Amazing two-for-the-price-of-one offer! This Tuesday evening we bring you not just the usual extraordinary single COPSE Club Night value, but our special bargain basement deal: the perennial favourite Captions Competition, where we compete to find the humour in apparently random photographic configurations of COPSE people a chance to relive your schooldays with our Conker […]
As a follow-on from our recent past attention to the safety arrangements for our Club activities, e.g. a review of "Guidance for Walkers / Leaders" and advice on rucksack contents for emergencies etc., we shall be welcoming a First Aid Instructor this Tuesday. Although a few years back we have had sessions from instructors […]
During World War II, 164 women flew as pilots in the Air Transport Auxiliary, playing their part in the delivery of 308,000 aircraft. They flew in wartime conditions, in all weathers and many times without ever having flown a particular aircraft type before. It cost 14 of them their lives. After the war, they became […]
Tai chi, as I’m sure you know, is an internal Chinese martial art, now much practised here for its health and fitness benefits – low impact exercise relieving stress on the body and mind. Bob Gilly is an adherent, and we’ve persuaded his teacher, Richard Pearce, to come along this Tuesday evening to enlighten […]
You may have noticed that the thermometer has taken a downward turn lately, and the Hall is as much affected as anywhere else. So this week, and possibly next week’s […]
Food, drink, games, music, general jollity Update 15th December Christmas Party Night, 20th December, is taking shape, and you have a part to play, so before I send out […]
Usually involving a few laughs, we spend our first Club Night of the New Year setting out to raise whatever funds we can for our Club charity, "ShelterBox". (Another moment […]
Tony Rowland, of Rowland Brothers, is a well-known figure in the Croydon landscape. He will talk about his experiences in building the family business, illustrated with photos and with a […]
We're Going Bowling Again Back by popular demand! A party of COPSE's finest athletes enjoyed this outing last year, so we're doing it again. I'll book (and pay for) as […]