Category: Group – History
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An Apple a day for History Group
At last week’s History Group meeting in the Javea Players’ Studio, Rosalind Miranda gave a thoroughly entertaining account of Johnny Appleseed, The True Story of an American Folk Hero. Johnny Appleseed (born John Chapman 1774 – 1845) was an American pioneer and entrepreneur, who introduced trees grown with apple seeds (as opposed to trees grown with grafting) to large…
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50 members get Medieval Pleasure!
A good turnout at History Talks Tuesday 11th February at Javea Players for Group Leader Keith Smith´s talk on Medieval Pleasures, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll in the Middle Ages. Keith explained that it is possible to play a game of Medieval bingo during such a presentation and tick off the myths as they…
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Final History Group meeting of 2024
Despite the cool weather it was a great turnout for the final History Group presentation of 2024 when Angela Chantry presented the History of the Royal town of Jávea. Group leader Keith Smith reminded everyone that in April 2005 Angela had done the first ever presentation of the History Group in the newly formed U3A. …
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Keith Smith to take over as History Group Leader
After 3 years of running the History Group Ally O’Brien has decided to step down as leader and pass the baton to Keith Smith.
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Sister Queens
There was a good turnout at the Javea Players Studio for Keith Smith’s presentation entitled “Sister Queens: The tragic lives of Catherine of Aragon and Juana of Castile”. The difficult life of Catherine as the first wife of Henry VIII of England is quite well known to most English speakers. The tale of Juana, and…