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U3A Shared Learning Project 2012
Members
of the Shared Learning Project do work as volunteers for Plymouth
City Museum and our research sessions start in January each year.
It's not too late for any newcomer to be welcomed into the group as
we have only just decided on our individual subjects for
2012. At present we have 12 members interested in 10 areas of
research. Our contacts at the Museum are Nigel Overton and
Sarah Norrish.
Some
of the group are happy just researching for their own enjoyment and
to help the museum extend their archive material. No-one is
obliged to give talks if they feel uncomfortable about public speaking,
although Plymouth Museum do appreciate our contribution at their Tuesday
lunch-time talks which are always well attended.
| Student |
Chosen
subject |
Contact
Curator |
| Viv
Andrews |
Golden
Age of Plymouth Artists |
Emma/Alison |
| Renee
Baker |
Burgh
Island |
|
| Pam
Barber |
|
|
| Alan
Bricknell |
Post
War Industries |
Rachel/Nigel |
| Sheila
Chapman |
Mudge
Family |
|
| Edward
Hackett |
Marine
Biology |
Jan/Helen |
| Trish
Hodge |
Fry
Family |
|
| Vivienne
James |
|
|
| Barbie
Thompson |
War
of 1812 POWs Plymouth & Dartmoor |
Nigel
Overton |
| Lawrie
Thorne |
Chinese
Ceramics |
Emma/Alison |
| Diana
Whitefoord |
Coral
Pearl |
Nigel
Overton |
| Yvonne
Wilson |
John
Langdon Haydon-Down, Torpoint |
Jan/Helen |
| Barbie
Thompson has been approached to give a presentation on 'Plymouth
& Dartmoor's Role during the War of 1812' at St Anne's
College, Oxford University in May for the Britannia Naval
Research Association's 10th Symposium, which is very exciting.
She will be giving an extended talk at Plymouth Museum on 4th
December. The invitation follows on from a paper she
presented at the 45th Maritime History Conference at Exeter
University last September. It is of course the result
of a lot of hard work and dedication on her part but more
importantly goes to show how seriously the work of the U3A
Shared Learning Projects are considered. |
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