The monthly meeting is held on the Second Thursday of every month at 10.00am in the Methodist Church Hall, Holmes Chapel, CW4 7AR (Except July & August).
Coffee and biscuits are served, following announcements concerning u3a business, invited Speakers give a talk.
The list below details the current programme.
| Subject | Speke Hall in Victorian Times |
| Date | 11th June 2026 at 10.00 |
| Speaker | Anna Alexander |
| Venue | Holmes Chapel Methodist Church |
Anna Alexander is a member of the Gateacre Society and she is a guide at Speke Hall where she conducts Victorian and Tudor tours. Her talk will guide you through the house and grounds as if you were on one of her tours. She will show photographs of many of the rooms in the hall and will describe the house and its history from the Tudor period through to the Victorian era. The focus of the talk will be the people who lived in the house - the Norris, Watt and Leyland families - and the servants who looked after them.