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HARLESTON CINEMA: FILMS FOR JAN – FEB 2018

THURSDAY, 25 JANUARY 2018 – DUNKIRK

12A – 2hrs  (Director – Christopher Nolan)

This famous story is seen through the eyes of one soldier amongst those forces trapped on the Normandy beaches.

Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance and Harry Styles.

THURSDAY, 22 FEBRUARY 2018 – VICTORIA AND ABDUL

PG13 - 1hr. 52m (Director – Stephen Frears)

An extraordinary true story of the unexpected friendship between the aged Queen Victoria and a young Indian clerk, Abdul Karim.

Starring Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard and Michael Gambon

Venue: Masonic Rooms, The Thoroughfare, Harleston

Tickets: £4. Contact - Information Plus on 01379 851917.

Matinee:  Doors open 1.30pm, film starts at 2.00pm.

Evening:   Doors open at 7.00pm, film starts at 7.30pm.

U3A TALKS IN JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018

WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2018

Ruth Walker from The British Ornithological Society will give a talk

'Why ring birds?’ in which she describes how ringing started, information is gained about movements of birds and how that has now expanded and helped our understanding of the lives of our birds.

WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2018

Roger Kennell will talk about 'William Pretty & Son - a Suffolk family and corset manufacture’ which tells the story of this major Ipswich store. The associated corset factory was claimed to be the first such factory in the country, using fabrics such as linen or cotton containing strips of shaped whalebone, thus maintaining the desired “hourglass” figure of the wearer.

Meetings held at the Masonic Rooms, Harleston, Norfolk IP20 9EN at 2 pm

For details phone Kim on 01986 788149 or go to www.u3a.org.harleston