Speakers at our monthly meetings
Meetings are held in the Council Chamber, The Manor House, Old Town Street, Dawlish EX7 9AP unless otherwise stated.
Talks start at 2:45pm but members may arrive from 2:30pm onwards.
2024
| 15/01/2024 | Toby Sherwin | Life between the tides Report of talk |
| 19/02/2024 | Christine Wallach | Now I belong to me About the speaker Report of talk |
| 18/03/2024 | Peter Isaacson | Medical Detection Dogs |
| 15/04/2024 | Lia Summers | Shaldon Wildlife Trust Report of talk |
| 20/05/2024 | Dr Todd Gray | The Cathedral Yard Fire and Exeter’s Historic Buildings About the speaker |
| 17/06/2024 | Vincent Willson | Citizens Advice Teignbridge Report of talk |
| 15/07/2024 | Party time on the Lawn More about our 10th birthday party |
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| 19/08/2024 | Sarah Bull | The work of the Met Office Report of talk |
| 16/09/2024 | AGM | |
| 21/10/2024 | John Polley | Driving on the London Underground |
| 18/11/2024 | Dr Keith Hooper | Charlotte Bronte |
| 16/12/2024 | Christmas event |
2025 (arrangements still being made)
| 20/01/2025 | Wendy Richards Wood | The Life and Times of the Teignmouth Lifeboat About the speaker |
| 17/02/2025 | Trevor Huggons | Devon Air Ambulance About the speaker |
| 17/03/2025 | Robin Buchanan | A most underrated pastime About the speaker |
| 21/04/2025 | Rebekah Pearson | |
| 19/05/2025 | Gray O’Hanlon | Shelterbox |
| 16/06/2025 | Pam Jones | Let’s talk rubbish! |
| 21/07/2025 | Rosemary Griggs | An Audience with the Lady Katherine About the speaker |
| 18/08/2025 | David Force | Early 20th century Dawlish and the growth of Dawlish Warren About the speaker |
| 15/09/2025 | AGM | |
| 20/10/2025 | John Yeo | Growing for gold About the speaker |
| 17/11/2025 | Clare Densley | Honeybees at Buckfast Abbey |
| 15/12/2025 | Christmas event |
For further information about individual monthly talks please see our Monthly Meeting News.
Previous speakers
2023
| 16/01/2023 | Mick Harrison, Cyber Protect Officer, Devon & Cornwall Police | Cyber Crime Report of talk |
| 20/02/2023 | Kerry Sherwin | Prison Visiting – an Inside Story |
| 20/03/2023 | Justine Geldard | The work of Rowcroft Hospice |
| 17/04/2023 | Chloe Wood, Wellbeing Practitioner | Social Prescribing Report of talk |
| 15/05/2023 | Nick Hawker, Executive Chair of ECFC Board of Directors | Exeter City FC Report of talk |
| 19/06/2023 | Dr Todd Gray | The Cathedral Yard Fire and Exeter’s Historic Buildings ***Postponed to May 2024 due to last minute closure of Manor House. |
| 17/07/2023 | Fiona Gibson | Dawlish Gardens Trust |
| 21/08/2023 | Marcus Paul | Ireland to the Wild West Report of talk |
| 18/09/2023 | AGM | |
| 16/10/2023 | David Pickton | What has Marketing done for us? About the speaker |
| 20/11/2023 | Gray O’Hanlon | It’s up in the air Report of talk |
| 18/12/2023 | No meeting | Replaced by Christmas lunch on 19/12/2023 |
2022
| 17/01/2022 | Becki White and Jo Fishwick (The Barton Surgery) | Social prescribing – Meeting POSTPONED (see here for further information) |
| 21/02/2022 | David Gearing | Dawlish Life in Pictures 1865-1925 Report of talk |
| 21/03/2022 | Derek Gore (Honorary Fellow, University of Exeter) | The Vikings in the West Country Report of talk |
| 25/04/2022 | Tara Bowers (Exeter Community Energy) | Healthy homes for wellbeing Report of talk |
| 16/05/2022 | Robert Hesketh | Smuggling in Devon Report of talk |
| 20/06/2022 | Keith Feltham | Film music |
| 18/07/2022 | Bert Parton | A life in music – POSTPONED due to heatwave |
| 15/08/2022 | Corina Skerritt (Dawlish Library Supervisor) | What can Dawlish Library do for you? Report of talk |
| 19/09/2022 | AGM – POSTPONED to 17/10/2022 | |
| 17/10/2022 | Peter Stephenson | St Petrock’s Report of talk |
| 21/11/2022 | Todd Gray | Devon and slave plantations Report of talk |
| 19/12/2022 | Christmas event |
2021
| 18/01/2021 | Cllr Alison Foden | The role of Mayor of Dawlish (Zoom) |
| 15/02/2021 | Tony Cannon | Devon Air Ambulance – an update (Zoom) |
| 15/03/2021 | Philippa Davies (of Dawlish Nub) | Questions and answers about life in journalism (Zoom) Report of talk |
| 19/04/2021 | John Polley | Driving under London (talk held over from March 2020) (Zoom) Report of talk |
| 17/05/2021 | Lucy Mottram and Bobby Hughes (Recycle Devon team) | A picture of waste in Devon (Zoom) |
| 21/06/2021 | No speaker | Catch up with u3a friends on the Lawn, Dawlish |
| 19/07/2021 | Lynne McVernon | Making it all up… |
| 16/08/2021 | Phil Badcott | Folklore of bygone Devon – anecdotes from the nineteenth century |
| 20/09/2021 | Guest speaker: Susan Parker, Trustee for South West u3a | Annual General Meeting |
| 18/10/2021 | Dr Keith Hooper | Oliver Twist: Parable, providence and the poor Report of talk |
| 15/11/2021 | Cllr Martin Wrigley | Challenges facing local government and the role of Councillor Report of talk |
| 20/12/2021 | Meeting cancelled due to Covid |
2020
20th January: Mike Temple – Mercy Ships
17th February: Mike Harrison – The office of the Police and Crime Commissioner
Unfortunately, from March to October our monthly meetings were cancelled in line with government guidance on group activities.
16th November: Hugh Scudder – The Christmas shoebox appeal for Moldova (Zoom)
14th December: Toby Sherwin – Life between the tides at Dawlish (Zoom)
21st December: Christmas lunch – unfortunately had to be cancelled due to Covid restrictions.
2019
21st January: Laura Cowie – Cyber Crime
18th February : Elizabeth Burstone – How Green are you? Recycling in Teignbridge
18th March : Sue Larbaiestier – Meeting Children who have autism
15th April : David Gearing – History of Dawlish Warren
20th May May : AGM
17th June: Neil Howell – Tales from the grave
15th July: Felicity Harper – ‘The Courtenay family of Powderham Castle’
August: Break
16th September: Fair trade – Dawlish Fair Trade friends
21st October: Kevin Needham – ‘From seaweed to satellites’
18th November: Michael Hull – ‘Driving safer for longer’
16th December – Christmas event