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You are now members of the Costa Brava U3A. It is time for you to decide which of the following groups interest you and you would like to join. The group coordinator describes the activities and other important information on their group page so have a look. Once you decide which groups you would like to join please email the coordinators. This is very easy to do as on each group page, just under the coordinator contact details there is an envelope,  click on it and an email will open for you to complete to request group membership. You will need to do this for each group you would like to join. This email goes directly to the coordinator and contains all your contact details.

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Welcome to the History Group


Group Coordinators

ForenameSurname
HenryAnderton
PaulLee

Meetings

WeekDayTime
SecondFriday10:30

Events

NameDateTime
The History of Torroella de Montgri14 Jun 201311:00

Venue: Casa Pastors (the Old Museum) of Torroella de Montgri in carrer Major. 

Meeting: Every month except July and August

The History Group has flourished for some 6 years and has the good fortune to be able to use a highly satisfactory room in the old Museum of Torroella de Montgri for our meetings and discussions.
 
We started our historical studies by studying those features which had an important effect on Spain. In this way we hoped to be able to understand the past and its influence on everyday life in Spain today. This has been our main study but we have also diverted from time to time to study the pre-history of the Mediterranean and similar projects. We have been careful not to have a rigid timeframe so that members who have missed a few sessions do not feel left out.
 
We meet in the cafe in the  Plaza de la Vila at 10.30 am and having put to rights some of the world´s problems, we stroll down to Casa Pastors for 11.00 am.
 
Have a look at the programme below.  Any suggestions for topics of interest, or willingness to give a presentation, will be most welcome. Why not come along and see if this sort of history study will suit you?  

 

 

 

Timetable and topics for the History Talks of 2013 

 

January 11th  2013 The Siege of Malta, 1535, and the Knights Hospitaller Mike Duxbury
February 8th  2013 London Transport at war Michael Fopp
 
March 8th  2013 The voyages of discovery of Vasco da Gama and other explorers.
 		 Andrea Anderton
April 12th   2013 The Gypsies of Perpignan
 		 Denise Fenn
May 10th   2013 The History of the Telephone
 		 Bruce Ogilvy-Morris
June 14th   2013
The History of Torroella de Montgri
 		  
Toni Roviras
July/August  2013 No Meeting  
September 13th  2013 The Battle of Britain 1940 Michael Fopp
 
October 11th   2013 The March to Magdala in 1868.  How the British Empire dealt with a 19th century hostage crisis
 		 John Osmond
November 8th   2013 1813
 		 Trevor Thomas
 
December 13th  2013 Visions of Splendour - Islamic Art in Spain
 		 Peter Hubert

 
Timetable and topics for the History Talks of 2014

 

January 11th 2014
 		 The Marshall Plan George Carner
February 14th 2014 The Search for the North-West Passage Mike Duxbury
March 14th 2014 Filling the Vacuum of Power in Europe - Three Centuries of Rival Expansionism in Europe Peter Hubert
April11th 2014 Cook and Tasman: the Exploration of the Pacific Henry Anderton
May 9th 2014    
June 13th 2014    
July no meeting  
August no meeting  
September 12th 2014    
October 10th 2014    
November 14th 2014 Joanna , Queen of Castile, Leon and Aragon; construed as Juana 'La Loca' Andrea Anderton
December 12th 2014