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The Quarterly Summer 2026

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Table of Contents

3 Editorial by Freya Hartley

4 Member Profile - 93yr old Betty Harcombe, and one of her pieces for the Creative Writing Group

7. Local Charity Interview with Hector's House - the amazing story of our local stray cat rescue

10. Curiosity sees the Cat - more on a cat theme from cat behaviourist member Vicky Aldaheff

12. Building a very special Dolls House - by retired architect Linda Bowman

16. Living with Dementia - Duncan Summers' moving story

19. The Knitting Group - bunnies and jelly babies

20. Your Summer Photos

23. Anatomy of a Fall with Glynis Greening

25. Musings on being a Speaker Finder - Marilyn Ham seeks a volunteer to replace her

26. Community Builder Interview: Ceri Silk - Town centre news and her work

28 Local Affairs Corner - The Bus Forum, report from Torquay Librarian, and the Anchorage Hotel

30. Paintings from the Art Group - Bryan Hill's adventure into semi abstraction

31 Poetry Reading Group and Poems from members

35. Gardening with Kate Parsons - the real magic...

36. And more from Kate. 'The science of gardening'

37. Recipes from the Cooking for Entertainment group

40 Your Recommendations - Cafes, Books, Films, TV

40a Thanks to the Anchorage with Karen Chesterfield

41 JOKE CORNER

41. Tech Tips from our webmaster

41. Freya's tips expanded The Power Of Now

42 Final words from our chair John

The Torbay u3a Committee

Chair

John Hough

Membership Secretary

Karen Daly

Treasurer

Maria Manojlovic

Welfare Coordinator

Glynis Greening

Groups Coordinator and Newsletter Editor

Barbara Green

Speaker Finder

Marilyn Ham

Committee Member

Karen Chesterfield

Business Secretary

Joan Roberts

Quarterly Magazine Editor

Freya Hartley

Facebook Manager

Abby Beckett-Smith

Website Manager

David Beckett-Smith