Diary April 2019 Mon 1 Invisible Palace: A Walk around Penge, Environment Bromley, Vicar's Oak entrance, CPP, 9.30am Ashburton Library: Sport and Scandal at Sheffield Park, Roger Packham, 11am Dulwich Library Film Club: A Quiet Passion (12|2016|USA|125 mins), 1.30pm Labour’s Planning Mess Demo, steps of Town Hall, Katharine Street, Croydon, 6pm 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 DLC: Easter Parade (15|1948|USA|107 min|Dementia Friendly), 11am (& 4) Paint Your Horse and Wagon, Purley sculpture project, Christ Church, 10-12.30am & 1.30-4pm Gresham: Political Spending on the Internet, Lori Ringhand, Museum of London, 1pm Springpark Social Club: A Schoolgirl's War, Mary Smith, Medhurst Hall, Sussex Rd, West W'm, 2.30pm DLC: Green Book (15|2017|USA|113 min|Hebrew with English subtitles), 7.30pm BBLHS: Researching The Murder of Harriet Monkton, Elizabeth Haynes, Trinity URC, 7.45pm COPSE: "Happy Snappy" Time for ALL! South Croydon United Church Hall, 8.15pm Wed 3 TASCd: Art, Design and Suffragettes, Vivienne Lawes, Banstead Community Hall, 10am Matinée Classics: Lady L (A|1965|UK|117 mins), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm DLC: Green Book (12A|2018|USA|130 min), 7.30pm GSitP: Making Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side, Julia Shaw, Star & Garter, 7.30pm Kennington Bioscope: 9.5mm Films, Kevin Brownlow, Cinema Museum, 7.30pm (to 6) SLTC: Variations by Katie Hims, Old Fire Station, SE27, 7.30pm Bourne Society: Shut-up Shops: Bletchingley Retail History, Derek Moore, CURC, 7.45pm FILMBOX: Widows (15|2018|UK/USA|130 mins), 7.45pm London Fortean Society: Magic, Paranormal & Complicity of the Mind, Matt Tompkins, Miller, 7.45pm EEHAS: Life in the Victorian Household, Katie Carpenter, St. Mary's Church Hall, Ewell, 8pm Thu 4 TASB: Sorolla, Painter of Sunlight, returns to London, Gail Turner, Beckenham Hall, 10.30am DLC: If Beale Street Could Talk (15|2018|USA|119 min), 2.30 (subtitled) & 7.30pm Gresham: Spiritual Quest Against Religion, Alec Ryrie, Museum of London, 6pm Group 19: The Gardens of the Crystal Palace, Michael Gilbert, SAHQ, Westow St, SE19, 7.15pm Dame Cicely Saunders Concert: Ahmed Dickinson and Eduardo Martin, St Christopher’s, 7.30pm Kennington Talkies: Stolen Holiday (A|1937|USA|80 min), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Fri 5 CAS: TBA, Junior Hall, Royal Russell School, 7.45pm AS: The Mesmerist: How Hypnotism Came to Victorian London, Wendy Moore, 8pm Sat 6 Inside Croydon: Magical Mystery Tour, Ken Towl, central Croydon, 10.45am Norbury Library: The Highways and Byways of Norbury, David Clark, 11am C&PLWF: Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives (2012|Q&A), Cinema Museum, 1pm Friends of Selsdon Woods: Spring Walk with the Friends, 2pm Lambeth Horticultural Society: Spring Show, St Luke’s Church, Knights Hill, SE27, 2-5pm CADHAS: The Fulham Palace Restoration Project, Alexis Haslam, Milton Hall, Carshalton, 3pm Spring Concert, Soul Symphony Choir, St John the Divine Church, Upper Selsdon Road, 6.30pm 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 NGS: Royal Trinity Hospice, London, SW4, 10.30am-4.30pm Croydon Airport Society: Visitor Centre Open Day, 11am-4pm CNHSS: Happy Valley & Devils Den Wood Spring Flowers, McLauchlin/Jennings, Fox car park, 2pm Kennington Vintage: Million Dollar Mermaid (U|1952|Australia|115 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Friends of West Norwood Cemetery: West Nwd Cemetery Tour, Main Gate, Norwood Rd, 2.30pm Leave 'em Laughing, Stanley Halls, 7.30pm Mon 8 Phoenix Retirement Association: Outing to Worthing ESFH Southwark: The Story of Borough High Street, Lionel Wright, SLHL, noon Dulwich Library Film Club:The Children Act (12|2017|USA|105 mins), 1.30pm Gresham: New Wave British Cinema 1960s, Ian Christie, Museum of London, 6pm BBHA: Visit to Stationers' Hall, 3pm PBE RCTS: On Tracks Narrow and Broad, David Mitchell, ECURC, 7.30pm Ashburton Library Film Club: Bohemian Rhapsody (12A|2018|UK|134 mins), 7.15pm Churchill Theatre: Rumours of Fleetwood Mac - Anniversary Tour, Bromley, 8pm Tue 9 DLC: Colette (15|2018|UK|111 min|Babes In Arms), 11am Gresham: Dying in Today's World, Baroness Finlay, Museum of London, 1pm Gresham: AI and Education, Rose Luckin, Museum of London, 6pm DLC: Capernaum (15|2018|Lebanon|126 min|Arabic with English subtitles), 7.30pm THG: Merton Priory: A New Chapter, John Hawkes, URC, SW17, 7.30pm NSLTC: AGM (members only), ECURC, 7.45pm Wed 10 Matinée Classics: A Night to Remember (PG|1958|UK|118 mins), Regent Street C'ma, 12 & 3.30pm (to 12) Friends of Old Palace: Open Day Tours, Old Palace, Croydon, 1.45pm Croydon U3A: History of Croydon Airport, Graeme Roy & Croydon Airport Society, Freemasons Hall, 2pm FOWW: Archaeology of the Cray Valley, Janet Clayton, West Wickham Library, 2.30pm 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 Herne Hill Society: Glorious Chile: Atacama Desert to Easter Island, Peter Bradley, HHUCH, 7.45pm IWA: Canals are from Mars! Lester Hillman, ECURC, 8pm Thu 11 Sutton Heritage: Historic House Tour, Little Holland House, 2pm DLC: A Private War (15|2018|USA|110 min), 2.30 & 7.30pm Bristol alumni: After-work Social in London, Founders Arms, 52 Hopton St, SE1, 6-9pm Kennington Talkies: Give Me Your Heart (Approved|1936|USA|88 min), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm BBHA: Henry VI and the Origins of the Wars of the Roses, Dr James Ross, Christ Ch Hall, 8pm Fri 12 Women & Cocaine: Paid (A|USA|86 min), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm Ceilidh at The Halls: Old Chapel Band with Mary Panton, Stanley Halls, 8pm Sat 13 NWKFHS: Travelling on Victorian Railways, Dr David Turner, Bromley Methodist Church, 10.30am Group 9.5: Spring Fair, St. Gabriels Hall, SW1, from 10.30am Invisible Palace: A Walk in the Fresh Air Suburb, Vicar's Oak site, Stephen Oxford, 11am Friends of Kennington Park: Kennington Common History walk, Prince Consort Lodge, 2.30pm MHS: History of Sutton Villages, John Phillips, St James’ Church Hall, Merton, 2.30pm Carshalton Choral Society: St Matthew Passion, Bach, All Saints, Carshalton, 7pm SERA: Barn Dance, Fiddlestix Ceilidh Band, St Philip's Church Hll, Beech Road, Norbury, 7-11pm Barn Dance, Geoff Chapman/Wandle Ceilidh Band, Carshalton Methodist Church, Ruskin Rd, 7.30pm Messiah, Handel, East Surrey Choral Society, St John's church, Old Coulsdon, 7.30pm Sun 14 National Gardens Scheme: The Chalet, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6ET, 11am-4.30pm National Gardens Scheme: South London Botanical Institute, SE24, 2-5pm French Sundaes: La Belle Equipe (16|1936|France|101 min), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm VitalDanza: Vital Expression of Sensual Love, Freedom & Consent, Patricia Martello, Tara Yoga, 3pm Mon 15 Dulwich Library Film Club: Mary Magdalene (12|2018|USA|120 mins), 1.30pm 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, 10.30am Springpark Social Club: TBA, Medhurst Hall, Sussex Road, West Wickham, 2.30pm Gresham: Text Mining, Richard Harvey, Museum of London, 6pm DLC: Girl (15|2018|Belgium|109 min|Flemish/French with subtitles), 7.30pm 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 Matinée Classics: Grand Hotel (U|1932|USA|110 mins|35mm), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm Gresham: Mining Volcanoes, Stephen Sparks, Museum of London, 6pm GLIAS: Greenwich Power Station & the Royal Observatory, Graham Dolan, Alan Baxter Gallery, 6.30pm Kennington Noir: Monsieur Verdoux (PG|1947|USA|104 mins), Cinema Museum, 7.30pm (to 20) CODA: The Elephant Man, Performing Arts Centre, Royal Russell School, 7.30pm (& 2.30pm Sat) CNHSS: Entomology Members' Evening, Beginners Room, ECURC, 7.45pm Thu 18 DLC: On the Basis of Sex (12A|2018|USA|120 mins), 2.30 (subtitled) & 7.30pm Straw Bears and Onion Fayres, Roy Vickery, South London Botanical Institute, SE24, 7pm Norwood Society AGM: The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, Ellinor Michel, UNL, 7.30pm Kennington Talkies: The Goose and the Gander (A|1935|USA|65 mins), Cinema Museum, 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 Cinema Ruskin: My Man Godfrey (U|1936|USA|94 mins) & Sheriff of Sage Valley, Ruskin Ho, 8pm Sun 21 Easter Sunday National Gardens Scheme: The Chalet, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6ET, 11am-4.30pm National Gardens Scheme: Shieling, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 6PQ, 2-4pm Kennington Classics: Chaplin (15|1992|UK|139 mins), Cinema Museum, 2.30pm Tue 23 TASS: The Age of Jazz, Sandy Burnett, SURC, 10.30am Shirley Library: What's Happened To Croydon's Birds, John Birkett, 2.15pm RBLHS: Brunel's Tunnel: 250th Anniversary Lecture, Robert Hulse, Brunel Museum, 7 for 7.45pm DLC: The Aftermath (12A|2019|USA|108 min), 7.30pm Wed 24 Matinée Classics: Topkapi (U|1964|USA|115 mins|35mm), Regent Street Cinema, 12 & 3.30pm 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