Date: Wednesday 8 May 2024 Time: 19:45 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP Naturally today Wren is remembered for his incomparable architectural achievements, particularly the rebuilding of St Paul’s and other City churches following the Great Fire of London in 1666. But what of Wren before…
CNHSS talk: Mapping Urban Geology: building stones in London and beyond on London Pavement Geology
Date: Wednesday 10 April 2024 Time: 19:45 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP This talk by Dr Ruth Siddall will present the London Pavement Geology app and website, created by Dave Wallis, Ruth Siddall and website developers Livetech. It will demonstrate how this platform is increasingly…
CNHSS talk: Merton Priory – the Latest Chapter
Date: Monday 25 March 2024 Time: 19:45 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP John Hawks, Vice Chair of Merton Priory Trust and Curator of the Chapter House, describes the 900-year-old remains, their history, and the unusual museum built around them. Place: THE SMALL HALL, ECURC. For…
CNHSS talk: Wilks, his Wilderness and its journey through to today
Date: Saturday 9 March 2024 Time: 14:30 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP Lucy James, Manager of MHA The Wilderness in Shirley, Croydon will talk about the Reverend Wilks and his legacy, the creation of The Wilderness, the forgotten years, and the reformed garden we see…
CNHSS Zoom talk: A Lost Elysium?
Date: Wednesday 21 February 2024 Time: 19:45 A Zoom talk by John Minnis. “A Lost Elysium? The impact of motoring on English landscapes in the inter-war years”. The car was arguably the greatest agent of change in the twentieth century, and John Minnis looks at the social and physical changes it brought about in England…
CNHSS Zoom talk: Mills of the River Wandle
Date: Monday 5 February 2024 Time: 19:45 A Zoom talk by Mick Taylor of the Wandle Industrial Museum. Mills on the river Wandle have existed since Roman times. In its heyday, when it was described as the hardest working river for its size in the world, it had over 65 mills. This talk explores the…
CNHSS Zoom talk: Planting for bees
Date: Wednesday 17 January 2024 Time: 19:45 A Zoom talk by Rosi Rollings, who will be discussing which bees are at risk and her research into the plants they need for survival. TO BOOK: email cnhss.info@gmail.com with subject ZOOM BEES by 15:00 Wednesday 17 January. Non-members please add VISITOR to the subject.
CNHSS talk: A Gallop through the History of Carriage Driving
Date: Saturday 6 January 2024 Time: 14:30 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP “A Gallop through the History of Carriage Driving”, by Antonia Gallop. Antonia has been around horses all her life, firstly earning a living training and producing for commercial theatre, weddings, TV and film…
CNHSS Christmas talk: A 1950s Croydon childhood: a bit of sociology mixed with a bit of nostalgia
Date: Monday 11 December 2023 Time: 19:45 Place: THE DAVID SWEET HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP By Peter Saunders, author of ‘Croydon Boy: growing up in post-war Britain’. Peter Saunders was born in Croydon’s Old Town (near where the flyover now stands) in 1950. The family later moved…
CNHSS talk: The Great Equatorial
Date: Monday 27 November 2023 Time: 19:45 Place: THE SMALL HALL, EAST CROYDON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, 86 ADDISCOMBE GROVE, CROYDON CR0 5LP “The Great Equatorial”, by Tony Roberts, Chairman of the Croydon Astronomical Society. In professional astronomy the bigger the telescope the better! We will hear the story of the 28-inch refractor at Greenwich (and…
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