Diary August 2019

Thu 1 DLC: Woman At War (12A|2018|Iceland|101 mins), 2.30pm & 7.30pm (to 3) Quay Players: Bring It On: The Musical, Greenwood Theatre, SE1, 7.30pm (Sat 2.30pm) 7th City Lit Flicks Annual Film Festival 2019, Cinema Museum, 6.30pm Treadwells: Leonora Carrington's Hearing Trumpet, Dr Kate Laity, 33 Store Street, WC1, 7.15pm Fri 2 History of Council Housing exhibition launch event, Clocktower, 11am-1pm Argentinian Season: The Son of the Bride (15|2001|Argentina|123 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Screen25: Vox Lux (15|2019|USA|115 mins), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 3 Clock Tower Market, Station Road, , SE25, 10am-3pm National Gardens Scheme: 4 Franconia Road, London, SW4 9ND, 10am-5pm Merton Heritage: A Wandle Walk, Morden Hall, 10.30am Sun 4 TM: Day Retreat, Regent’s University Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm Biggin Wood Allotments: Open Day, Biggin Hill, , SE19, 11am-2pm Shirley Windmill: Open Day, 12-5pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 2.30pm Compline: St Jerome, Mark Lanyon, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 5 Dulwich Library Film Club: Little Miss Sunshine (15|2006|USA|101 mins), 1.30pm Streatham Society: Ephemera, Collectables and Antiques, Members' Evening, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 6 DLC: Britain On Film: Protest! (12A|2019|UK|77 mins), 7.30pm Crystal Scientifique: Apollo: the Legacy, Steve Cutts, Antenna Café, Haynes Lane, SE19, 8pm Ravensbourne Morris: Bromley, Two Doves, 8.30pm Wed 7 RSM: Calamity Jane (U|1956|USA|101 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm Screen25: Poetic Justice (15|1993|USA|105 mins|Live Poetry|Pay As You Feel), Harris A'y, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 8 DLC: Vita & Virginia (12A|2018|UK|110 mins), 2.30pm (subtitled) & 7.30pm Treadwells: The 'Witch' of St Giles: Madeline Montalban, Julia Phillips, 33 Store Street, WC1, 7.15pm South East London Folklore Society: The Folklore of Plants, George Hoyle, Old King’s Head, SE1, 8pm Fri 9 Mysteries of the Second World War, Michael Fitzgerald and birthday bash for Brian, 6.30pm Screen 25 Odyssey Film Club: Black Mother (15|2018|Jamaica|77 mins), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 10 Friends of Brompton C'y: Conserved Corpses: Egypt to Evita, Robert Stephenson, BC Chapel, 6.30pm London Dreamtime: The Hidden People: live storytelling and music, South East London, 8pm Croydon Astronomical Society: Perseid Meteor Shower Watch, Observatory, Waterhouse Lane, 9pm Sun 11 Friends of Windmill Gardens: Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk, Windmill Gardens, SW2, 12.50 for 1pm Peckham Society: Central Peckham, Peter Frost, Peckham Rye Station, 2pm National Gardens Scheme: 41 Shelvers Way, Tadworth, , KT20 5QJ, 2-5.30pm Time & Space: St Lawrence, Free Spirit Music Group, St Lawrence’s, Caterham, 6pm Compline: Robert Fitzroy, Nigel Platts, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 12 ESFH Southwark: Members' Presentations, SLHL, noon Dulwich Library Film Club: Green Book (12A|2018|USA|130 mins), 1.30pm PRA: Some Milestones in the History of the National Trust, Peter Jones, Phoenix Centre, SE19, 2.30pm Tue 13 Merton Heritage: Story of Wimbledon Theatre, Michael Norman-Smith, Wimbledon Library, 10.30am Wed 14 RSM: The Nanny (15|1965|UK/USA|91 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm Kennington Noir: Crossfire (PG|1947|USA|84 mins|35mm film), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Screen25: The White Crow (12A|2018|UK|127 mins), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 15 MHS: A Walk in Morden Park, Dave Lofthouse/Peter Hopkins, M'den Park House Register Office, 11am DLC: Yesterday (12A|2019|UK|116 mins), 2.30pm (subtitled) & 7.30pm SLLHG: More Bygone Streatham, John Brown, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Fri 16 Screen25: Captain Marvel (12A|USA|124 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 17 NWKFHS: The Brushmakers Society, Ken Doughty, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Merton Heritage: Old Mitcham: Tom Francis C'n Photographs, Sarah Gould, Mitcham Library, 2.30pm Emerson College: Bamboo Cedar Oak Concert, Forest Row, Sussex, 7pm Cinema Ruskin: One Way Pendulum (U|1964|UK|85 mins|16mm|Eric Sykes), Ruskin House, 8pm Sun 18 West Wickham Allotments: Open Day, Hawes Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9AF, 11am-3pm National Gardens Scheme: Gardenview, Westerham, Kent, TN16 3HL, 12-4pm Norwood Society: Southern Slopes of Upper Norwood, Alun Thomas, Crystal Palace stn, 2.30pm Brixton Society: West Side of Brixton, Alan Piper, Police Station, 367 Brixton Road, SW9 7DD, 2.30pm Kennington Classics: Kitchen Stories (PG|2003|Norway|95 min), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Compline: St Jean Vianney, Father Stephen Hardaker, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 19 Dulwich Library Film Club: Baby Driver (15|2017|USA|113 mins), 1.30pm (to 26) Arundel Festival Tue 20 WBLHG: Croydon Airport in WW2 and After, Peter Skinner, West Barnes Library, 10.30am RSM: Kid Millions (U|1934|USA|86 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm Women & Cocaine: Faithless (A|1932|USA|77 mins|Tallulah Bankhead), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Wed 21 SLBI: Tree Walk, Streatham Park Estate, Roy Vickery, Ullathorne/Thrale Roads, SW16 1NY, 2.30pm Peruvian Consulate: Las Hijas De Nantu (2018|75 mins|free), Cinema Museum, 6pm CNHSS: Entomology Members’ Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm Screen25 Lift Off: Hidden Figures (PG|2016|USA|127 mins), Harris Academy, South Norwood, 7.45pm Thu 22 PRA: Committee Meeting, 11am Treadwells: Crowley on Film, Gary Parsons, 33 Store Street, WC1, 7.15pm Fri 23 Merton Heritage: A Farmer's Life: The Rayne Family Story, Sarah Gould, Raynes Park Library, 2.30pm Screen25: Us (15|2019|USA|116 min), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 24 City of London Commons: Butterfly Walk, Riddlesdown, 11am BVWTVM: Music Afternoon, 23 Rosendale Road, SE21, from 11am Merton Heritage: An A-Z of Colliers Wood Local Heritage, Sarah Gould, Colliers Wood Library, 2.30pm Sun 25 CNHSS: Merstham Village and Gatton Park, Paul Sowan, Merstham Station, 2pm DS: Summer Party, Julia & Adrian, East Acton, from 2pm Cinema Museum: Waste (2019|UK|100 mins|Thriller|Kennington|cast & crew Q&A), 7pm Compline: Johannes Kepler, Rev. C. Dowland-Pillinger, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Tue 27 DLC: Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (12A|2019|USA|102 mins), 7.30pm Wed 28 RSM: The Scapegoat (12A|1958|UK/USA|120 mins|35mm), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm DLC: Yesterday (12A|2019|UK|102 mins|Danny Boyle), 7.30pm OAS: TBA, Chris Lintott, St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, Petts Wood, 7.30pm Screen25: Us (15|2019|USA|116 min), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm London Fortean Society: Poltergeists & Possession, Ghost Club chairman Alan Murdie, Bell, E1, 7.45pm LHS: The Victorian Gardener, Dr Judith Hill, Old Library Centre, 14 Knight’s Hill, SE27, 8pm Thu 29 DLC: Only You (15|2018|UK|119 mins), 2.30 & 7.30pm National Gardens Scheme: 7 Spencer Road, Wandsworth, London, SW18 2SP, 5.30-8pm Rochester Kino: Bicycle Thieves (U|1948|Italy|93 mins|De Sica|Nick Walker intro/disc), ICI, 7pm Cinema & Poetry: The Baby of Mâcon (18|1993|UK|122 mins|Peter Greenaway), Cinema Museum, 7pm Screen25: Gloria Bell (15|2019|USA|102 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 31 Praise in the Park, South Norwood Recreation Ground, 12-4pm Screen25 Lift Off! Star Wars: A New Hope (U|1977|USA|120 mins|Rocket Bldg Wkshp), Harris SE25, 1pm

September Sun 1 National Gardens Scheme: Royal Trinity Hospice, London, SW4, 10.30am-4.30pm (to 30) Lambeth Heritage Festival (to 30) Thames Festival Trust: Totally Thames Festival (to 30) Lived Here exhibition, Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, SE24 Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm Shirley Windmill: Open Day, 12-5pm Badlands C'tive: Quiz Show (15|1994|133 mins) & Marty (U|1955|90 mins), USA/35mm, Cinema M, 2pm National Gardens Scheme: 24 Grove Park, Camberwell, London, SE5 8LH, 2-5.30pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 2.30pm Brixton Society/LHF: Stockwell Green, Bill Linskey, Costcutter, 10 Stockwell Green, SW9 9JF, 2.30pm Compline: Hannah Hurnard, Canon Ruth Martin, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 2 Vauxhall Society/LHF: Heyday of Vauxhall Gardens, David Coke, Starbucks, Vauxhall Station, 2.30pm Vauxhall S/LHF: Samuel Johnson & Lambeth Mysteries, Ross Davies, Tate South Lambeth Library, 7pm MHRPS: Bluebell Railway Carriages/OP4 at Horsted Keynes, St Mary Magdalene, Canning Rd, 7.30pm Streatham Society: Architectural History of our Underground Stations, Edmund Bird, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 3 DLC: In the Good Old Summertime (U|1949|USA|102 mins|Dementia Friendly screening), 11am DLC: Midsommar (18|2019|USA/Sweden|147 mins|partial subtitles), 7pm BBLHS: Members' Evening, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Crystal Scientifique: TBA, Antenna Café, Haynes Lane, SE19, 8pm Wed 4 GSitP: Cancer Cures - Are We Nearly There Yet? Dr Alice Howarth, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Kennington Bioscope: Lorna Doone (1922|USA|70 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Screen25: In Fabric (15|2019|UK|118 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 5 DLC: Photograph (15|2019|India/USA|110 mins|Hindi with subtitles), 2.30 and 7.30pm LHF: Around Waterloo, Len Reilly, Waterloo Action Centre, Lambeth Marsh/Waterloo Road, 6.30pm Brixton Society/LHF: 200 Years of Brixton Prison, Christopher Impey, Brixton Library, Oval, SW2, 7pm Cinema Museum: Kiss of the Spider Woman (15|1985|Brazil/USA|35mm|producer Q&A), 7pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Julian Empett & Nicholas Ansdell Evans, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm LHF: The First Clapham Saints, Timothy Walker, St Paul’s Church, Rectory Grove, SW4, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: The History of the Quakers, Antony Barlow, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Fri 6 LHF: Lambeth Palace Garden Open Day, Lambeth Palace, Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, 12-3pm Argentinian Film Season: Martín (Hache) (15|1997|Argentina|123 min), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Sat 7 Lambeth Heritage Festival: Local History Fair, Brixton Library, Brixton Oval, SW2, 10.15am-4.15pm BVWTVM: TV Open Day Event, 23 Rosendale Road, SE21, from 11am LHS: Late Summer Show, St Luke’s Church, West Norwood, SE27, from 2pm Laurel and Hardy Society: The Live Ghost Tent quarterly meeting, Cinema Museum, 3pm Sun 8 Friends of Woods: FSW Open Day and Selsdon Community Fun Event, noon to 4pm Festival, High Street, 12-6pm (TBC) National Gardens Scheme: 2 Littlebury Road, Clapham, London, SW4 6DN, 1-6pm (& 13) LHF: Van Gogh House Walk and Tour, San Mei Gallery, 39a Loughborough Road, SW9, 1 & 3pm Streatham Society/LHF: Henry Tate Gardens Tours, John Brown, Streatham Common North, 2pm & 3pm Time & Space: TBA, Free Spirit Music Group, St Lawrence’s, Caterham, 6pm Wonder Reels: The Wicker Man (15|1973|UK|88 mins|35mm) & Alessi’s Ark set, Cinema Museum, 6.30pm Compline: St Hildegard of Bingen, Rev. Col. P. Hewlett-Smith, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 9 Ashburton Library: The Battle of Little Big Horn, Michael Round, 11am Phoenix Retirement Association: Social meeting, Phoenix Centre, 66 Westow St, SE19, 2.30pm LFS: The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film & Television, Fowler & Pratt, Conway Hall, 7.15pm RCTS: Mail Rail, Chris Taft, ECURC, 7.30pm ESFH Croydon: Stuart London, Ian Bevan, St Matthew’s, Chichester Road, East Croydon, 8pm Tue 10 DLC: Yesterday (12A|2019|UK|102 mins|Danny Boyle|Babes in Arms), 11am LHF: John Ruskin's Territory Walk, Jon Newman, Portico, Ruskin Park, SE5, 6.30pm Fds of Kensal Green Cemetery: Fear of Being Buried Alive, Robert Stephenson, Dissenters' Chapel, 7pm DLC: Making Noise Quietly (15|2019|UK|95 mins), 7.30pm THG: Members’ evening, Various speakers, URC, SW17, 7.30pm Wed 11 FWWL 20th Anniversary: Monsters in Our Midst, Alan Payne, 2.30pm National Gardens Scheme: 4 Becondale Road, Norwood, London, SE19 1QJ 5-8pm CNHSS: Happy Valley - Past, Present and Future, Dominic North, ECURC, 7.45pm Screen25: Discovery: We The Animals (15|2019|USA|93 mins), Harris Academy, South Norwood, 7.45pm Herne Hill Society: The North Dulwich Triangle, Ian McInnes, United Church Hall, Red Post Hill, 7.45pm Thu 12 LHF: Backstage Treasures National Theatre Archive Visit, Erin Lee, NT Studio, 83 The Cut, SE1, 10am TASB: The Fashion for Japan in Europe, Anne Haworth, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Merton Historical Society: Visit to Post Office Museum, Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DA, 11am The Thames and Its Mysteries, Robert Stephenson, Guildhall Library, EC2, 2pm DLC: Apollo 11 (U|2018|USA|93 mins), 2.30 and 7.30pm Brixton Society/LHF: 1969 Brixton Plan, Nicholas Weedon, Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Rd, SW2, 7pm Loughborough Road project: Nellie Roberts, Orchid Artist, Deborah Lambkin, San Mei Gallery, 7pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm South East London Folklore Society: The Folklore of Animals, George Hoyle, Old King’s Head, SE1, 8pm Fri 13 CRMS: Escenas Argentinas, Ray Picot, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, , 7.45pm (to 15) Flower Festival, St John’s, Shirley Church Road, Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-5pm Screen25: Amazing Grace (U|2019|UK/US|86 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue SE25, 7.45pm Sat 14 DLC: Spitfire (PG|2018|UK|99 mins| Revival Project), 2.30pm LHF: John Ruskin's Territory Walk, Jon Newman, Portico, Ruskin Park, SE5, 2.30pm Friends of Carnegie Library/LHF: Tea with Ruskin, Jon Newman?, Carnegie Library, SE24, 3pm ESFH Richmond: TBA, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, 2.30pm (to 29) Wandle Fortnight (&15/21/22) LHF: Guided Tours of Brixton Windmill, Windmill Gardens, SW2, 1-5pm (PBE for full tour to top) LHF: 138 Years of Creative Endeavour Tour, Magnus von Wistinghausen, City & Guilds Art School, noon Herne Hill S'ty: Herne Hill Heritage Trail North, Robert Holden, H Hill Velodrome, Burbage Rd, 2.30pm Flower Festival Concert, St John’s, Shirley Church Road, 7pm Koyaanisqatsi (U|1982|USA|86 mins|music by We Stood Like Kings), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Sun 15 Friends of Windmill Gardens: Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk, Windmill Gardens, SW2, 12.50 for 1pm Clapham Society/LHF: Clapham High Street and Environs, Anne Wilson, Clapham North tube, 2.30pm Compline: John Robinson, Very Revd. Andrew Nunn, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 16 Frds of Durning Library/LHF: Virginia Woolf at Morley College, Clara Jones, 167 Kennington Lane, 7.15pm (& 23/30) LHF: Lambeth Palace Library Tours, Palace Gate, Lambeth Palace Road, 11am (PBE) Streatham Society/LHF: Henry Tate: His Life and Work, Bill Linskey, Woodlawns, 8pm Clapham Soc: The Heathwall: South London's Least-known Stream, Jon Newman, Omnibus SW4, 8pm Tue 17 WBLHG: Lines Bros. and Triang Toys of Merton, Sarah Gould, West Barnes Library, 10.30am Shirley Library: Researching Local and Family History, Paul Sandfords, Shirley Library, 2.15pm DLC: Animals (15|2019|Australia/Ireland|109 mins), 7.30pm (to 21) CODA: The Producers by Mel Brooks, , Halls, 8pm Changing Times: Crop Circles of 2019, Andy Thomas, Cyprus Hall, Burgess Hill, 8pm Wed 18 Friends of Tate Library/LHF: Local Heroes Initiative, Tate Library, 6.30pm Kennington Noir: Farewell, My Lovely (15|1975|USA|91 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm FOHM: Did the Industrial Revolution Start on the Wandle? John Phillips, Honeywood, Carshalton, 7.30pm CNHSS: Entomology Members’ Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm DLC AGM, Braithwaite Hall, 8pm Thu 19 DLC: Transit (12A|2018|Germany|101 mins|German with subtitles), 2.30 and 7.30pm 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: A-Z of Croydon II, Mike Gilbert, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Fri 20 Adrian's Charity Film Show, Our Lady of the Annunciation Church Hall, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.30pm Screen25: Late Night (15|2019|USA|102 mins) & Gloss, Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 21 World Alzheimer’s Day: see libraries guide for local events (& 22) Open House London You Asked for It! Tour of the London film locations in Theatre of Blood (1973), Peter Fuller Horticultural Society: Autumn Show, All Saints' Church Hall, Onslow Gardens, 2-4.30pm LHF: The Lost Hospitals of Waterloo Walk, Elaine Andrews, St John’s Church, Waterloo Rd, SE1, 2pm Herne Hill Society/LHF: Herne Hill Heritage Trail Central, Robert Holden, Herne Hill Station, 2.30pm C'ma Ruskin: Silver Blaze (PG|1937|UK|71 mins) & Rhythm of the Saddle (U|1938|USA|55 mins), 8pm Sun 22 Clapham Film Unit/LHF: Pullenites (screening, Q&A), Clapham Picture House, SW4, 11am Shirley Windmill: Open Day, 12-5pm CNHSS: Fruits and Fungi, Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings, car park, 2pm On the Wings of Mantra Tour, Deva Premal & Miten, Troxy, 490 Commercial Road, E1, 7.30pm Compline: St Mary Magdalene, Rev Ruth Chapman, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 23 CNHSS: The Life and Times of Old Palace, Janice Barter, ECURC, 7.45pm Tue 24 RBLHS: The Surrey Docks, Terry Scales, Time and Talents, 7.15pm DLC: Blinded by the Light (12A|2019|UK|117 mins), 7.30pm NSLTC: Buses and Trolleybuses in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Graham Donaldson, ECURC, 7.45pm Wed 25 Clapham Society/LHF: Clapham in World War II walk, Derrick Johnson, Clapham Common tube, 2.30pm ESFH Lingfield: Creating a Family History Website, John Hanson, Community Centre, 2.30pm OAS: 1 Year of the Annie Maunder Astrographic Telescope, Kerss/Owens, Petts Wood, 7.30pm LHF: The Brixton That Wasn’t and Utopia London, Photofusion, 3Space International Hse, SW9, 6.30pm Windmill Lecture: Real Bread and its Social Benefits, various speakers, Brixton Windmill, SW2, 7pm Kennington Bioscope: Ingeborg Holm (1913|Sweden|96 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm Odyssey Film Club: Happy As Lazzaro (12A|2019|Italy|127 mins|Eng Subs), Harris Academy, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 26 Merton Heritage: The Wandle & Local Heritage, Sarah Gould, Wimbledon Library, 10.30am DLC: Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (18|2019|USA/UK|159 mins), 2.30 (subtitled) and 7pm LHF: Behind the scenes at Lambeth Archives Tour, Len Reilly, 52 Knatchbull Road, SE5, 2.30pm (PBE) Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm Cinema Museum: Naked Tango (18|1990|Switzerland/Argentina/Japan/USA|90 mins|35mm), 7.30pm Sydenham Film Club: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (15|2018|USA|106 mins), S'm Ctre, 44A S'm Rd, 7.30pm LCGB: The Story of the London & North-Western Railway, Stuart Dennison, ECURC, 7.30pm FoHM: An Unexpected Treasure, Sue James (Sutton High school), Honeywood Museum, 7.30pm Fri 27 Clapham Society: Autumn Bat Walk, Dr Iain Boulton, the Bandstand, Clapham Common, 7pm LLHS: Lewisham Women's Suffrage Movement, Jill Mountford, Methodist Ch Hall, Albion Way, 7.30pm CRMS: All the Right Notes, Andrew Keener & Peter Avis, St Mildred’s, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Wandsworth Historical Society: Local History talk, TBA, Friends Meeting House, SW18, 8pm Sat 28 NWKFHS: London's Sailortown in Eighteenth Century, Derek Morris, Bromley Methodist Ch, 10.30am (& 29) The Catford Arts Trail 2019, various addresses around SE6, 11am-6pm (also next weekend) (& 29) FOHM: Water Wandleful Weekend! Honeywood House, 10am-5pm LHF: The Brixton That Wasn’t Walk, Ellie Laycock, Photofusion, 3Space International, SW9, 11.30am Herne Hill S'y: Herne Hill Heritage Trail South, Robert Holden, All Saints’ Church, Lovelace Rd, 2.30pm Culture.pl/LHF: Quarks, Elephants & Pierogi, Adam Zuławski, Clapham Library, SW4, 3pm Emerge Festival: Jazz in Cinema, Germana La Sorsa and band, Cinema Museum, 7pm People's Republic of South London Soul Club: A Night of Soul, Stanley Halls, 8pm Sun 29 LHF: David Riddall Roper, architect of Brockwell Hall & South Bank Shot Tower, Brockwell Hall, 11am Scala Favourites on 35mm: Flesh Gordon (1974) & I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), Cinema Mm, 3pm Compline: Bram Fischer, Rev. Sara Goatcher, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 8pm Mon 30 Caterham U3A: Kenley Airport Revival project, URC, 2.30pm LHF: Layers of London Hands-on Seminar, Lambeth Archives, 52 Knatchbull Road, SE5, 6.30pm

October Tue 1 SMLS: Books, Books, Books, Kate Marsden, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm BBLHS: Orchards Past & Present at Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, Ann Russell, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Crystal Scientifique: TBA, Antenna Café, Haynes Lane, SE19, 8pm Wed 2 GSitP: Witchcraft and the Law in England, Deborah Hyde, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Discovery: Dirty God (15|2019|UK|104 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Avenue, SE25, 7.45pm Thu 3 TASB: A History of Glass through the Eyes of the Artist, Jane Gardiner, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am British Art Fair, Saatchi Gallery, SW3, from 11.30am Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: The FB Pocket Orchestra, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: The Past on Glass, James Crouch, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Argentinian Film Season: Bombón: El Perro (15|2004|Argentina|97 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Fri 4 Screen25: The Sisters Brothers (15|2019|UK|122 mins), Harris Academy, Cumberlow Ave, SE25, 7.45pm Sat 5 Friends of Selsdon Woods: Fungus Hunt with the Friends, 10am Dracula Society: Dracula and Classical Antiquity, Penny Goodman, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm (& 6) The Catford Arts Trail 2019, various addresses around SE6, 11am-6pm Sun 6 Theatre of Blood tour, Peter Fuller, Brompton Cemetery, 10am Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm Shirley Windmill: Open Day, 12-5pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 2.30pm Compline: Harvest Songs of Praise, St Mary’s Church, Farleigh, 3pm Cinema Museum: An American Werewolf in London (15|1981|UK/USA|97 mins), 5.30pm Misty Moon: Forty Shades of Linzi Drew, Linzi Drew & Linda Reagan, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Mon 7 DS: Committee meeting, CSC, 7pm MHRPS: TBA, St Mary Magdalene, Canning Road, East Croydon, 7.30pm CNHSS: The Isle of Wight: its Wildlife and Countryside, Malcolm Jennings, ECURC, 7.45pm SCLS: The Life and times of Edith Cavell, Melanie Gibson-Barton, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: On the Waterfront, Alan Piper, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 8 SMLS: The Story Behind Your Cuppa, Alan Payne, St Mildred's Ctre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm THG: St Clements Danes Almshouses, Garratt Lane, Keith Rea, URC, SW17, 7.30pm NSLTC: More Views from the John Gent Collection, John Hickman & Carole Roberts, ECURC, 7.45pm Purley Literary Society: Mr Selfridge – Suffragette, Ian Porter, PURC, 8pm Wed 9 FWWL: Ford vs Ferrari, Tony Penn, 2.30pm Don't Go into the Cellar: Whitechapel Freaks, Assembly Room, Stanley Hall, 8pm SLS: City Livery Companies and Guilds, Christine Jarvis, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Thu 10 Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm BBHA: The Making of Martin Luther, Professor Richard Rex, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Fri 11 Merton Heritage: Wimbledon Library: Queen Victoria to Jah Wobble, Sarah Gould, W'n L'y, 10.30am (to 20) Streatham Festival CRMS: Members' Choices, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Misty Moon: Peter Butterworth & Janet Brown: An Untold Story, Tyler Butterworth, Cinema M'm, 8pm Sat 12 Merton Historical Society: Secret Rivers, Thomas Ardill, St James' Church Hall, Martin Way, 2.30pm UK Buster Keaton Society: Blinking Buzzards, Cinema Museum, 4pm Misty Moon: An Evening With The Bad Girls, Linda Regan, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Sun 13 Friends of Windmill Gardens: Brixton Windmill Heritage Walk, Windmill Gardens, SW2, 12.50 for 1pm Roger Moore Film Festival: The Sea Wolves (1980) & Fire, Ice & Dynamite (1990), Cinema M'm, 1pm Friends of Brockwell Park: Autumn Glories of Brockwell Park, Clocktower, Brockwell Hall, 2pm Mon 14 Phoenix Retirement Ass'n: History of Beulah Spa, Stephen Oxford, Phoenix Centre, SE19, 2.30pm RCTS: The West Highland Line, John Barrance, ECURC, 7.30pm ESFH Croydon: William Wilks’s Garden in Shirley, Gwendolen Powell, St Matthew’s, Croydon, 8pm Clapham Society AGM: Growing Up in Wartime Battersea, Carol Rahn, Omnibus, SW4, 8pm Tue 15 WBLHG: Tally-ho! The Story of Coach Travel, Michael Norman-Smith, West Barnes Library, 10.30am SMLS: North Pennines & Hadrian's Wall, Malcolm Jennings, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, 8pm Wed 16 BBHA: Visit to John Wesley's House, 11am PBE Kennington Noir: The Man Who Cheated Himself (A|1950|USA|81 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm CNHSS: Entomology Members’ Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm Thu 17 Norwood Society: From Concretopia to the Green Belt, John Grindrod, UNL, 7.30pm (to 19) Phoenix Players: Urinetown, Stanley Halls, SE25, 7.30pm & Sat matinée 2.30pm SLLHG: House History in South London, Alan Piper, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Sat 19 NWKFHS: An Enumerator's Tale, Meryl Catty & Maureen Binks, Bromley Methodist Ch, 10.30am (& 20) ENIT et al: Welcome Italia, Lindley Hall, Royal Horticultural Hall, Elverton St, SW1 Cinema Museum: Home Movie Day 2019, 11am FOWNC AGM: The Cubitts & the River Thames, Chris Everett, Chatsworth Baptist church, 2.30pm Misty Moon: The Bill Reunion 4, Linda Regan, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Cinema Ruskin: The Blazing Forest (U|1952|USA|91 mins|16mm) + Shorts, Ruskin House, 8pm Mon 21 SCLS: Jerusalem Botanical Gardens…and More, Neil Miller, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: The Crystal Palace Story, Philip Emery, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 22 SMLS: The Inns of Court, Ian Bevan, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Gigs at The Halls: The Pitmen Poets, Stanley Halls, 8pm Purley Literary Society: The Inexhaustible Mr Paxton, Russell Bowes, PURC, 8pm Wed 23 ESFH Lingfield: The History and Mystery of Maps, Tony Painter, Community Centre, 2.30pm RBLHS: Sea Shanties & Local Miscellany, Chris Roche, Time and Talents, 7.15pm OAS: Remote Observatory 2, Rupert Smith, St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, Petts Wood, 7.30pm Odyssey Film Club: Woman at War (12A|2019|Iceland|100 mins), Harris Academy, South Norwood, 7.45pm SLS: Trooping the Colour, Nigel Bates, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Thu 24 Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm FOHM: Jazz Roots Revisited, Honeywood House, 7.30pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm Fri 25 LLHS: Lewisham's Listed Theatre, Carmel O'Connor, Methodist Church Hall, Albion Way, 7.30pm CRMS: There Are Others As Well As Grieg, Eric Pridham, St Mildred’s, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Wandsworth Historical Society: Archaeological talk, TBA, Friends Meeting House, SW18, 8pm Sat 26 The Misty Moon International Indie Film Festival 2019, Cinema Museum, 7pm Sun 27 CNHSS: Fungus Foray in Littleheath Woods, McLauchlin/Jennings, Queenhill Rd, Selsdon, 10am All Day Truffaut: All five of Truffaut’s Comedies, Cinema Museum, 10am Mon 28 Caterham U3A: A Biography of Father Christmas, Rupert Matthews, URC, 2.30pm Rochester Kino: La Terra Trema (PG|1948|160 mins|Visconti|intro/discussion), ICI, 7pm CNHSS: The Nostradamus of South Norwood, Stephen Oxford, ECURC, 7.45pm Tue 29 SMLS: Musical Memories "Name that Tune", Elizabeth Fleischer, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm (to 1) Friends of Old Palace: Open Day Tours, Old Palace, Croydon, 1.45pm Thu 31 LCGB: The History of French Railways, Michael Bunn, ECURC, 7.30pm

November Fri 1 Check seats at Argentinian Film S'n: Señora de nadie (Nobody’s Wife) (18|1982|A'a|90 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Gigs at The Halls: The Unravelling Wilburys, Stanley Halls, 8pm Sat 2 Friends of Selsdon Woods: Autumn Leaves with the Friends, 1pm Sun 3 London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 4 MHRPS: British Transport films, St Mary Magdalene, Canning Road, East Croydon, 7.30pm SCLS: The Hidden City of London, Christine Jarvis, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Dream Palaces, Richard Gray, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 5 SMLS: Scouting: The Early Years 1907-20, Michael Gilbert, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, 8pm BBLHS: Names, People & Stories on a Beckenham War Memorial, Bob Digby, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Purley Literary Society: The Origins of Place Names, Anthony Poulton-Smith, PURC, 8pm Crystal Scientifique: TBA, Antenna Café, Haynes Lane, SE19, 8pm Don't Go into the Cellar: The Talking Dead, Assembly Room, Stanley Halls, 8pm Wed 6 NHS Retirement Fellowship: Conan Doyle: the South Norwood Years, Bd Winchester, MPGC/CUH, 2pm GSitP: The Truth About Fat, Anthony Warner, Star & Garter, 7.30pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm SLS: Churchill, Tony Harris, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Thu 7 TASB: Salvador Dali – Draughtsman or Designer, Julia Musgrave, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am The Gruesome History of Bodysnatching, Robert Stephenson, Guildhall Library, EC2, 2pm Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Alexpander Karpeyev, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm ESFH Sutton: TBA, St Nicholas's Church Hall, 8pm Fri 8 CRMS: Rhapsody, Ken Dudley, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Sat 9 Lord Mayor’s Show MHS AGM: Merton Park Film Studios, Clive Whichelow, St James' Church Hall, Martin Way, 2.30pm ESFH Richmond: TBA, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, 2.30pm Dracula Society: The 45th Annual Bram Stoker Birthday Dinner, Civil Service Club, 7pm Mon 11 PRA: Duties of Royal Family Personal Protection Officer, Richard Griffin, Phoenix Centre, SE19, 2.30pm RCTS: Strictly Freight Only, Part 2, Brian Ringer, ECURC, 7.30pm ESFH Croydon: A 172 Year Old Mystery: Whatever Happened to John? Sylvia Dibbs, St Matthew’s, 8pm Tue 12 THG: TBA, URC, SW17, 7.30pm Kennington Noir: The Spiritualist (A|1948|USA|78 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm SMLS: Henry VIII, Tony Harris, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm NSLTC: Epping & Ongar – London’s Local Steam Railway, ECURC, 7.45pm Changing Times: Rediscovering Health Technologies of the Ancients, Clive de Carle, B'ss Hill, 8pm Wed 13 FWWL: Bee Keeping, Tony Trinnick, 2.30pm Thu 14 (to 17) Wimbledon Art Fair, Wimbledon Art Studios Sat 16 Merton Heritage Centre: Heritage Craft Fair, 10.30am-4.30pm Undiscovered Talent UK: The Entertainment Awards 2019, Stanley Halls, 4pm (to 18) Merton Heritage: Local History Sale, Morden Library, 10am-5pm 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 Cinema Ruskin: Lucky Partners (U|1940|USA|99 mins)/The Kid's Last Ride (U|1941|USA|55 mins), 8pm Sun 17 London Film Fair, Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, WC1, 8am-5pm Mon 18 SCLS: Guildford Past and Present, David Rose, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: The Work and Life of Five Local Artists, David Clark, Woodlawns, 8pm Clapham Society: Architectural History of the London Underground, Edmund Bird, Omnibus, SW4, 8pm Tue 19 WBLHG: The Men of Raynes Park 1914-18, Peter Hutton, West Barnes Library, 10.30am Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm SMLS: Shades of Grey, Linda McDonald, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: Archives, Lynsey Ould, PURC, 8pm Wed 20 SLS charity evening: Little Hearts Matter, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm (to 23) Phoenix Players: Hidden Stories, Emmanuel Church Hall, West Dulwich, 7.30pm Thu 21 Nwd S: Westbrook Mission, T'n Heath: Tragedy, Scandal, Slavery, Stephen Oxford, UNL, 7.30pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm BBHA: Whose Heritage? Professor Anthony Stockwell, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm SLLHG: More South London on Film, Tony Fletcher, Phoenix Centre, 8pm Fri 22 CRMS: Ravel with a Touch of Debussy, Graham Pryce, St Mildred’s, Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Sun 24 Biennale finishes Tue 26 SMLS: Laughter Therapy, Janet Ambrose, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 27 ESFH Lingfield: County & Local Sources at the Society of Genealogists, Sue Gibbons, 2.30pm RBLHS: TBA, Time and Talents, 7.15pm OAS: Results from the Curiosity Rover, Sanjeev Gupta, St Francis of Assisi Ch H, Petts Wood, 7.30pm Thu 28 LCGB: Why are there no Tube Trains to Bushey Heath? Part 2, Keith Gower, ECURC, 7.30pm FOHM: Anna of Kleve: Queen of Secrets, Alison Weir, Honeywood House, Carshalton, 7.30pm Fri 29 BBHA: Visit to The Cinema Museum, 11am PBE LLHS: Leaves from Literary Lewisham Part 2, Malcolm Bacchus, Methodist Ch Hall, Albion Way, 7.30pm Wandsworth Historical Society: Members' Evening, Friends Meeting House, SW18, 8pm

December Sun 1 Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 2 Dracula Society: Christmas Party! Winchester Room, The George, Borough High Street, 7.30pm SCLS: Light-hearted and Seasonal Songs, The Meadvale Singers, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Members' Christmas Party, Members Only, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 3 SMLS: Quiz, Jeff & Elizabeth Fleischer, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm BBLHS: A Beginner in Writing History, Tudor Davies, Trinity URC, 7.45pm Purley Literary Society: Turner v Constable: the Great British Paint-Off, Nicola Moreby, PURC, 8pm Crystal Scientifique: TBA, Antenna Café, Haynes Lane, SE19, 8pm Wed 4 GSitP: The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories, Dr Dan Jolley, Star & Garter, 7.30pm FILMBOX: TBA, Langley Park, 7.30pm SLS: The Lady with the Lamp: the Florence Nightingale Story, Paul Whittle, SURC, 3 S'stead Hill, 8pm Thu 5 TASB: It’s Not Just Tchaikovsky: the Music of Ballet, Nigel Bates, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am Group 19: TBA, SAHQ, Westow St, Upper Norwood, 7.15pm 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 BBHA: Artists' London, Mireille Galinou, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Fri 6 BSS: Christmas Carol Service, St Andrew's-by-the-Wardrobe, London, 6pm Sat 7 BVWTVM: Music Afternoon, 23 Rosendale Road, SE21, from 11am Friends of Honeywood Museum/Ecolocal: Frost Fair 2019, Carshalton Ponds, 1-6pm Mon 9 PRA: Christmas Party, Silver Belles and Beaux, Phoenix Centre, 66 Westow St, SE19, 2.30pm RCTS: Railways in All Weathers and at All Times of Day, Steve Sedgwick, ECURC, 7.30pm Tue 10 SMLS: Old Time Music Hall, Morven & Iain Rae, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm NSLTC: TBA, ECURC, 7.45pm Wed 11 FWWL: Lies & Deceit, Johnny Mindlin, 2.30pm RBLHS: TBA, Time and Talents, 7.30pm Fri 13 LLHS: Pre-Christmas "Show and Tell", Members' evening, Methodist Ch Hall, Albion Way, 7.30pm CRMS: Christmas Social, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Sat 14 Merton Historical Society: Story of the Huguenots, Joyce Hampton, St James' Hall, Martin Way, 2.30pm Tue 17 WBLHG: Christmas Heritage Themed Quiz and Discussion, West Barnes Library, 10am SMLS: Christmas Social, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 18 Kennington Noir: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (PG|1982|USA|88 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm OAS: Christmas Meeting, St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, Petts Wood, 7.30pm SLS: Musical Evening, Surrey Harmony Choir, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm 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 Cinema Ruskin: So Proudly We Hail (A|1943|USA|126 mins|16mm|Claudette Colbert) + shorts, 8pm Wed 25 Christmas Day Thu 26 Ravensbourne Morris: Dancing at the Greyhound, Keston, 12.30pm

January 2020 Sun 5 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 6 SCLS: Scouting: the Early Years 1907-1920, Michael Gilbert, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Are You Being Served, Guy Rowston, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 7 SMLS: The Iranian Revolution, Steve Chapman, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 8 SLS: African Adventure, Colin Jones, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Thu 9 BBHA: Cleopatra, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Fri 10 CRMS: Some Hungarian Fare, Gordon Thompson, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Tue 14 SMLS: Ernest Shackleton, the Man & the Myths, Michael Smith, St Mildred's Centre, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: Shirley Windmill, Frank Paine, PURC, 8pm Sat 18 NWKFHS: Catching Up With Family Search, Sharon Hintze, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Mon 20 SCLS: The Adventures of a Lady Balloon Pilot, Dani Maimone, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Vanished City, Tom Bolton, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 21 SMLS: Beetle Drive, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 22 SLS: Exploring New Zealand, David Edwards, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Fri 24 CRMS: Henryk Góreki, Brian Lancaster, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Sat 25 Dracula Society Film Evg: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (U|1919|55 mins|Germany), Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Tue 28 SMLS: A Japanese Journey, Jenny Crook, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: Blossom, the Cow that Changed History, PURC, 8pm

February Sun 2 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 3 SCLS: The School of Stitchery & Lace (The Grange), Jill Caldwell, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: A Tonic to the Nation, Michael Gilbert, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 4 SMLS: Industries of Shirley, Raymond Wheeler, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 5 SLS: Unexplained Mysteries and Cover-Ups, Andy Thomas, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Thu 6 BBHA Fish & Chip Supper: Music Hall/World War I Songs, Beck'm Youth Voices, Christ Ch Hall, 8pm Tue 11 SMLS: Dicken's Magic Lantern, Julie Chandler, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: No 1 Landsdowne Road, Croydon, Piers Gough, PURC, 8pm Fri 14 CRMS: Slightly Off the Beaten Track, Paul Whittle, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Sat 15 NWKFHS: Dig for Victory, Russell Bowes, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Mon 17 BBHA: Visit to Tallow Chandlers' Hall, 11am SCLS: Women’s Land Army, Ian Everest, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Little Holland House, Angela Cornes, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 18 SMLS: The Mistresses of Charles II, John Halligan, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, 8pm Wed 19 SLS: So Far So Good, Malcolm Wells, MBE, SURC, 3 Sanderstead Hill, 8pm Tue 25 SMLS: The John Gent Postcards(3), John Hickman, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, 8pm Purley Literary Society: The Miracle of Bletchley Park, Gillian Cane, PURC, 8pm Fri 28 CRMS: These Are a Few of My Favourite Records, Bernard Smith, St Mildred’s, Addiscombe, 7.45pm

March Sun 1 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Norwood Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 2 SCLS: 30 Years in an Aluminium Tube, Chris Green, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: The Paint Detective, Patrick Baty, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 3 SMLS: The Road to Fleet Street, Peter Whittle, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 4 SLS: Wildlife, History and Geography of the Russian Far East, Chris Collins, SURC, 3 S'stead Hill, 8pm Sat 7 Dracula Society: TBA, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Misty Moon: Sweeney 2 (18|1978|UK|104 mins) & The Sweeney Reunion 2, Cinema Museum, 2 & 4.30pm Tue 10 SMLS: A Family & Friends, Antony Barlow, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: ENSA: Every Night Something Awful, Delia Taylor, PURC, 8pm Fri 13 CRMS: Schubert, Monica Bayley, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Mon 16 SCLS: Media & Other Happenings, Hilary Osborn, Redhill United Reformed Church, 7.45pm Streatham Society: Stretcher Bearers of the Great War, Emily Mayhew, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 17 SMLS: The Meaning of Everything, Janet King, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 18 SLS AGM: Training the Wimbledon Tennis Ball Boys & Girls, Rosie Troughton, SURC, 3 S'tead Hill, 8pm Thu 19 BBHA: The Plague: 4000 BC to 2000 AD, Dr Tim Mason, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Sat 21 NWKFHS AGM: Women at Sea - Surviving in a Man's World, Eleanor Monk, BMC, 10.30am Tue 24 SMLS: Elizabeth Empress of Austria, Neil Lloyd, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Rd, Addiscombe, 8pm Purley Literary Society: Les Parisiennes, Anne Sebba, PURC, 8pm Fri 27 CRMS: Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Ian Bailey, St Mildred’s, Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 7.45pm Mon 30 SCLS AGM: Travelling Solo as a Mature Volunteer Teacher in Burma, Valerie Helstrip, RURC, 7.45pm Tue 31 SMLS: Food of the Gods: a History of Chocolate, Russell Bowes, St Mildred's Ctre, Addiscombe, 8pm

April Wed 1 BBHA: Visit to The Webb Estate, 10.30am PBE Sun 5 Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Nwd Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 11am Mon 6 Streatham Society: David Jacobs, Mike Morfey, Woodlawns, 8pm Sun 12 Easter Sunday Mon 20 Streatham Society: Remembering Mrs Thrale at Streatham Park, Cassie Ulph, Woodlawns, 8pm Tue 21 SMLS: Annual General Meeting, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm Wed 22 Apply for FP Thu 23 BBHA: Henry VII and His Court, Professor Steven Gunn, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Fri 24 Croydon Recorded Music Group: AGM Sat 25 Dracula Society AGM: Mike Sheppard, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm

May Thu 7 London Mayoral and Assembly Elections Fri 8 (to 10) 75th Anniversary of VE Day Commemorations Thu 14 BBHA: Colonel William Light & the Duke of Wellington, Peter Longley, Christ Ch Hall, Beck'm, 8pm Mon 18 Streatham Society: John Gent Postcard Collection, John Hickman & Carole Roberts, Woodlawns, 8pm

June Mon 1 Streatham Society: Bygone Streatham, John Brown, Woodlawns, 8pm Sat 6 Dracula Society: Black Plumes & Victorian Mourning, Robert Stephenson, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Thu 11 BBHA: The History of the Regents Canal, Dr. Roger Squires, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm Mon 20 Streatham Society: Annual General Meeting & Review of the Society's year 2019-20, Woodlawns, 8pm

July Tue 7 SMLS: Summer Social, St Mildred's Centre, 30 Bingham Road, Addiscombe, 8pm

October Sat 3 Dracula Society: TBA, Rugby Tavern, 6.30pm Thu 15 BBHA: Henry III and Westminster Abbey, Prof David Carpenter, Christ Church Hall, Beckenham, 8pm

November Sat 7 Lord Mayor’s Show Dracula Society: The 46th Annual Bram Stoker Birthday Dinner, Civil Service Club, 7pm