/1979

    Doris Day (Marjorie) and Gordon MacRae (Bill) in a tale of young love find that you must be prepared to adapt.  WW1 threatens their plans, but we have a happy ending!

     

      




























    Wednesday Walking Group

    Taking place on 2nd Wednesday of each month.


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    Du3a Book Club 3

    Meets 4th Wednesday of each month from 2 – 4pm, in members’ homes.

     24 Jan:

     A heart full of Headstones

     Ian Rankin

     28 Feb:

     The Black Waterlilies

     Michel Bussi

     27 March:

     American Dirt

     Jeanine Cummins

     24 April:

     The Penelopiad

     Margaret Attwood

     22 May:

     Island of Secrets

     Patricia Wilson

     26 June:

     The Devil’s Bargain

     Stella Rimington

     24 July:

     Still Life

     Sarah Winman

     28 Aug:

     Family History

     Vita Sackville-West

     25 Sep:

     The House of Doors

     Tan Twan Eng

     23 Oct:

     The Seal Woman’s Gift

     Sally Magnusson

     27 Nov:

     The Dictionary of Lost Words

     Pip Williams



    Computing & Home Technology Group Programme for 2026

    Meeting in St Philip's Church on 3rd Tuesday of each month, from 10.30 - 12.00am. 

    Help session! - prior to each meeting there will be a period from 10.00 - 10.30am

    for members to be assisted with problem solving.  Click here for a printable program.


     20 January:

     Making a YouTube Video

     David Archer

     17 February:

     Optimising your computer using AI

     Dell Computers

     17 March:    

     Getting the best from your iPhone (teach in)

     Apple Store,   Solihull

     21 April:

     An update on the Impact of AI

     Stephen Cheshire

     19 May:

     The implications and applications of AI

     John Spanton

     16 June:

     Recent research relating to the family tree

     Margaret Twigg

     21 July:

     Using your iPhone as a camera, an update

     Jerry Kehoe

     20 August:

     Visit to the University of Warwick,               Crop Research Centre, Wellesbourne         (joint visit with Science Group).

     

     15 September:

     Comparison & Evaluation of Websites

    Tony Cheshire, Richard Arbuthnot

     20 October:

     The amazing software used in Gaming   programs

     Mike Quinney

     17 November:

     Programming for Space Research, or     Installing your New Computer

     Fran Baxter

     15 December:

     More Fun with numbers

     Hugh Sharp



    Science Group Programme for 2026

    Meeting in St Philip's Church on 3rd Thursday of each month, from 10.00 - 12.00am.

    Click here for a printable program. 


     15 January:

     Why we all love chocolate

     Richard Clapham

     19 February:

     The dangers of flying

     Les Collier

     19 March: 

     Quantum Computers

     John Spanton

     16 April:

     Why is the UK successful at Science

     Roger Williams

     21 May:

     Developments in bringing AI into our daily lives

     Steve Cheshire

     18 June:

     Recent advances in Physics

     Roger Hancock

     16 July:

     The transit of the Planets across the Face of   the Sun

     Hugh Sharp

     20 August:

     Visit to the University of Warwick,               Crop Research Centre, Wellesbourne         (joint visit with Science Group).

     

     17 September:

     A new approach to treating Age-Related   Disease

     Prof. Janet Lord

     15 October:

     Advances in microbiology

     John Spanton

     19 November:

     The Science of Security

     Justin Sasse

     17 December:

     Where are they?  Why have we never   encountered aliens?

     Michael Squires



    Film Group - Programme

    Welcome!  The Film group meet the first Tuesday of each month, at St Philips Community Centre on Manor Road, Dorridge.B93 8DX.  We are a small friendly group who would welcome new members.  We watch films from a wide variety of genres, countries and cultures. After a cup of tea/coffee we discuss the film, looking at different aspects of the film and try to understand what the director was trying to achieve.

    We meet at 6.40pm, ready to start watching the film at 6.50pm.  Depending on the length of the film our meetings usually finish by 9.45pm.  For 2023 we will be paying £17 in January to cover the hall rental until June, when we recalculate, depending on attendance, for the second half of the year. £4 a film will be charged for guests.

    Click here to download the 2024 Film Programme.

    Sue Berridge, Group Coordinator

































    Questers – programme for  2023

     




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