Welcome!

Around Chesham by Lalage Smyth, former member of the Photography with Digital Imaging Group

Welcome to the website of Chess Valley u3a

Operating in and around Chesham in Buckinghamshire, we offer a wide range of activities for those in their ‘third age’, when they are no longer working full time and are able to pursue other interests.

Our members take part in activities ranging from Art to Wildlife, with books, dinghy sailing, French, history and a lot more in between.

Our last talk of 2025 is on Thursday 11th December when Jem Duducu pays a return visit to CVu3a with Hollywood Blockbusters and Bombs. There is no shortage of Hollywood films about historical events but what do the movies actually get right and why do they get so much wrong? Hollywood loves a good guy versus bad guys, heroes winning the day and the guy gets the girl but we all know real life isn't like that. Jem will take us through years of global history as immortalised and ultimately fictionalised by Hollywood. Along the way, we will also better understand Hollywood's own history as it evolved from black and white silent shorts to the Multiplex CGI epics of today.

The venue for this talk is the Broadway Baptist Church, which is wheelchair-accessible and equipped with a hearing loop, and the meeting starts at 2pm. 

If you are not currently a member of Chess Valley u3a and would like to sample a Monthly Talk and learn more about us, please come along and you will receive a warm welcome.

Best wishes

James

James Cadle

Chair, Chess Valley u3a

Registered Charity 1126990