Derek Morris looks at Shadwell and Ratcliffe in the Eighteenth Century.
Category: Talks
TALK: Moated Sites in Surrey
![South Norwood Country Park, which contains remains of a moated site. [Wikimedia public domain: Pafcool2]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/countrypark2.jpg?w=150)
Wednesday 10th February – Richard Savage Richard talks about these hard to find places, including the site at South Norwood dug by the CNHSS in 1972.
TALK: William Stanley, The Man and his Halls
John Hickman gives a talk about William Stanley and the Stanley Halls.
TALK: Transforming Victoria Underground Station
![Victoria mainline station, seen from the bus terminus. [Photo: wfmillar, geography.co.uk, Creative Commons]](https://croydonnaturalhistoryscientificsociety.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/london_victoria_station_-_geograph-org-uk_-_1450082.jpg?w=150)
Monday, 18 January 2016. A talk by Kathryn Waghorn about the major civil engineering works taking place at Victoria Station.
TALK: The John Gent Postcard Collection II – its diversity
The diversity of the John Gent Postcard Collection, illustrated in a second talk by John Hickman and Carole Roberts.
TALK: “Coach Roads to Brighton”
A talk about the coach roads towards Brighton, their landscape and history. By retired Whitgift School teacher Geoff Hewlett.
FOCUS EVENT: Human Origins
The Society’s Focus meeting for the afternoon of November 28 this year is on the subject of Human Origins, with two highly distinguished speakers.
TALK: This is Wren
Monday 28 September – Tony Tucker “The Classical, the Baroque and the City of London churches: his life and career as scientist, astronomer and architect – focusing on the churches.” A talk by the City of London guide, Tony Tucker, looking at the life and work of the greatest English architect, Sir Christopher Wren. Beginning with a…
TALK: Going Down Holes – 40 years of exploration with Subterranea Britannica
Paul Sowan talks about his experiences with Subterranean Britannica, and geology as seen from underneath.
TALK: The Story of the Crystal Palace High Level Railway
The great High Level station opened just 150 years ago on 1st August 1865 and played an important part in bringing millions of visitors to the area. Bernard Winchester gives an illustrated account of the origins of the railway and its stations, its chequered history, and its ultimate fate.
