Events which have taken place in the past can be found on the Archive page.
Our New Lunch Group celebrates Christmas!
For its second outing our Lunches Group gathered at The Bird in Hand to have a lovely Christmas lunch. This time there were twenty-four of us and we all agreed that the food was
delicious and the company enjoyable, again with plenty of chat and laughter.
The group is a lovely mix of singles and couples, and everyone agrees it is a wonderful way to spend a few hours together. So, if you’d like to join us for good food and even better company, just drop a note to Barbara Nicholson, our Group Leader, at
lunches@wokingareau3a.co.uk.
To make sure our lunches fit smoothly alongside other group activities, we’ll now be meeting once a month — usually on the second Wednesday, or sometimes on a Thursday. We’ll be
alternating between venues in and around Woking, so there’ll be plenty of variety (and new menus to explore!). The next lunch is on Wednesday January 14th at the Latino restaurant in
Woking.
Visit Brooklands Museum - 18th November 2025
On a sunny 18th November we had 18 members visit Brooklands Museum. After meeting for tea, coffee and pastries we had a video on Brooklands history then our guides ( Tony & Alastair) took us on private guided tour of Brooklands Museum.
The Museum was home to the World’s 1st car racing track opened in 1907 built by Locke-king. It held the first Grand Prix in 1926. The outer circuit was 2.7miles. It has displays of cars from the era of racing through to the present day with an exhibit by McLaren. There are many motor bikes too which also raced the famous circuit.
It also had many of the first English attempts at flying taking place here and eventually Vickers built its aircraft factory here in 1915 which later became Vickers-Armstrong in 1928 and eventually British Aerospace. The factory site was bombed ion 4th September 1940 killing almost 90 workers and injuring many more. It houses the Wellington bomber which was found in Loch Ness and is the only one which has now been restored but left partially uncovered from its fabric exterior so the fuselage can be seen.
The museum pays homage to both these industries with many of the original car racing buildings still standing including the original clubhouse built in 1907 for the officials & stewards.
The grounds also house an an aircraft park with pride of place being Concorde, this one was G-BBDG (Delta Golf) and was built as the first prototype and testing aircraft. 15 of our members chose to do the Concorde Experience which involved a guide explaining many facets to do with the plane including a visit underneath the fuselage then a walk through the plane with a short film about it. Finally we took our seats for 'take-off' in the capable hands of Michael Bannister to reach Mach 2.01. We each got a boarding card and flight certificate!
Christine Cunliffe
Lunch at the Red Lion 5th November 2025
Our brand-new Lunches group has officially kicked off — and what a great start it was! Nineteen of us gathered for our very first outing at The Red Lion in Horsell, where we enjoyed delicious food, lively chats, and plenty of laughter. It was a lovely mix of singles and couples, and everyone agreed it was a wonderful way to spend a few hours together.
To make sure our lunches fit smoothly alongside other group activities, we’ll now be meeting once a month — usually on the second Wednesday, or on a Thursday if there’s no Singing Group that week. We’ll be alternating between venues in and around Woking, so there’ll be plenty of variety (and new menus to explore!).
If you’d like to join us for good food and even better company, just drop a note to Barbara Nicholson, our Group Leader, at lunches@wokingareau3a.co.uk.
