There are two types of All Member Meetings
- General Meeting, where the Committee update members on the present position regarding finances and other matters followed by a speaker.
- Social Meeting, where we have either a Coffee Morning at the Social Centre or a Social Event at various venues in Javea. Details are announced at the time.
General Meetings with be held in January (AGM), June and October when we will be pleased to see as many members as possible.
Social Meetings will be held In other months – see the schedule below
| 31 January | Annual General Meeting |
| 28 February | Coffee Morning, Social Centre, Javea |
| 27 March | General Meeting and Speaker, Casa de Cultura, Javea |
| 24 April | Social Event, details to be announced |
| 29 May | Coffee Morning, Social Centre, Javea |
| 26 June | General Meeting and Speaker, Casa de Cultura, Javea |
| July | No meeting, seasonal break |
| August | No meeting, seasonal break |
| 25 September | Social Event, details to be announced |
| 30 October | General Meeting and Speaker |
| 27 November | Pre-Christmas Bash, details to be announced |
| December | No meeting, seasonal break |
All meetings are published on the Calendar along with details of where and when and what is happening. Sometimes you will need to book others just turn up.
If any member hears of any good speakers, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us by sending a message here
Past Presentations
Below is a list of presentations that have either been given – some by Zoom or recorded whilst being given – click ‘read more’ on any title of interest to find a button to watch the video where one is available.
Full house at the Casa de Cultura!
There was a fantastic turnout at the Casa de Cultura for the U3A Jávea General Meeting. Almost 100 members came to hear updates from the U3A Jávea Committee and to enjoy a fascinating presentation from Peter Atkinson entitled “Architecture and Public Art in the Comunidad Valenciana”. Welcoming everyone, U3A President Claude Grealy said, “We are very pleased that Peter is ...
Peter Atkinson’s Presentation from the General Meeting
This is a pdf version of Peter’s presentation from today’s meeting. Click on the map image and then again on the next page to download the presentation. This is a large file (53.3mb) so please be patient. It is not recommended that you download this file to a mobile phone. You then need to save the file to your computer ...
General Meeting & Speaker ‘The Life and Work of L. S. Lowry’ by Peter Atkinson
Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976) is the most popular British artist of the 20th Century. He isknown principally for his often-bleak portrayals of the people and townscapes of the GreaterManchester area in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, observed while he was doing his day-job as a rentcollector. The presentation will outline his interesting, strange and unusual life story and will includea ...
General Meeting 26 October
What a good turn out we had at the Casa De Cultura in the centre of Javea. There was a full house in this lovely comfortable theatre setting. Peter Atkinson gave us a thoroughly enjoyable presentation about Banksy in which he showed us many of the art works created in other countries. We learned that Banksy used stencils for many ...
General Meeting 27 October 2021
See the Calendar for more details of the meeting - click HERE Our speaker will be John Hopwood - The History of the Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 as the centrepiece of the Exposition Universelle which was intended as a celebration of the French Revolution. It was, for forty-one years, the tallest construction in the world ...
Virtual Monthly Meeting 30 June 2021
Valencia - Past and Present by Peter Atkinson What a fantastic presentation we had from Peter Atkinson today on our local capital city Valencia. We heard about the numerous times the city was destroyed by advancing and retreating armies and of the damage caused by flooding of the River Turia. Through the ages the city has acquired many architectural styles ...
The Franco Years and the Restoration of Democracy in Spain 1939 to the present
Presentation by Alan Oliver The Civil War ended on 1st April 1939. The German and Italian forces that supported Franco left Spain after the Victory Parade in Madrid. Franco consolidated his rule through the Falange, and constantly changing his government ministers. It was effectively a one party fascist state, with the Catholic Church playing a major role. Franco had a ...
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -by Angela Chantry
Follow in the footsteps of an intrepid tourist from Ancient Greece, as he travels from Athens to Babylon, visiting and being amazed at the seven wonders of the ancient world. Discover why they were built, by whom and what happened to them. Watch the Video ...
Guernica: ‘The Biography of a Painting’ by Peter Atkinson
Picasso’s inspiration for Guernica came when, at Franco’s request, German aircraft bombed civilians in the Basque town of Gernika. It is a huge painting in black, white and grey, a powerful statement of the horrors of war and one of the world’s most recognisable works of art. Our main focus is the picture itself: the way in which it evolved; ...
The Panama Canal – by Alan Oliver
Physical and environmental difficulties caused the failure of the French attempt to build the canal. If the US were to build it, they required that the adjacent land (the Canal Zone) had to be under their control. The Chagres river had to be tamed and the Culebra cut excavated, but in 1914, the canal was completed. Recently a new set ...
