Diary February 2019
Fri 1 Lunchtime Recitals: Students from Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Alternatively Speaking: Psychic Evening, Liz Adamson, Rick's, 8pm CANCELLED Sat 2 City Commons guided ramble, Steve the Ranger, Farthing Downs, 10am-12pm Southwark Cathedral: Stories of Cats, various speakers, Library, 10am Purley Scouts Jumble Sale, St Mark’s, 1-3pm Sun 3 London Film Fair, Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1, 8am-5pm City Commons: Winter Tree ID, Coulsdon Common, 10am Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Nwd Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Kennington Talkies: Imitation of Life (U|1934|USA|106 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Mon 4 Ashburton Library: The Gordon Riots of 1780, Bernard Winchester, 11am Gresham: Ruskin at 200, Malcolm Andrews, Museum of London, 1pm Dulwich Library Film Club: On Chesil Beach (15|UK|2017|1 hr 50 mins), 1.30pm (to 7) Common Ground play series, The Brit School, Selhurst, 7pm (6.30 on 7th) CPDS: Schools Debate, Old Coulsdon Centre, 7.30pm Churchill Theatre: Trust Fast Health, Dr Michael Mosley, Bromley, 7.30pm Arts Society Bromley: The Visual Language of Art, Dr Val Woodgate, Great Hall, Civic Ctre, 7.30pm CNHSS: Why our Future Depends on our Knowledge of Plants, Dr Tim Ridgway, ECURC, 7.45pm SCLS: The Titanic, the Ship and the Wreck, Rob Goldsmith, RURC, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Wandsworth Prison - A History, Stuart McLaughlin, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 5 Shirley Library: The Surrey Iron Railway, Eric Shaw (Wandle Industrial Museum), 2pm APRU: Torture - Does It Work and Can It Ever Be Justified? Jo Kenrick, Goldsmith's, 6.10pm David Lean Cinema: The Guilty (15|2018|Denmark|85 min), 7.30pm BBLHS: Building 1st Post-war Council Estate, Bromley Common, Pam Preedy, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Purley Literary Society: My Life as a Royal Body Guard, Richard Griffin, PURC, 8pm SMLS: The Tale of the Tulip, Russell Bowes, St Mildred's Centre, 8pm ODHS: The History of Transport 1770-1870, Stuart Denison, URC, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, 8pm (to 9) SLTC: The Father by Florian Zeller, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Wed 6 TASCd: Faber and Faber - Its Designs and History, Toby Faber, Banstead Community Hall, 10am Matinée Classics: Bye Bye Birdie (U|1963|USA|112 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3pm Gresham: Gresham, Global Traffic and Trade, Nandini Das, Museum of London, 6pm Talking of Trains: Great Railway Journeys in India, Alex Green, Surbiton Library, 7pm Kennington Bioscope: Lovers of an Old Criminal (NR|1927|Czech'kia|106 min), Cinema M, 7.30pm GSitP: The Victorian Séance from Occult to Gin Parlour, Romany Reagan, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Bourne Society: Ancient Stone Mines in the Bourne Society Area, Peter Burgess, CURC, 7.45pm Screen25: Hale County This Morning, This Ev'g (15|2018|USA|76 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm SLS: The John Gent Postcard Collection Part 2, John Hickman & Carole Roberts, SURC, 8pm Thu 7 TASB: Picasso in Britain: Art, Politics and Outcry, Kate Aspinall, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Gresham: Varieties of Forgiveness, Stephen Cherry, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm David Lean Cinema: Mary Poppins Returns (U|2018|USA|130 min), 2.30 & 7.30pm Gresham: Market Failures, D'Maris Coffman, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm WalkToPalestine talk, Benjamin Ladraa, Cinema Museum, 7pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Kate Royal, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Coroner's Inquests, Kathy Chater, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Screen25: Blindspotting (15|2018|USA|93 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm Fri 8 Safer Internet Day: Digital Safety, Clare Oldfield, Coulsdon Library, 10.30am Lunchtime Recitals: Ryan Pollock, bass, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Screen25: Alien (15|1979|USA|111 mins), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm The Happiest Days of Your Life (U|1950|81 min|UK), Burnt Ash Methodist Church, Lee, 7.30pm CAS: How to Catch a Star, Pamela Breda, Junior Hall, Royal Russell School, 7.45pm Sat 9 MHS: Suffragettes, Sarah Gould, St James’ Church Hall, Merton, 2.30pm Brixton Society: Brixton Market Heritage Walk, Brixton Station Road, 2.30pm BSS: 25th Prešeren Evening, Gregor Volk & Goran Krmac, Ambassadors Bloomsbury Hotel, 6.30pm The 3 Things that Will Change Your Destiny Today, Paul McKenna, Regents University, 7pm Misty Moon: The Bill Reunion 3, Linda Regan, Cinema Musum, 7.30pm Barn Dance, Geoff Chapman/Wandle Ceilidh Band, Carshalton Methodist Ch, Ruskin Road, 7.30pm Buddy Holly Night, Cedar Hall, Ruskin House, 8pm Sun 10 City Commons Healthy Hearts Walk, Coulsdon Common, 11am All These Days Concert, Juliet Lawson, Cinema Museum, 7.45pm Mon 11 ESFH Southwark: Trying to keep up with Family Search, Sharon Hintze, SLHL, noon Dulwich Library Film Club: Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie S'y (12|UK|2018|124 mins), 1.30pm Phoenix Retirement Association: Two Local Characters, Alan Payne, Phoenix Centre, SEI9, 2.30pm Gresham: From String Quartets to Jazz, Tom Service, Museum of London, 6pm RCTS: Pictures from the Bill Jackson Collection, Brian Jackson, ECURC, 7.30pm TLRS: Dublin/Crich/Leipzig/Magdeburg/Dresden, John Laker, Vestry House, Richmond, 7.30pm Tue 12 David Lean Cinema: Mary Poppins Returns (U|2018|USA|130 min|Babes in Arms), 11am Gresham: Maths in the City, Chris Budd, Museum of London, 1pm (to 14) Kennington Stories Film Festival, Anthology/CM/Created Out of Mind, Cinema Museum Gresham: Computer Vision, Richard Harvey, Museum of London, 6pm BIS: Not Only the Grand Tour of Italy, Silvia Badiali, University Women's Club, 2 Audley Sq, 7pm Southwark Cathedral: The Untold Story of Thomas & George Boleyn, Lauren Mackay, Library, 7pm David Lean Cinema: Polina (12A|2016|France|108 min), 7.30pm SMLS: Beulah Spa, Stephen Oxford, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm NSLTC: Travels in Zimbabwe & Sardinia, David Bowker, ECURC, 8pm Wed 13 Matinée Classics: To Catch A Thief (PG|1955|USA|102 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3pm Gresham: Infections of the Lung and Heart, Chris Whitty, Museum of London, 6pm Talking of Trains: Diaries of a Trainspotter, Bryan Cross, Surbiton Library, 7pm David Lean Cinema: Sullivan’s Travels (PG|1941|USA|90 mins|Kevin Day Stand-up), 7.30pm FILMBOX: Peterloo (12A|2018|UK|154 mins), Langley Park, 7.30pm FILMBOX: The Wife (15|2018|Sweden/UK/US|100 mins), Langley Park, 7.45pm Screen25: Disobedience (PG|2018|UK|114 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm Herne Hill Society: Stories from Remembering Herne Hill, Dan Hill, HHUCH, 7.45pm IWA: Narrow Boat Raymond, TBA, ECURC, 8pm Thu 14 David Lean Cinema: The Favourite (15|2018|UK|119 min), 2.30 & 7.30pm Group 19: The Bayeux Tapestry, Martin Heard, Salvation Army Halls, Westow St, SE19, 7.15pm Fri 15 Lunchtime Recitals: Simone Alessandro Tavone, piano, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Women & Cocaine: Mata Hari (PG|1931|USA|89 mins|Garbo), Cinema M'm, 7.30pm SOLD OUT Screen25: Breakfast at Tiffany's (PG|1961|USA|95 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm Sat 16 NWKFHS: Spitalfields through the Ages, John Halligan, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am FOWNC: Iron Men: Henry Maudslay & his Circle, David Waller, Chatsworth Baptist church, 2.30pm Romance and Revolution, Croydon Symphony Orchestra concert, Trinity School, 7.30pm Cinema Ruskin: The Day of the Jackal (15|1973|UK|138 min|Edward Fox) + cartoons, 8pm Sun 17 Kennington Classics: The Grapes of Wrath (PG|1940|USA|127 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Mon 18 Dulwich Library Film Club: Behind the Candelabra (12|UK|2013|118 mins), 1.30pm Gresham: The Annual Boyle Lecture 2018, St Mary-Le-Bow, 6pm SCLS: Fanny Burney, Surrey and the French, Sir Brian Urwin, RURC, 7.45pm Streatham Society: South London in Film, Tony Fletcher, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 19 WBLHG: Reminiscences of Bill Eacott of St Helier Estate, Sarah Gould, West Barnes Library, 10am Gresham: Psychiatry, Paul Fletcher, Museum of London, 1pm David Lean Cinema: Free Solo (12A|2018|USA|100 min), 7.30pm Purley Literary Society: Gardening in North Korea, Neil Miller, PURC, 8pm ODHS: The Great Fire of London, Alan Goldsmith, URC, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, 8pm SMLS: Rome to the Rockies, Dennis Jeanes, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm ESFH Croydon: Early 20th Century Immigration, Paul Blake, ECURC, 8pm (to 23) SLTC: Out of Love by Elinor Cook, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Wed 20 Matinée Classics: Trapeze (U|1956|USA|105 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3pm NT: Royal Opera House, Nigel Bates, Shirley Parish Hall, Wickham Road, 2.30pm Gresham: Volcanoes and Society, Stephen Sparks, Museum of London, 6pm Kennington Noir: Hollow Triumph (PG|1948|USA|79 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm CNHSS: Entomology Members' Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm Screen25: The Children Act (12|2018|UK|103 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm SLS: Donald Campbell Across the Lake, Philip Holt, SURC, 8pm (to 23) Hayes Players: The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett, Village Hall, 7.45pm Thu 21 David Lean Cinema: Colette (15|2018|UK|111 min), 2.30 (HOH) & 7.30pm (to 10) Cinema Museum: Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape, Andy Holden, from noon (not 25, 4) Gresham: Justice Online, Joshua Rozenberg, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm London Dreamtime: Missing Histories of Southwark Cathedral, George Hoyle, C'dral crypt, 7pm Norwood Society: The History of Parks, Travis Elborough, UNL, 7.30pm (to 23) CYTO: Oh! What A Lovely War, Shoestring Theatre, Oakley Road, South Norwood, 7.45pm SLLHG: Notable Women of Norwood & the Odd Bloke, John Hickman, Phoenix Centre, 8pm BBHA: Holocaust in Hungary: One Woman's Story, Agnes Grunwald-Spier, Christ Church Hall, 8pm Fri 22 Lunchtime Recitals: Heather Easting, organ, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Screen25: American Animals (15|2018|USA|117 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm Nae Pasaran (Documentary|2018|UK|96 min), Cedar Room, Ruskin House, 7.45pm CAS: Thermonuclear Fusion in Stars, Mark R Smith, Junior Hall, Royal Russell School, 7.45pm Sat 23 Author talk: The Spirit of the Unborn, Krish Ramasubbu, Croydon Central Library, 2pm Hoodoos: Johnny Moped & supports, The Front Room, 37 St George's Walk, Croydon, 7pm Sun 24 CNHSS: Winter Trees in Kings Wood, McLauchlin/Jennings, Kingswood Lane, Sanderstead, 10am Mon 25 Dulwich Library Film Club: Sabrina (U|UK|1954|109 mins), 1.30pm Gresham: Films of Robert Paul, Ian Christie, Museum of London, 6pm Beddington Park Lectures: Wandle Wildlife, Derek Coleman, St Mary's Church Centre, 7.30pm CNHSS: Living on the Edge of the Green Belt, John Grindrod, ECURC, 7.45pm (to 2) Theatre 62:Dial M for Murder, Wickham Theatre Centre, 62 Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham, 8pm (to 2) Chipstead Players: The Ladykillers, Courtyard Theatre, Hazelwood Lane, 8pm & Sat 2.15pm Tue 26 TASS: Same Old, Same New, Aliki Braine, SURC, 10.30am Gresham: Animal Parasites and Hosts, Tristram Wyatt, Museum of London, 6pm APRU: Dreaming and Memory Consolidation, Professor Mark Blagrove, Goldsmith's, 6.10pm DLC: A Couple of Down and Outs (U|1923|UK|64 mins|silent|Sir Sydney Samuelson Q&A), 7.30pm SMLS: Travels with a Camera Crew, Peter Whittle, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 27 Matinée Classics: The Miracle Worker (PG|1962|USA|106 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3pm SLHG: John Ruskin: Writer, Artist & Thinker, Daphne Palmer, All Saints’ Hall, Sanderstead, 2pm ESFH Lingfield: Newspapers for Family History, Ian Waller, Community Centre, 2.30pm African Child Trust Art Exhibition, Norwood School, Crown Dale, SE19, 5pm Gresham: The 'Lone Heroic Surgeon', Roger Kneebone, Museum of London, 6pm Screen25: Wajib (15|2018|Palestine|95 mins), Harris Academy, 7.45pm Thu 28 Gresham: Gender, Marriage and Divorce, Richard Burridge, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm David Lean Cinema: Stan & Ollie (PG|2018|UK|97 min), 2.30 (subtitled) & 7.30pm Cinema Museum: What I Would Do If I Did What You Would Expect Me to Do, Andy Holden, 7pm Group 19: Tonic for the Nation: 1951 Festival of Britain, Mich'l Gilbert, SAHQ, Westow St, 7.15pm FOHM: The Ponds - Houses and People 1860-1913, John Phillips, Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm LCGB: 150 Years of St Pancras Station, Lester Hillman, ECURC, 7.30pm Explorations: Can We Retrieve the Welfare State? Jonathan Portes, Muswell Hill, 7.30pm FILMBOX: A Star is Born (15|2018|USA|136 mins), Langley Park,7.45pm LFS: Interview with a Vampire Expert, Deborah Hyde, The Bell, E1, 7.45pm
March Fri 1 Lunchtime Recitals: Aida Duo (Alis An, piano & Ines Delgado, violin), Croydon Minster, 1.10pm World Day of Prayer: Prayer for Slovenia, St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, 2.30pm Sat 2 Paintings of Croydon on Few Bob a Week, John Hickman & Carole Roberts, Norbury Library, 2pm Sun 3 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Nwd Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 4 Tour of the Houses of Parliament, Rosanna, Westminster Hall, Cromwell Green, 8.30am Arts Society Bromley: Edouard Manet & Music, Dr Lois Oliver, Great Hall, Civic Centre, 7.30pm CNHSS: A Varied Nursing Career, Yvette McKinnel, ECURC, 7.45pm SCLS: The Story of the National Garden Scheme, Margaret Arnott, RURC, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Death on the Brighton Road, Jon Newman, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 5 Gresham: Food Security, Jacqueline McGlade, Museum of London, 6pm APRU: I See What the Killer Sees: Psychic Criminology, Prof Ciaran O’Keeffe, Goldsmith's, 6.10pm DLC: Burning (15|2018|South Korea|188 min), 7pm PLS: The Abyssinian Difficulty: Retracing a Victorian Expedition, John Pilkington, PURC, 8pm ODHS: English Coins and Tokens: 1066 to 1971, David Rudling, URC, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, 8pm SMLS: The World on her Bike, Pam Goodall, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm BBLHS: Early and Quirky Brixton, Chris Burton, Trinity URC, 7.45pm (to 9) SLTC: Communicating Doors by Alan Ayckbourn, Old Fire Stn, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Wed 6 TASCd: Thomas Heatherwick, The Leonardo of our Times, Anthea Streeter, Banstead Hall, 10am Gresham: Astronomy from Gresham's Time, Joseph Silk, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: The Role of Investors, Alex Edmans, Museum of London, 6pm Talking of Trains: Swanage Reconnected, John Bridgland, Surbiton Library, 7pm GSitP: Time To Tell: A Look at How We Tick, Ronald Green, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Bourne Society: Doodlebug Alley, Mike Baker, Caterham United Reformed Church, 7.45pm SLS: The Ellen McCarthy Sailing Cancer Trust, SURC, 8pm Thu 7 TASB: Joseph Wright of Derby and the Lunar Society, Leslie Primo, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Gresham: Age of Pericles, Edith Hall, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm DLC: Mary Queen of Scots (15|2018|UK|124 min), 2.30 (subtitled) & 7.30pm Gresham: Politics and the Legal Profession, Jo Delahunty, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm Cinema Museum: Laws of Motion in a Cartoon Landscape Live, Andy Holden, 7pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: St Bartholomew’s Piano Quartet, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Huguenot Ancestory in England & Wales, Michael Gandy, St Nicholas's Ch Hall, 8pm Fri 8 Lunchtime Recitals: Students From Croydon High School, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Merry Opera: The Pirates of Penzance, Barn Theatre, Oxted, 7.45pm CAS: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Jonathan Tennyson, Royal Russell Sch'l, 7.45pm Alternatively Speaking: Mesmerism in Victorian London, Wendy Moore, Rick's, 8pm Sat 9 MHS: Wimbledon Salvation Army, St James’ Church Hall, Merton, Richard Smart, 2.30pm ESFH: Treasures of the Society of Genealogists, Sue Gibbons, Vestry House, Richmond, 2.30pm Brixton Society: Brixton Market Heritage Walk, Brixton Station Road, 2.30pm South London Sinfonia: Orchestral Favourites, St Mildred's Church, Addiscombe, 7.30pm Sun 10 CNHSS: In the Footsteps of Frank Lloyd and WH Mills, Paul Sowan, Lloyd Park tram stop, 2pm Mon 11 Gresham: Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, Margaret Willes, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm Phoenix Retirement Ass'n: Scylliness, Briar Blake, Phoenix Centre, 66 Westow St, SE19, 2.30pm RCTS: AGM, Photographic Competition and Members' Slides, ECURC, 7.30pm Tue 12 DLC: The Favourite (15|2018|UK|119 min|Babes In Arms Screening), 11am Gresham: Maths in the Future? Chris Budd, Museum of London, 1pm Croydon Undiscovered, Lindsay Ould, Museum and Archives Manager, Norbury Library, 2pm APRU: What Can Synaesthesia Tell Us About The Human Mind, Michael Banissy, Gsmith's, 6.10pm DLC: Vice (15|2018|USA|132 min), 7.30pm SMLS: Land of the Pagodas (Burma), Christine Jarvis, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 13 Gresham: Brexit and the Future, Vernon Bogdanor, Museum of London, 6pm Kennington Bioscope: The Cat and the Canary (1927|USA|108 min), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm FILMBOX: Bohemian Rhapsody (12A|2018|UK/USA|134 mins), Langley Park, 7.30pm & 7.45pm Herne Hill Society AGM: Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses, HHUCH, 7.45pm Thu 14 DLC: All Is True (12A|2018|UK|101 min), 2.30 (subtitled) & 7.30pm Gresham: Puritan Atheists, Alec Ryrie, Museum of London, 6pm Group 19: A History of Collecting, Lucy West, Salvation Army Halls, Westow Street, SE19, 7.15pm Cinema Museum: Woman Amateur Filmmakers in the Silent Era, 7.30pm BBHA: How the RAF has Changed Our World, Paula Kitching, Christ Church Hall, 8pm Fri 15 Lunchtime Recitals: Juhee Yang, violin & Maria Tarasewicz, piano, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Sat 16 NWKFHS AGM: Powers behind the Throne, Imogen Corrigan, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am World Poetry Day: My World readings, Poetry Hour, Croydon Central Library, 2pm FOWNC: Gideon Mantell in Brighton 1833-8, John Cooper, Chatsworth Baptist church, 2.30pm Laurel and Hardy Society: Do Detectives Think? and other shorts, Cinema Museum, 3pm Dracula Society: Pale Maidens and Femmes Fatales, Gail-Nina Anderson, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Oh Boy It’s Jack Good! Tony Sloman & Paul Rumbol, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Strictly Music Hall: Wickham's Wandering Oldetyme Stagers, Barn Theatre, Oxted, 7.30pm Barn Dance, Geoff Chapman/Wandle Ceilidh Band, Carshalton Methodist Ch, Ruskin Rd, 7.30pm Mon 18 SCLS AGM: Magic Fit for a King, John Derris, RURC, 7.45pm Streatham Society: The Greely Arctic Expedition 1881-84, Allen Brown, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 19 WBLHG: How Merton, Morden and Mitcham have Changed, Mick Taylor, West Barnes Lib'ry, 10am RCTS: Trainspotter's Odyssey, Rev Brian Arman, Methodist Church Centre, Redhill, 2pm Gresham: Deep Learning, Richard Harvey, Museum of London, 6pm DLC: Destroyer (15|2018|USA|121 min), 7.30pm LFS: Diagnosis: Unexplained, Thomas Morris, The Miller, SE1, 8pm Purley Literary Society: Bruges: It's More Than Just Chocolate, Melanie Gibson-Barton, PURC, 8pm ODHS AGM: The Peterloo Massacre, ’Bob Evans, URC, Bluehouse Lane, Oxted, 8pm SMLS: Women with Attitude, Clare Walker, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm ESFH Croydon: The London Labyrinth, Kathy Chater, ECURC, 8pm Changing Times: TBA, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm (to 23) SLTC: Heather/Ten Men by Thomas Eccleshare/Franklyn McCabe, Old Fire Station, SE27, 8pm Wed 20 NT: Duties of Royal Family Personal Protection Officer, Richard Griffin, Shirley Parish Hall, 2.30pm Gresham: Art and Aristocracy, Simon Thurley, Museum of London, 6pm Talking of Trains: From Railways to Royalty, Jack Boskett, Surbiton Library, 7pm Kennington Noir: The Prowler (A|1951|USA|92 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm CNHSS: Entomology Members' Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm SLS AGM: Whitgift String Quartet, led by Philip Winter, SURC, 8pm Thu 21 Gresham: Cruelty to Animals, Joanna Bourke, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm DLC: Green Book (12A|2018|USA|130 min), 2.30 & 7.30pm Norwood Soc'y: The Other Triangle: Fox Hill/Tudor Rd/Belvedere Rd, Alun Thomas, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: Flora, Fauna and Sea Life of South America, Peter/Alison Austin, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Fri 22 Lunchtime Recitals: Hugh Beckwith, tenor & Heather Easting, piano, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm CAS: TBA, Junior Hall, Royal Russell School, 7.45pm Sat 23 Don’t Lose Your Head (PG|1967|UK|90 min), Cinema Museum, 5pm Misty Moon: Peter Butterworth – His Untold Story, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Sun 24 Renown Film Club: Annual Festival of Film, Civic Centre, St Albans, 10am-7pm SOLD OUT ADMS, Recreation of Former Local Bus Routes with RF Vehicles, London Bus Museum Mon 25 Gresham: Deep Listening, Tom Service, Museum of London, 6pm CNHSS: Conan Doyle: the South Norwood Years, Bernard Winchester, ECURC, 7.45pm Beddington Park Lectures: Breweries along the Wandle, Alison Cousins, St Mary's Ch Ctre, 7.30pm Tue 26 TASS: Great Lengths, Simon Inglis, SURC, 10.30am Gresham: Shostakovich, Marina Frolova-Walker, Museum of London, 1pm APRU: Lucid Dreaming, Dr Josie Malinowski, Goldsmith's, 6.10pm DLC: Boy Erased (15|2018|USA|115 min), 7.30pm New Lands: The Gendered Brain, Gina Rippon, Conway Hall, 7.30pm SMLS: Sweet Harmony, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 27 SLHG: The White Bear, Fickleshole, & the Alwen Family, Joyce Hoad, All Saints, Sanderstead, 2pm ESFH Lingfield: Gun Founding in the Weald, Jeremy Hodgkinson, Community Centre, 2.30pm Gresham: Infections of Abdominal Organs, Chris Whitty, Museum of London, 6pm Screen25: Shoplifters (15|2018|Japan|121 mins|English subtitles), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 28 DLC: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (15|2018|USA|106 min), 2.30 & 7.30pm FILMBOX: AGM, 7pm and Stan & Ollie (PG|2018|UK|97 min), 8pm Group 19: Guildhall Gallery History & Highlights, John Halligan, SAHQ, Westow St, SE19, 7.15pm FOHM: A Trip Around South-East England by Train, John Parkin, Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm LCGB: Branch AGM and Members’ Slides, ECURC, 7.30pm Explorations: The Renewed Risk of Nuclear Weapons, Paul Ingram, Muswell Hill, 7.30pm LFS: Super-Recognisers: Spotting Faces in a Crowd, Dr Josh P Davis, The Bell, E1, 7.45pm Fri 29 The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, Neil Jackson (women's coach), Coulsdon Library, 10.30am Lunchtime Recitals: Trinity School Pianists, Croydon Minster, 1.10pm Sat 30 Sutton Parks: Historical Features in Beddington Park Guided Walk, Sarah Price, 2pm UK Asian Film Festival: Movies, Memories, Magic (2018), 2pm Sun 31 Wonder Reels: Vindicatrix & Wild at Heart (18|1990|USA|119 mins|35mm), Cinema M'm, 6.30pm
April Mon 1 CPDS: Visitors Debate, Old Coulsdon Centre, 7.30pm Arts Society Bromley: Art in Advertising, Tony Rawlins, Great Hall, Civic Centre, 7.30pm Streatham Society: The Waterways in and Around London, Philip Emery, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 2 Gresham: Political Spending on the Internet, Lori Ringhand, Museum of London, 1pm BBLHS: Researching The Murder of Harriet Monkton, Elizabeth Haynes, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 3 TASCd: Art, Design and Suffragettes, Vivienne Lawes, Banstead Community Hall, 10am GSitP: Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side, Julia Shaw, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Bourne Society: TBA, Caterham United Reformed Church, 7.45pm FILMBOX: Widows (15|2018|UK/USA|130 mins), 7.45pm (to 6) SLTC: Variations by Katie Hims, Old Fire Station, SE27, 7.30pm Thu 4 TASB: Sorolla, Painter of Sunlight, returns to London, Gail Turner, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Gresham: Spiritual Quest Against Religion, Alec Ryrie, Museum of London, 6pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Ahmed Dickinson and Eduardo Martin, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm Fri 5 AS: The Mesmerist: How Hypnotism Came to Victorian London, Wendy Moore, 8pm Sat 6 Croydon Bach Choir: The Kingdom, Elgar, St Matthew's Church, Chichester Road, Park Hill, 7.30pm (to 14) TWC: Sherlock Holmes & the Vampyres of London, Coulsdon C'ty Ctre, 8pm (not 8/9; 3pm 13/14) Sun 7 CNHSS: Happy Valley & Devils Den Wood Spring Flowers, McLauchlin/Jennings, Fox car park, 2pm Kennington Vintage: Million Dollar Mermaid (U|1952|Australia|115 mins), 2.30pm Mon 8 Phoenix Retirement Association: Outing to Worthing ESFH Southwark: The Story of Borough High Street, Lionel Wright, SLHL, noon Gresham: New Wave British Cinema 1960s, Ian Christie, Museum of London, 6pm BBHA: Visit to Stationers' Hall, 3pm PBE Churchill Theatre: Rumours of Fleetwood Mac - Anniversary Tour, Bromley, 8pm RCTS: On Tracks Narrow and Broad, David Mitchell, ECURC, 7.30pm Tue 9 Gresham: Dying in Today's World, Baroness Finlay, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: AI and Education, Rose Luckin, Museum of London, 6pm Wed 10 Gresham: Environment of Tudor London, Carolyn Roberts, Museum of London, 6pm CNHSS: The Grand Theatre and its Place in Croydon, Carole Roberts, ECURC, 7.45pm Thu 11 BBHA: Henry VI and the Origins of the Wars of the Roses, Dr James Ross, Christ Ch Hall, 8pm Sat 13 NWKFHS: Travelling on Victorian Railways, Dr David Turner, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am MHS: History of Sutton Villages, John Phillips, St James’ Church Hall, Merton, 2.30pm Barn Dance, Geoff Chapman/Wandle Ceilidh Band, Carshalton Methodist Church, Ruskin Rd, 7.30pm Mon 15 Streatham Society: Cherishing History & Wildlife of S'm Cemetery, Kath Church, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 16 WBLHG: Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon’s Cultural Gem, Sarah Gould, West Barnes Library, 10am Gresham: Text Mining, Richard Harvey, Museum of London, 6pm SMLS: Annual General Meeting, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm (to 20) SLTC: Old Fools by Tristan Bernays, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Wed 17 Gresham: Mining Volcanoes, Stephen Sparks, Museum of London, 6pm Kennington Noir: Monsieur Verdoux (PG|1947|USA|104 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm CNHSS: Entomology Members' Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm Thu 18 Norwood Society AGM: The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Ellinor Michel, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: Around Windrush Square, Brixton, Alan Piper, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Fri 19 Open Day, The Dovecote, Beddington Park, 10am-1pm Sat 20 CNHSS: Keats House, Rob Shakespeare, Oxfam opposite Hampstead Tube, 2pm Sun 21 Easter Sunday Tue 23 TASS: The Age of Jazz, Sandy Burnett, SURC, 10.30am Wed 24 SLHG: Shirley Windmill & the Alwen family, Chris Harman, All Saints’ Hall, Sanderstead, 2pm ESFH Lingfield: I Never Thought of That – A Second Look at Problems, Lady Teviot, 2.30pm Gresham: Does Finance Benefit Society? Alex Edmans, Museum of London, 6pm Thu 25 Gresham: Meaning and Human Life, Richard Burridge, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm BBHA: Annual Dinner at Zi Teresa, 7 for 7.30pm FOHM: The History of Ordnance Survey, John Dancy, Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm LCGB: Steam South of the Border in the 1950s and 60s, David Kelso, ECURC, 7.30pm CNHSS AGM: Presidential Address, John Hickman, David Sweet Hall, ECURC, 7.45pm LFS: Her Eyes Were Wild: Fairies and Madness, Jeremy Harte, The Bell, E1, 7.45pm Sat 27 Dracula Society AGM: The Mesmerist, Wendy Moore, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Mon 29 DS: Committee meeting, CSC, 6.30pm CNHSS: Mrs Pankhurst's Purple Feather, Tessa Boase, ECURC, 7.45pm Beddington Park Lectures: Carew Manor Park & Gardens, John Phillips, St Mary's Ch Ctre, 7.30pm Tue 30 Gresham: 500 Years of Mathematics, Chris Budd, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: Pollution and Health, Jacqueline McGlade, Museum of London, 6pm (to 4) SLTC: The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm
May Wed 1 TASCd: The Rock 'n Roll Era: Pop Art & Swinging Sixties, Valerie Woodgate, Banstead Hall, 10am Gresham: Leonardo's Salvator Mundi, Martin Kemp, Museum of London, 6pm GSitP: Circular Reasoning: The Rise Of Flat Earth Belief, Michael Marshall, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 2 TASB: The Arts of Bloomsbury and Omega, Eveline Eaton, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Gresham: Children and Medical Treatment, Jo Delahunty, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Sorolla Piano Trio, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: The First Railway Workers, Dr David Turner, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Fri 3 Alternatively Speaking: Beltane Pagan Workshop, Suzy Strudwick, Rick's, 8pm Sun 5 London Film Fair, Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1, 8am-5pm Kennington Vintage: Dangerous When Wet (U|1953|USA|95 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Tue 7 Gresham: The Accompanist, Graham Johnson, Mercers' Hall, 6pm BBLHS: Origins & Evolution of Eltham's Progress Estate, Keith Billinghurst, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 8 Gresham: Gresham's Exchange, Stephen Alford, Museum of London, 6pm (to 11) Woodmansterne Operatic & Dramatic Society, Below Stairs, St Peter's Hall, Chipstead Way, SM7 Thu 9 Gresham: The Abolition of God, Alec Ryrie, Museum of London, 6pm BBHA: Transports of Delight? Passenger Experience of Yesteryear, Peter Enser, Christ C Hall, 8pm Sat 11 BBHA: A Stroll in Royal Greenwich, Kate Boyle, 11am Westminster Day of Dance ESFH: Members' Meeting, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, 2.30pm Mon 13 Gresham: Digital Listening, Tom Service, Museum of London, 6pm Arts Society Bromley: Field of the Cloth of Gold, Joanna Mabbutt, Great Hall, Civic Centre, 7.30pm RCTS: Unblocking the Croydon Bottleneck, Paul Mitchison & John McEntee, ECURC, 7.30pm Tue 14 Gresham: Danger Ahead With AI? Yorick Wilks, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: John Keats and his Friends, Jonathan Bate, Museum of London, 6pm (to 18) SLTC: Father of Lies by Anna Rubincam, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Changing Times: TBA, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm Wed 15 Gresham: In Touch with Patients, Roger Kneebone, Museum of London, 6pm (to 18) BANOS: Bad Girls, Community Hall, Park Road, Banstead, 7.30pm (TBC) Thu 16 Norwood Society: The Collections of the Surrey History Centre, Julian Pooley, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 18 NWKFHS: Gretna Green: Romance or Remorse? Melanie Winterbotham, B'y Methodist, 10.30am South London Sinfonia: Orchestral Favourites, St Mildred's Church, Addiscombe, 7.30pm Mon 20 Gresham: Origin of Life, Nick Lane, Museum of London, 6pm Streatham Society: David Jacobs' Streatham Connections, Mike Morfey, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 21 WBLHG: Story of the All England Lawn Tennis Museum, Robert McNicol, West Barnes Lib'y, 10am Gresham: Prokofiev, Marina Frolova-Walker, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: Earth from Space, Jacqueline McGlade, Museum of London, 6pm ESFH Croydon: History of Bethlem Hospital, Amy Moffat, ECURC, 8pm (to 23) SLTC: Heather/Ten Men, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Ravensbourne Morris: Dancing in Petts Wood, One Inn, 8pm & Daylight Inn, 9pm Wed 22 Gresham: The Limits of our Knowledge, Joseph Silk, Museum of London, 1pm ESFH Lingfield: Sources for the History of Poor Relief in Surrey, Margaret Griffiths, 2.30pm Gresham: Infections as We Age, Chris Whitty, Museum of London, 6pm Don't Go into the Cellar: Singular Exploits of Sherlock Holmes, Assembly Rm, Stanley Hall, 8pm Sun 26 (to 1) Dracula Society: Nosferatu trip to Hamburg and Berlin Tue 28 Gresham: Creativity and Computers, Richard Harvey, Museum of London, 6pm (to 1) SLTC: The Beaux Stratagem, George Farquhar, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High St, SE27, 8pm Ravensbourne Morris: Dancing in Bromley, Freelands Tavern, 8pm & Red Lion, 9pm Wed 29 Gresham: Maths gets Messy (LMS), Helen Wilson, Museum of London, 6pm Thu 30 Gresham: Aristotle's Lyceum, Edith Hall, Barnard's Inn Hall, 1pm LCGB: Named Trains of the Midland Main Line, Ray Schofield, ECURC, 7.30pm Fri 31 (to 2) The Ends Music Festival, Lloyd Park
June Mon 3 Arts Society Bromley: Portmeirion: Welsh Italianate Fantasy, Matthew Williams, Civic Ctre, 7.30pm Streatham Society: Bygone S'tham: a Lost Corner of Wandsworth, John Brown, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 4 Gresham: Treaty of Versailles, Margaret MacMillan, Museum of London, 6pm BBLHS: The History of Langley Park and Kelsey Park, Hazelle Jackson, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 5 TASCd: Captain Cook and the Enlightenment, Peter Warwick, Banstead Community Hall, 10am Gresham: Mergers and Acquisitions, Alex Edmans, Museum of London, 6pm GSitP: Pseudoscience in Veterinary Practice, Dr Danny Chambers, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 6 TASB: Vincent Van Gogh: Life and Letters, Lucrezia Walker, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Gresham: Wellbeing at the Bar? Jo Delahunty, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Three Cane Whale, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Adoption and Fostering 1850-1930, Louise Taylor, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Sat 8 Dracula Society: Designing Posters for Horror Films, Graham Humphries, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Kennington Vintage: Easy to Love (U|1953|USA|96 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Mon 10 ESFH Southwark: Seven O'Clock and Not A Baby Bathed, Robert Holden, SLHL, noon Tue 11 Gresham: Byron and the Age of Sensation, Jonathan Bate, Museum of London, 6pm (to 15) SLTC: Pomona by Alistair McDowall, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Ravensbourne Morris and Old Palace Clog, Jolly Woodman, Beckenham, 8.30pm Wed 12 Herne Hill Society: John Ruskin 200 Years On, Jon Newman, HHUCH, 7.45pm Thu 13 Gresham: Sir Thomas Gresham 1519-2019 Guildhall, John Guy, Old Library, 6pm BBHA: The Secret Diaries of William Wilberforce, Professor John Coffey, Christ Church Hall, 8pm Sat 15 BBHA: All-day Coach Outing to Rochester, etc, 8.45am PBE (to 23) Crystal Palace Festival NWKFHS: The History of Borough Market, Julie Carver-Pierce, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Wallington Music Festival Streatham Society: AGM & Review of the Past Year 2018-19, The Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 18 WBLHG: Brewing in the Wandle Valley, Alison Cousins, West Barnes Library, 10am Gresham: Weimar Republic, Richard Evans, Museum of London, 6pm ESFH Croydon: History of Croydon Airport, Peter Skinner, ECURC, 8pm Thu 20 Gresham: The Gray's Inn Reading, Barnard's Inn Hall, 6pm Norwood Society: My House, My Street: Harold Road area, Ruth Hibberd, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 22 (& 23) Open Studios - Celebrating Frank Dickinson, Carshalton Artists Wed 26 ESFH Lingfield: Young Charlie Chaplin and his Lambeth, Ian Porter, Community Centre, 2.30pm Thu 27 LCGB: Photos from the Peter Bland Collection, Bryan Cross, ECURC, 7.30pm FOHM: London 1914-39, Ian Bevan, Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm Sat 29 (& 30) Open Studios - Celebrating Frank Dickinson, Carshalton Artists Sun 30 Countryside Day, Keston Common
July Tue 2 BBLHS: Crime on the Thames: River Police & the Criminals, David Ferguson, Trinity URC, 7.45pm SMLS: Summer Social, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm (to 6) SLTC: Low Level Panic by Clare McIntyre, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Ravensbourne Morris: Chislehurst, Queens Head/Imperial Arms, 8/9pm Wed 3 GSitP: Maths, Murder and Malaria, Dr Steven Le Comber, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 4 TASB: How the Advertising Industry Exploited Fine Art, Tony Rawlins, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Torrin Williams, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Hearth Tax & Other 17th Century Sources, Francis Howcutt, St Nicholas's Hall, 8pm Fri 5 (to 7) Blackheath Morris men's Anniversary Ale, Beckenham Sun 7 London Film Fair, Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1, 8am-5pm Sat 13 Croydon Pridefest 2019, Wandle Park ESFH Richmond: TBA, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, 2.30pm Mon 15 DS: Committee meeting, CSC, 7pm Tue 16 WBLHG: History of Raynes Park High School, Sarah Gould, West Barnes Library, 10am ESFH Croydon: Never Thought of That, Lady Teviot, ECURC, 8pm Changing Times: TBA, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm Ravensbourne M's & Kettlebridge Clog, Blacksmiths Arms/Queens Head, Cudham/Downe, 8/9pm Thu 18 SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 20 NWKFHS: Identifying & Dating Old Photographs, Tom Doig, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Sun 21 Norwood Society: Stanley Halls to the Reservoir and back, Stephen Oxford, Stanley Halls, 2.30pm Tue 23 Ravensbourne Morris & Pennyroyal Clog: Farnborough, Change of Horses/Woodman, 8/9pm (to 27) SLTC: Peter Pan by JM Barrie, Old Fire Station, 2A Norwood High Street, SE27, 8pm Wed 24 ESFH Lingfield: 1910 Lloyd George Domesday Survey, Paul Blake, 2.30pm GSitP: The Politics of American Conspiracy Theories, Prof Joe Uscinski, Star & Garter, 7.30pm FOHM: Lavender in South London, Alison Cousins, Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm Tue 30 Ravensbourne Morris: Chelsfield, Five Bells, 8pm
August Thu 1 (to 3) Quay Players: Bring It On: The Musical, Greenwood Theatre, SE1, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm) Tue 6 Ravensbourne Morris: Bromley, Two Doves, 8.30pm Mon 12 ESFH Southwark: Members' Presentations, SLHL, noon Thu 15 SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 17 NWKFHS: The Brushmakers Society, Ken Doughty, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Sun 18 Norwood Society: Southern Slopes of Upper Norwood, Alun Thomas, Crystal Palace stn, 2.30pm Tue 20 WBLHG: Croydon Airport in WW2 and After, Peter Skinner, West Barnes Library, 10am
September Tue 3 BBLHS: Members' Evening, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 4 GSitP: Cancer Cures - Are We Nearly There Yet? Dr Alice Howarth, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 5 Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Julian Empett & Nicholas Ansdell Evans, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Using the Internet to Research Abroad, John Hanson, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Thu 12 TASB: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, Anne Haworth, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Sat 14 ESFH Richmond: TBA, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, 2.30pm Tue 17 WBLHG: Lines Bros. and Triang Toys of Merton, Sarah Gould, West Barnes Library, 10am ESFH Croydon: Stuart London, Ian Bevan, ECURC, 8pm Changing Times: Crop Circles of 2019 (TBC), Andy Thomas, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm Thu 19 BBHA AGM: Charlemagne, Dame Janet Nelson, Christ Church Hall, 7.30pm Norwood Society: My House, My Street: Woodland Hill Area, Ruth Hibberd, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Wed 25 ESFH Lingfield: Creating a Family History Website, John Hanson, Community Centre, 2.30pm Thu 26 LCGB: The Story of the London & North-Western Railway, Stuart Dennison, ECURC, 7.30pm Sat 28 NWKFHS: London's Sailortown in Eighteenth Century, Derek Morris, B'y Methodist Ch, 10.30am
October Tue 1 BBLHS: Orchards Past & Present at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Ann Russell, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 2 GSitP: Witchcraft and the Law in England, Deborah Hyde, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 3 TASB: A History of Glass through the Eyes of the Artist, Jane Gardiner, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: The FB Pocket Orchestra, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: TBA, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Sat 5 Dracula Society: Dracula and Classical Antiquity, Penny Goodman, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Wed 9 Don't Go into the Cellar: Whitechapel Freaks, Assembly Room, Stanley Hall, 8pm Tue 15 WBLHG: Tally-ho! The Story of Coach Travel, Michael Norman-Smith, West Barnes Library, 10am ESFH Croydon: William Wilks’s Garden in Shirley, Gwendolen Powell, ECURC, 8pm Thu 17 Norwood Society: From Concretopia to the Green Belt, John Grindrod, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 19 NWKFHS: An Enumerator's Tale, Meryl Catty & Maureen Binks, Bromley Methodist Ch, 10.30am FOWNC AGM: The Cubitts & the River Thames, Chris Everett, Chatsworth Baptist church, 2.30pm Wed 23 ESFH Lingfield: The History and Mystery of Maps, Tony Painter, Community Centre, 2.30pm Thu 31 LCGB: The History of French Railways, Michael Bunn, ECURC, 7.30pm
November Tue 5 BBLHS: Names, People & Stories on a Beckenham War Memorial, Bob Digby, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 6 NHS Retirement Fellowship: Conan Doyle: the South Norwood Years, BAW, MPGC/CUH, 2pm GSitP: The Truth About Fat, Anthony Warner, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 7 TASB: Salvador Dali – Draughtsman or Designer, Julia Musgrave, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Alexpander Karpeyev, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: TBA, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Sat 9 ESFH Richmond: TBA, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, 2.30pm Changing Times: TBA, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm Sat 16 NWKFHS: The History of the Royal Variety Performance, Dean Caston, B'y Methodist Ch, 10.30am FOWNC: Cherishing History, Nurturing Wildlife, Kath Church, Chatsworth Baptist church, 2.30pm Sun 17 London Film Fair, Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1, 8am-5pm Tue 19 WBLHG: The Men of Raynes Park 1914-18, Peter Hutton, West Barnes Library, 10am ESFH Croydon: The Times They Are A-changin’, Ian Waller, ECURC, 8pm Thu 21 Nwd S: Westbrook Mission, T'n Heath: Tragedy, Scandal, Slavery, Stephen Oxford, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: TBA, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Wed 27 ESFH Lingfield: County & Local Sources at the Society of Genealogists, Sue Gibbons, 2.30pm Thu 28 LCGB: Why are there no Tube Trains to Bushey Heath? Part 2, Keith Gower, ECURC, 7.30pm
December Mon 2 Dracula Society: Christmas Party! Winchester Room, The George, Borough High Street, 7.30pm Tue 3 BBLHS: A Beginner in Writing History, Tudor Davies, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Wed 4 GSitP: The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Dr Dan Jolley, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Thu 5 TASB: It’s Not Just Tchaikovsky: the Music of Ballet, Nigel Bates, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Celtic Winter Music, Mick Sands etc, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: Christmas Food & Drink, Simon & Sylvia Fowler, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Fri 6 BSS: Christmas Carol Service, St Andrew's-by-the-Wardrobe, London, 6pm Tue 17 WBLHG: Christmas Heritage Themed Quiz and Discussion, West Barnes Library, 10am Thu 19 LCGB: TBA, ECURC, 7.30pm Norwood Society: Social evening with a local history flavour, UNL, 7.30pm SLLHG: Christmas Event, Keith Holdaway, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Wed 25 Christmas Day Thu 26 Ravensbourne Morris: Dancing at the Greyhound, Keston, 12.30pm
January 2020 Sat 18 NWKFHS: Catching Up With Family Search, Sharon Hintze, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am
February Sat 15 NWKFHS: Dig for Victory, Russell Bowes, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am
March Sat 21 NWKFHS AGM: Women at Sea - Surviving in a Man's World, Eleanor Monk, BMC, 10.30am