Next 3A meeting

The Welshpool & District U3A meeting will be held on July 4 at the COWSHACC, when the guest speaker is Sonia St. John on The hidden history of Chirk Castle.

Doors open at 9.45am to allow a coffee and a chat with members before the meeting starts at 10.30am prompt.

The talk for June was given by Marie Carter entitled On the trail of Agnes Hunt, the founder of what is now the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Hospital at Gobowen.

Marie had been librarian and archivist at the hospital and gave a fascinating history of them both from the founding 117 years ago.