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I agree to support the objectives and regulations of the CNHSS and accept the conditions laid down in its Memorandum and Articles of Association (which can be inspected by writing to the Company Secretary at the above address). I understand that if the Society is wound up within one year of my membership terminating I am liable to contribute to its assets a sum not exceeding £1. Signed ...... Date...... If you are under 18, your application has to be countersigned by a parent or other responsible adult: Signature ...... Relation to applicant ...... If you pay UK Income Tax. Please treat all gifts of money that I make today and in the future as Gift Aid donations. You must pay an amount of Income Tax for each tax year that is at least equal to the amount of tax that CNHSS will reclaim on your gifts for that tax year. Please notify PROGRAMME 439 CNHSS if you want or need to cancel this declaration.

Signed ...... Date...... APRIL 2016 - OCTOBER 2016

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✁ Signed and dated by the President or Member of Council ...... Visit our website www.cnnhss.co.uk CROYDON NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY LIMITED Founded in 1870 as the Croydon Microscopical Club DIRECTORY All general correspondence should be addressed to the Society at its Registered Office, 96a Headquarters and Registered Office: Brighton Road, , CR2 6AD. For enquiries by telephone, ring Information as 96A Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. below. For electronic enquiries please email [email protected]

SOCIETY OBJECTIVES ELECTED OFFICERS, Conservation Officer: Jane McLauchlin, see Membership. For the public benefit, to encourage the study of the sciences, especially the natural and local history and President: John Hickman, 96a Brighton Road, archaeology of the Croydon area, by organising lectures, members’ talks, discussions, exhibitions, field South Croydon, CR2 6AD. Curators of the John Gent Collection: John meetings and surveys, by issuing publications, and by maintaining a library and a museum. Vice Presidents: Jane McLauchlin, Ian Payne, Hickman & Carole Roberts. 96a Brighton The Society is concerned with original investigation, conservation, recording, curation, education, and Ronald Brooker, Celia Bailey. Road, South Croydon, CR0 6AD. incidental recreation. Editor: Brian Lancaster, 68 Woodcote Grove Displays: (020 8668 3353). Road, , CR5 2AD. (020 3561 4549). MEETINGS Entomology: Graham Collins, 15 Hurst Way, [email protected] South Croydon, CR2 7AP. (020 8688 4539). Unless otherwise stated, indoor meetings are held in the Small Hall of the East Croydon United Reformed General Secretary: John Greig, 96A Brighton Church, Grove, almost opposite , at 7.45pm. Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. Geology Industrial Studies & Archaeology: (020 8669 1501). Celia Bailey, see Programme Secretary. MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Librarian: Paul Sowan, 96A Brighton Road, Information: John Greig, see General Secretary. The Society’s own museum and library may be visited by arrangement with the curator and librarian South Croydon, CR2 6AD. [email protected] respectively (see DIRECTORY). Volunteers willing to help with cataloguing the geological and Museum Curator: Chris Taylor, 14 The Chase, archaeological collection are welcome. Members may borrow books from the library. Membership & Subscriptions: Jane Coulsdon, CR5 2EG. (020 8668 9570). McLauchlin, 96a Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR0 6AD. ORNITHOLOGY GROUP Treasurer: Paul Rainey, 96A Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. Meteorology: Ian Currie, 77 Rickman Hill, The group is an informal part of the society as it does not have a section secretary but it remains active, Coulsdon, CR5 3DT. (01737 554869). meeting at least twice a month at various birding sites near and far, for example, at Country ORDINARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Park, Park, the Oare marshes in Kent and Pagham harbour in Sussex. Details can be obtained Brenda Hawkins, David Waghorn, Mark Tyson, Newsletter Editor : Celia Bailey from the General Secretary who will send you a programme of the excursions. It is necessary to inform Carole Roberts, Tony Skrzypczyk. [email protected]. the leader of each excursion in advance to let him or her know you are going. The place of meeting is always the venue. There are no indoor meetings apart from when the programme of outings is planned. SECTION SECRETARIES & OTHER Ornithology: Phil & Mavis Barber APPOINTED POSITIONS (01689 843297) and Phil & Marion Hodgson ENTOMOLOGY SECTION Archaeology (Excavations): Jim Davison, (020 8660 5571). (020 8680 7926) Graham Collins is the Section Secretary and meetings are held at the East Croydon United Reformed Programme Secretary: Celia Bailey, 96a Church in one of the smaller rooms. The meetings are informal insofar as there are no invited speakers. Bulletin Editor: (020 8669 1501) Brighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6AD. Members bring along specimens they have found or photographs they have taken of insects for the purpose (020 8686 5610). of either identification or discussion or both. Members sometimes bring along equipment. There are no Company Secretary: Ian Payne, 96A Brighton excursions but this does not rule out going outside. Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. (01737 554449) Sales Officer: Brian Lancaster, see Editor.

Data Protection: The Society keeps records of members’ name, address, telephone number and email The Society’s emblem is based on a bronze openwork disc found in 1893 in a Saxon address. Also subscription payments, including any Gift Aid donations. The Society does not disclose this cemetery in Edridge Road, between Croydon High Street and Park Lane. It is a rare information to any third party other than to HMRC in respect of Gift Aid. example of a 5th- or 6th-century girdle ornament or amulet and is now in the Croydon Museum. The Elected Officers are Members of Council and they, with the Ordinary Members of Council, are all Directors of the Limited Company.

The Society is a company limited by guarantee, without share capital, and registered in London No. The Society’s home page is at http://www.cnhss.co.uk 922278, is registered charity No. 260739, and is recognised by the Croydon Education Authority as an educational body. Printed by Cherrill Print, 297 Brighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6EQ (020 8681 7826) PUBLICATIONS APRIL Illustrated local history books 4 Monday – TALK – “Mapping the Geology of Croydon and East ”. Paul Sowan will talk about how geological maps have been made since 1819, and what they do and don’t tell CROYDON BETWEEN THE WARS (2nd ed. 1993)...... £4.75 us! Illustrated with examples from the society’s collection. CROYDON IN THE 1940s AND 1950s (2nd ed. 2000)...... £6.75 10 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Wonderful Wood Anemones”. An early Spring walk through CROYDON OLD AND NEW, enlarged (1995) ...... £6.75 Woods when hopefully the Wood Anemones will be at their best. Meet in Selsdon CROYDON FROM ABOVE (1999) ...... £6.75 Woods car park off Old Farleigh Road, Selsdon at 14.00. Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm CROYDON'S TRANSPORT – through the ages (2001)...... £8.75 Jennings, in conjunction with Surrey Wildlife Trust. A VIEW OF CROYDON: Postcards from the past (2011)...... £10.95 13 Wednesday – TALK – “Croydon’s connections with the slavery business”. Sean Creighton will discuss the emerging evidence about these links in Croydon and the beginning of the black Some Recent Proceedings presence in the area, and the Legacies of British Slave ownership project at University College.

18(7) THE “CROYDON CASE”: DIRTY OLD TOWN TO MODEL TOWN 16 Saturday – WALK – “”, a walk around the chalk/s and geological boundary (Brian Lancaster, 2001) ...... £2.95 followed by a visit to the summit, led by Paul Sowan. Meet at Bankside entrance at 14.00. Please note the Grand Union Canal walk has been postponed. 18(8) ANCIENT WOODS IN CROYDON (Jane McLauchlin), THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OF A FAMILY IN COULSDON (Brian Lancaster) & ST GILES OPEN-AIR SCHOOL, CROYDON 20 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). (Grace M Rose, 2004) ...... £2.95 21 Thursday – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Followed after refreshments, by the 18(9) THE ARCHBISHOPS’ TOWN, THE MAKING OF MEDIEVAL CROYDON Presidential Address given by John Hickman. “Letters to the Editor.” A micro-history of South (Oliver Harris, 2005) ...... £2.95 Norwood through letters written to a local newspaper a century or more ago. Everyday life 19(1) VICTORIAN – THE STORY OF A VARIED LIFE may have changed, but have attitudes and perceptions? (The autobiography of Joseph J Elliot, edited by Brian Lancaster, 2008) ...... £3.50 David Sweet Hall ECURC, 19:45. 19(2) A FERTILE MIND, CUTHBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON: CROYDON’S VICTORIAN 25 Monday – TALK – “ ‘You Don’t Know What You Are Talking About?’ ”, a talk by Ron Cox AGRICULTURAL WRITER & PUBLIC HEALTH REFORMER (Brian Lancaster, 2009) ...... £3.50 who is retiring after 68 years of talking local history. In his farewell talk to the Society he reflects on the changes that he has seen in the study of Local History, both locally and nationally, 19(3) GARDENERS AND GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH, THE LIVES OF THE REV. and will relate some of his experiences on the way. WILLIAM WILKS – OF SHIRLEY POPPY FAME, MARY SIBTHORP, ADDISCOMBE'S PIONEER ECOLOGIST (AND CAMPAIGNER FOR REFUGEES FROM NAZI TERROR), AND MAY GEORGE CLINCH, LOCAL ANTIQUARIAN (Brian Lancaster et al 2010) ...... £3.50 2 Monday – BOTANY WALK – “Bank Holiday Bluebells”. Bluebells and other Spring flowers at Great Church Wood. Meet 14.00, at St. Agnes Church, Church Lane, off Northdown Road, 19(4) GLOW WORMS, FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND SURVEYS 1993-2008. Woldingham. In conjunction with the Surrey Wildlife Trust. (Malcolm Jennings and Victor Wallace 2012) ...... £3.50 14 Saturday – WALK – “Mole Valley III” Walk from Mickleham to Dorking via Headley and 19 (5) OF BRICKS AND MEN, RECOLLECTIONS OF HANDLEY'S WOODSIDE BRICKWORKS, CROYDON, AND OF LOCAL HISTORIAN JOHN GENT Box Hill and back, led by Paul Sowan. Meet at Box Hill Station at 13.30. (Edward Handley on his father's brickworks and Paul Sowan on John Gent and on brick- 16 Monday – TALK – “The medieval potters of Cheam”. An illustrated account of the discoveries making and brickfields in Croydon, 2012)...... £3.50 of evidence for a medieval pottery industry in Cheam, leading to a summary of how the industry 19 (6) THE DAWNING OF A NEW AGE; CROYDON AND THE ADVENT OF ITS is seen today, by Clive Orton of CADHAS. ELECTRICITY SUPPLY 1881 – 1898 (Ron Brooker 2013)...... £4.50 18 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). 19(7) THE HAPPIEST DAYS....?: LIFE AS SEEN THROUGH CROYDON SCHOOL LOG BOOKS' 21 Saturday – VISIT – “Dennis Severs House”. A second chance to visit this magical Georgian (Ron Cox 2014)...... £4.50 house at 18 Folgate Street, Spitalfields, more than just a time capsule, it is both a breathtaking and intimate portrait of the lives of a family of Huguenot silk-weavers. Pre book and pay with 19(8) WINDOWS ONTO THE POOR LAW: COMPARING THE CROYDON AND GODSTONE POOR LAW UNIONS 1835 TO 1866 Celia Bailey (020 8686 5610), as numbers are limited, by April 25th, £12 per person. Meet (Brian Lancaster 2015)...... £6.95 outside at 10.45.

The above books, and copies of our Proceedings (details on request), can be obtained from the Society. 23 Monday – TALK – “Northumberland”. A fully illustrated talk by Mary Moore about an historic For postage and packing please add £1.60. and scenic county. JUNE AUGUST 4 Saturday – WALK AND TALK – “Queen's Road Cemetery”. Queen’s Road, West Croydon, 3 Wednesday – WALK – “London Wall” led by Jane Sidell, Inspector of Ancient Monuments CR0 2PR. Steve Dobson and CNHSS will lead a tour looking at the graves of some well known for London. We will look at the ancient Roman wall that encircles the old City boundary. Meet Croydonians buried there since 1861, together with a number of remarkable trees in this little at 18.00 outside the Museum of London. Please book with Celia Bailey (020 8686 5610) as known, relatively undisturbed site in Croydon. The visit has been arranged to hopefully coincide numbers are limited to 20. with the flowering of the tulip tree Liriodendron sp. Meet at the chapels at 14.30. 6 Saturday – WALK – “Colley Hill, Reigate”. Walk from Reigate around the mining and quarrying site at Colley Hill and back, led by Paul Sowan. Meet at Reigate Station (main 12 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Wild flowers and butterflies”. Meet at 10.00, Dollypers Hill entrance on North side of the line) at 14.00. Nature Reserve. If the weather is kind to include the rare Small Blue. Meet at the junction of Caterham Drive and Austin Close, Coulsdon. In conjunction with the Surrey Wildlife Trust. 13 Saturday – VISIT – “Shirley Windmill”. A special opening and tour of one of Croydon’s best loved landmarks. Meet at the Windmill, Postmill Close, Croydon, CR0 5DY at 14.00. Numbers 13 Monday – TALK – “Prefabs, 70 years on”. Just after WWII more than 150,000 prefabs were are limited so please pre book with Tony Skrzypczyk on 020 8406 4676. Refreshments available built. They were supposed to last 10 to 15 years! Seventy years on, hundreds are still lived in and donations welcome. and cherished. Elisabeth Blanchet of the Prefab Museum will discuss why they lasted so long. 14 Sunday – VISIT – “Coombe Conduit, Norbiton”, to look at the 350 year old water system for 15 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). Hampton Court. Meet at Norbiton station at 13.45 or at Coombe Conduit, Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7HE, at 14.00. English Heritage, free entry, and followed, by 18 Saturday – 26 Sunday “Croydon Heritage Festival” – Starting with the Heritage Fair in walking in Richmond Park. Led by Paul Rainey. North End, where the Society will have a stand selling publications. Members will also be giving talks in various venues around the town. See website for details. 14 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Riddlesdown flora and fauna”. A high summer walk for later wild flowers and butterflies. In the past, thousands of Chalk Hill Blues flew here, but are there www.croydonheritagefestival.co.uk/about-the-festival/ any now? Meet at 14.00, in the car park on the Downs at the end of Riddlesdown Road, Purley. 26 Sunday – MUSEUM OPEN DAY – Regulars at the Museum will be there from 13:30 to 16:30 In conjunction with the Surrey Wildlife Trust. to show you round and answer questions. There will be a handling collection available and a 17 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). series of short talks on the fascinating artefacts from the Museum including some of the many SEPTEMBER items it has dating from the Stone Age. For directions to the Museum please call our Curator, Chris Taylor, on 020 8668 9570. Parking is available on site. Come along; enjoy the collections 5 Monday – MEMBERS EVENING – Your chance to come along and showcase a visit or share with tea and cakes. your research. Please bring along items to display or short 10 minute presentations. Topics from our range of interests. Please contact Celia Bailey beforehand. 27 Monday – TALK – “Inside Cane Hill – The Final Farewell”, a talk by Laurence Fisher about what it looked like immediately before demolition. 14 Wednesday – TALK – “A Brief History of Life in 10 Fossils”, showcasing 10 important fossils that represent milestones in the development of life on earth, a talk by Dr Paul Taylor, research JULY palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum. 3 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “New Hill chalk downland”. A visit to view the results of recent 21 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). large scale scrub clearance in this area. Meet at the junction of Tollers Lane and Drive Road, 26 Monday – TALK – “Booze and Bastards: the tale of an eighteenth century Welsh squire”. A Coulsdon at 14.00. In conjunction with the Surrey Wildlife Trust. talk by Pam Buttrey showing how cases in the Court of Chancery can add to local and family 9 Saturday – WALK – “The Grand Union Canal and Osterley Park”. A 5 mile walk looking at history. the Hanwell flight of locks, Brunel’s Bridges and Osterley Park, (National Trust). Optional pub OCTOBER lunch and afternoon tea at the house. Meet at Osterley Park Underground Station at 10.00, led 1 Saturday – Visit – “Benjamin Franklin House”. Meet outside Embankment underground by Celia Bailey. station, river exit, at 1.40pm. Cost £6 payable on entrance (reduction for National Trust 13 Wednesday – TALK – “The world of grasses” Lawn grasses are small but they belong to the members). Numbers limited to 12, please pre book with Brian Lancaster on 020 3561 4549. most important family of plants. Dr Maria Vorontsova, taxonomist at Kew Gardens, will 12 Wednesday – TALK – To be confirmed. introduce herbarium taxonomy as carried out at Kew Gardens, its application to the study of 17 Monday – TALK – “Purley Way Industries”. An illustrated talk about the industries and evolution, and its relationship to our knowledge of British plants. The evening will include a architecture of Croydon’s first bypass. Presented by Celia Bailey with contributions by Paul practical identification session for some British grasses. Sowan. 20 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). 19 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room). 21 Thursday – WALK – “South Norwood Church Townscape”. A walk led by Brian Lancaster. 31 Monday – TALK – “The Classical Roman World, with special reference to Roman Britain”, Meet 19.00 at the front of Norwood Junction Station. a talk by Stephen Humphrey.