Dear Non-Skiers, As many of us will not be away to the mountains for physical exercise in the snow, we plan to join up for some mental exercise at the […]

G. B.'s "Home Turf" Airline tickets and passports required?  No!  This week please join us for a further trip around a range of places and sights within our own land of Great Britain.  Join us as we travel in areas "south of the border", having  considerably explored north of it in "Bravo Britain", Part 1.  […]

The time for tossing and turning has come around again - no, not a reference to restless sleep but a reminder that the COPSE Pancake Night will be this week!  A flipping […]

Talk: Advance Decisions and Lasting Powers of Attorney for health and welfare, by Delia Barton Having set up a Power of Attorney for my ageing sister, I was shocked to […]

It's hard to believe it was as long ago as September 2021 that COPSE Honorary Members Sally and Tim astonished us with their story and photos of cycling the peaks of Patagonia. In a long overdue return they're going to regale us with their adventures cycling the Great Divide. "What's that?", you ask. The Divide […]

Linda's quizzes usually provide something different, entertaining and not too serious. Enjoy!

Last March local history enthusiast Carole Roberts gave us a wonderful presentation on the Grand Theatre, Croydon. It was clearly a labour of love - rich in detail and anecdote, with a wealth of supporting pictures and memorabilia, and was highly praised by all who were there. Now she returns to tell us about another […]

Can’t tell GPS from GPO? (clue: one of them’s mostly reliable) Don’t know an App from a hole in the ground? Still think What3Words is a Radio 4 quiz? Then we have the event for you! On Tuesday Paul D will bring techknowledgy to COPSE via an evening of entertainment featuring a game, a quiz […]

Advance Notice - land of opportunity for your photos! All Next Tuesday Club Night (26th March), one element of the evening is the Caption Competition, where you apply your considerable wits to some problematic pictures. Back in the days when this traditional diversion started, we took the occasional snap with a box brownie, only weeks […]

Work? Remind me . . . This week it’s that four-letter word again, version IX. Ireen has organised our presenters, so the words of encouragement are hers: Yep - this […]