Isle of Dogs Walk
2024-03-17 09:40 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
Here is the Itinerary for the Sunday 17th March Isle of Dogs Walk.
Meet at East Croydon Station at 9.40am to catch the 9.51 platform 2 to London Bridge.
London Bridge train to Greenwich leaves at 10.16 from platform 4. Arrives Greenwich 10.27.
From Greenwich Station we do a short walk to The Gate Clock (Wetherspoons) pub (Creek Rd next to Cutty Sark DLR stn) for a coffee and toilet break.
(The reason is that unfortunately there is no cafe on the walk, but there are toilets)
The walk begins at 11.00am at the Greenwich foot Tunnel south (Greenwich) entrance.
We expect the walk to conclude at the Ledger House (Wetherspoons) pub on West India Dock Quay around 3.30pm.
Their usual reasonably priced menu is available, but there are plenty of other eating places in the vicinity if you want to pay more.
The timings will enable those who want to, to get back to Croydon and attend the St Patrick’s Day event at Ruskin House in the evening.
There are several options for returning back to East Croydon:
1. Elizabeth Line Canary Wharf to Farringdon station and then direct rail to East Croydon. (my choice)
2. DLR West India Quay to Shadwell and Overground to West Croydon Station.
3. Jubilee Line Canary Wharf to Canada Water and Overground to West Croydon Station.
4. Jubilee Line Canary Wharf to London Bridge and train to East Croydon.
5. DLR West India Quay to Lewisham and no75 bus to Croydon.

St. Patrick's Night - Ruskin House
2024-03-17 19:30 - 23:00 | Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, CR0 1BD, United Kingdom
Our local 2024 Saint Patrick’s Night celebrations will be this Sunday, 17th March. A good number of us are already booked to share this good evening at Ruskin House. If you have not already given me your name but would like to come, please let me know so that I can increase the number of seats being reserved for our COPSE group.

We need to purchase our own entry tickets, £5 cash but should be able to sit with each other, once inside. There will be a licenced bar and a free buffet.
I have agreed to let the organisers know our number a couple of days beforehand so please reply to me by Thursday evening (14th).
N.B. Andy has scheduled his London walk so that people can enjoy going on that and still be back in time for this musical entertainment!
Ireen
07968 035522
umpfamily@hotmail.com

Techknowledgy: Apps vs Maps
2024-03-19 20:15 - 22:00 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
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 and much more in the cause of expanding your mapping and tech horizons.
Come along and be amazed.

Walk: City of London Livery Companies
2024-03-23 09:15 - 17:00
On saturday (23rd) we’ll be having a closer look at some of the city’s livery company halls + courtyards where the plan is as follows:
Meet at EastCroydon Station from 9.15am to take the 9.30am (approx) Thameslink train to Blackfriars Station (North side).
A “clockwise” walk around the city from Blackfriars Station to London Bridge Station which will also include a quiz + pub stop somewhere.
As some of us are going to Ruskin House’s “charity” concert that night, we’ll be aiming to get back to East Croydon by 5pm which will give us plenty of time to have a meal + drinks in “The Spread Eagle” pub before heading off to Ruskin House anytime from 7pm.

The Legendary Sticklebacks at Ruskin House
2024-03-23 20:00 - 23:00 | Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road, Croydon, CR0 1BD, United Kingdom
A Fund Raiser for Ruskin House, and an enjoyable evening in prospect. As before, Ireen will organise tables for a COPSE presence if you let her know you’re coming.

We need to purchase our own entry tickets, £5 cash but should be able to sit with each other, once inside. There will be a licenced bar and a free buffet.
I have agreed to let the organisers know our number a couple of days beforehand so please reply to me by Thursday evening (21st).
Ireen
07968 035522
umpfamily@hotmail.com

Captions &. . . .Kit
2024-03-26 20:15 - 22:00 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
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 later paying through the nose to get the pathetic results from the Chemist – usually stickered with “Out of Focus” or “Under Exposed” – and we relied on outtakes from Viewpoint for the source material.
In contrast, in the high-tech Utopia we now inhabit we have the opportunity to upgrade our experience using the plethora of photos from COPSE activities of all flavours lurking undiscovered on people’s phones and other digitisers, just begging to be dragged into the light of day for our amusement.
So my request to you is: please email me any such pictures asap so we can include them in next week’s entertainment.
Thanks in advance

Ken ken@brogan.co.uk

"Sick Notes" at CR1 Bar & Lounge, South End, Croydon
2024-03-28 18:00 - 2024-03-29 02:00
See the link below for further details:
“Sick Notes” at the CR1 Club

Easter Monday Walk
2024-04-01 09:30 - 17:00
I will lead a seven mile circular walk from Biggin Hill on Easter Monday 1st April. It could be completed in about four hours at a moderate pace including a short stop but we would have up to five hours before catching a return bus at 15:34. It is a bit muddy in places but is mostly ok. There are only a couple of moderate hills. There is only one pub on the route but it is less than an hour from the start so bring adequate food and drink. Refreshments are available in Biggin Hill.
Meet at East Croydon bus station stop E1 by 09:25 to catch the Superloop bus SL5 from stop E1 to Bromley South at 09:33. That is the advertised time but in any case we get the first bus after 09:30. The bus will stop at Elmfield Road which is one stop after Bromley South station because at the moment that stop is closed. We then walk down the High Street to bus stop Z to catch the 320 bus at 10:11 to Biggin Hill, Lebanon Gardens. The walk starts from Church Road which is next to the swimming pool and library. If anyone wants to drive to Biggin Hill there is a free car park next to the recreation ground. You turn into Church Road from Main Road and the entrance is shortly on the left by a large sign saying ‘Biggin Hill Clinic’. Let me know if you want us to meet you in the car park. Return is 320 bus from stop W at 15:34 (or other time as appropriate) to Bromley South then SL5 to East Croydon.
Bob.
tel 07982 841121

Bring Your Work Home #9
2024-04-02 20:15 - 22:00 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
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 will be the ninth time we shall be learning about the earning! Daily bread has been gained via a variety of employments by our Club Members. We always seem to be good at entertaining ourselves and this chance to discover the “9 till 5” (or otherwise) pursuits of your fellow COPSErs has proved most interesting previously.
Do please come along early so that the individuals sharing their working days can have a good audience.
Be there!

Walk along the Seagull Trail
2024-04-06 09:00 - 19:30
DON’T FORGET IT’S ON SAT, SAT, SATURDAY!
(ON SUNDAY MORNING YOU CAN HAVE A LIE-IN WATCHING ALAN TITCHMARSH & MICHAEL PORTILLO ON THE TELLY!)
Also a little note to those who have walked this before, a new route in this part is being used which for about two thirds is completely different!
So yes, Saturday April 6th, 2024 for Part Five of this route, picking up from last Spring at Crawley Down, Sussex (nothing to do with Crawley) to Ardingly village, a distance of around ten miles of fairly gently undulating topography, but likely with plenty of mud as it’s done nothing but RAIN for the last goodness knows how long a time!! Despite what it may say in certain sources, this is not a 9-5pm day (as in the song!) – don’t expect to be back in Croydon until after 7pm (unless you leave early, which is an option – see below).
By-the-by, the Industrial In-Action on the railways this long weekend is not due to disrupt the plans at all. As just mentioned you can leave (or join?) at West Hoathly around lunch time or later (on a Metrobus 84) if you have had enough, or want to explore this village more (there’s an open garden here – the Priest’s House – which some of you have probably visited, but we probably won’t plan to visit as it costs money to enter and needs time to go round, so you may want to return privately for this).
Bring along usual food and drink supplies. There is a pot selling place with a cafe along the way, which we could use if making good time, but the main stop is West Hoathly village with its Pub, and churchyard for sandwich eaters. Also a pub at Ardingly in case we have time before the bus.
And the bit you’ve been waiting for, the Travel stuff!
Meet at East Croydon Railway Station by 9.30am ‘clock-time’ (and you know why I say that! it’s that crazy time of the year again!) to catch the 9.49am train to Three Bridges (one a little while later too in case this one messes up). From there, on the opposite side of the road from the station’s main entrance, we catch one of three different Metrobus services (281 at 10.36, 272 at 10.46 or 291 at 11.06am…earlier the better) to Crawley Down WAR MEMORIAL stop.
Returning we catch the Metrobus 272 bus from Ardingly at 6.11pm to Three Bridges where we jump on a train for East Croydon (there is an earlier 272 bus at 5.45pm that goes to Haywards Heath Rail Stn, and you’d need to pay the extra on the train).
Paul, 07968 223589.

Have I missed anything…probably – ask me anything! Will further check the travel situation as the week wears on, but the timetables I’ve seen allow for the industrial in-action.

Outing: Tenpin Bowling at Valley Park
2024-04-09 20:15 - 22:00 | Tenpin, Valley Park, Hesterman Way, Croydon, CR0 4YA
Outing: Tenpin Bowling at Valley Park

Tuesday 9th April 2024 @ 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm

Update Sunday 7th April
Just to confirm that I’ve booked our lanes for Tuesday evening. Thanks to all who responded in time. If you didn’t, but still want to go, we may be able to fit you in so please get in touch. Alternatively you can just turn up on the night, though obviously no guarantee of a place if you do.
Ken

We’re Going Bowling Again
Back by popular demand! A party of COPSE’s finest athletes have enjoyed this outing a couple of times, so we’re doing it again.
I’ll book (and pay for) as many lanes as we have players for, maximum six to a lane.
But how do I sign up for this event?
… you may ask. Well, here’s the answer:

Several people subscribed on Tuesday at the Hall. If you didn’t, I’ll take emails, text messages, Whatsapps, even old fashioned phone calls.
. . . . and how do I pay?
By signing up you commit to paying me the outrageously reasonable sum of £7.90. Averse as I am to handling change, I prefer direct payments to my bank, the sooner the better. Ask me for how.
The Details
You can, of course, just turn up to enjoy the social setting and company of your fellow COPSErs for no charge.
If you don’t know the place, the Tenpin Bowl offers a variety of activities besides bowling – table tennis, pool, arcade games plus café and bar – so you can diversify once there. Also, for eating, there are various fooderies around including Creams Café, Frankie & Bennie’s, Chiquito, McDonalds and Burger King.
In summary:

Where?

Tenpin
Valley Park Leisure Complex
Hesterman Way
Croydon CR0 4YA

When?

Lanes will be booked for 8.30. Arrive between 8.00 and 8.15 to be ready to play.

Getting there?

Tram: Ampere Way (9 minute walk, says Google)
Buses:
S4 to Franklin Way / Valley Park (8 minute walk)
(NOTE the 455 no longer runs)
189 to Purley Way / Newman Road (12 minute walk)
Alternatively, plenty of car parking.

How much?

£7.90 up front for two games, more on the night if you want to play more

Shoe Policy
I’ve confirmed that, as last time, you can play in your own shoes, but please make sure they’re trainers or otherwise flat-soled. Shoes are now also available on site.

Lake District 5 nights @ Elterwater Hostel
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-15 | Elterwater Hostel, Elterwater Hostel, Elterwater, Ambleside, Cumbria, LA22 9Hk
I’m organising a trip to Elterwater Hostel (formerly a YHA hostel, now independent) in the Lake District in April. I’m planning on staying for 5 nights so as to have 4 whole days up there. Obviously the idea is to get on to them there hills. The Old Man of Coniston (which I haven’t climbed for over 30 years) is nearby, so it’s a chance for some old men (and women) to climb the Old Man! Maybe also Helvetian. The hostel, being an ex YH, is a lovely old building with 6 bedded rooms (about £30 pppn) and twin rooms (about £40 pppn) in a small village with a choice of pubs.
You can go by train to Windermere, then by bus. Car Lifts Full.

Rock and Roll evening @ St Matthews in Redhill
2024-04-13 19:00 - 22:00
Get ready for a spectacular night of music as The Rooftops take the stage at St. Matthew’s Church Hall on 13 April! This electrifying band is known for their passion for classic rock, and they’re all set to deliver a powerhouse performance featuring iconic covers from legends like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John. Immerse yourself in a nostalgic journey through the 70s, 80s, and 90s, as The Rooftops bring to life the timeless hits with their dynamic flair and high-energy execution. Tickets (advance price: adults £7 under 16s £4) are on sale at: https://tickets.myiknowchurch.co.uk/gb/NjgxMS00/t or contact me direct. Ticket price includes snacks and nibbles. Please bring your own drink and glasses (and your dancing shoes!).

St Matthew’s is on Station Road, close to both the railway and bus stations. See: https://www.stmatthews-redhill.org.uk/findus.htm.

Notable Women of Norwood / John Hickman
2024-04-16 20:15 - 22:30 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
Local historian John Hickman digs deep to bring us his excellent talk on the under-reported women who have made history from this part of the world. Come along to hear his revelations and be entertained.

Theatre Visit: 5 New Short Plays at the Brockley Jack Theatre
2024-04-20 19:30 - 22:00
The upcoming theatre plays, ‘5 New Short Plays’, British Theatre Challenge 2024, held in a pub called The Brockley Jack, (The Jack Studio Theatre), on Sat 20th April, 7.30 pm. You will also get to vote at the end of the evening, the best play of the five, in terms of script.

There are still seats available for the Saturday, if anyone else is interested in going. Can I gently mention that on their website they said, no latecomers will be allowed. Doors open 7.15pm, but of course you can get there early and spend sometime in the pub if you want.

You can book via this link :

https://brockleyjack.co.uk/jackstudio-entry/british-theatre-challenge/

Caterham Walk
2024-04-21 09:30 - 17:00
Just some advance details of above event on 21 April.
Plan is to meet at Caterham station at 10.15 for a 10.30 departure. The walk will be to viewing point on the North Downs, along the North Downs way and then drop down along some footpaths to Godstone Green. Should be about 2 hours.
I have booked ten places at the Hare and Hounds on the Green for 12.30. Pub does full lunches and snacks and is dog friendly. After lunch we can walk along to old Godstone.

Talk: Children of the Empire, with Joyce Trotman
2024-04-23 20:15 - 22:30 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
On the 23rd April, Joyce Trotman will be speaking at our weekly Tuesday evening meeting. Her topic will be Children of the Empire and she will be talking about her experience of growing up in a colony on the periphery of the British Empire, with a particular emphasis on the education she received.
A nonagenarian, Ms Trotman was born in Georgetown, Guyana (then British Guiana) in 1927. All of her early schooling was in the British colony of Guiana. In 1955, after working as a primary school teacher, she travelled to England where she obtained a degree in Arts from London University and a Certificate in Education at the University of Durham. Returning to Guyana in 1958, she was appointed a Senior Lecturer in English at the Government Training College and went on to become a Research Fellow for the University of Guyana. She settled in England in 1972 and taught at the Scott Lidgett Boys’ Comprehensive School. She obtained a M. Litt (Linguistics) from the University of Lancaster and was called to the Bar in 1984 on completion of part-time studies in law. She is the author of ‘Proverbs of Guyana Explained’.
You can find some background on Joyce’s life on line, particularly here.

Visit to the Royal Institution
2024-04-25 09:30 - 17:00
A London walk to the Royal Institution (free entry), and other mystery places of interest, including a free visit to the Collection Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts. Julie and myself will be co-leading the walk.
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, abbreviated Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research. Throughout its history, the Institution has supported public engagement with science through a programme of lectures, many of which continue today. The most famous of these are the annual Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, founded by Michael Faraday in 1825, which are televised every year on the BBC. You will also be able to see the actual laboratory where Michael Faraday made some of his fundamental discoveries and you will also get to visit a museum in the RI, showing various discoveries made there.
We will be meeting at East Croydon station 9.30 am, hoping to catch the 9.45 am train Plat 4, to Victoria station. We will be walking from Victoria to the Royal Institution near Green Park. There are toilets at Victoria station and at our destinations. I suggest you bring refreshments, in which you can have the opportunity to have them in the seating area of the courtyard at the Royal Academy of Arts. There are also cafes inside the Royal Institution and the Royal Academy of Arts. After, we are planning to walk around St James’ Park and then walk back to Victoria, and find a pub there in Victoria.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.
Kind regards,
Maria

Weald Walkers Wander
2024-04-28
Click here for event details
A 10 mile Treasure Hunt
Solve the Clues
Find the Checkpoints
Test your Map Reading Skills
Challenges at Checkpoints

The COPSE Photo Competition
2024-04-30 20:15 - 22:30 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
COPSE Photo Competition
Win a prize!
The competition will be judged by you, COPSE Members, on Tuesday, 30th April.
Categories:

To enter:
1. The photo must be taken by you.
2. Provide up to 8 entries to the competition.
3. Preferred and maximum print size is A4.
4. Photo(s) must fall into one of the 8 categories above
5. Enter any number of photos into any category, total entries not to exceed 8.
6. Photos must be presented to Sandra or Ireen by 8.00pm on the Tuesday competition evening or in advance at an earlier Club Night, if possible. Photo prints must be in an unnamed envelope or opaque folder. On the back of each photo, write your name, competition category, plus type and make of camera, if known.
7. The photo(s) must not previously have appeared in our Club competitions.
8. Captions must not be added to the photo(s) .
9. The entrant must be an amateur photographer.
10. The photo(s) may be retrieved after the competition.
To win:
1. You must comply with the above.
2. Club Members present on the competition evening will vote via secret ballot for their favourite in each category in the first round and as instructed in further rounds.
3. The top 8 scoring photos together with the highest scoring of each category (if they are not among the top 8) from the first round will go through to the next round of voting (so a maximum of 15 photos going through). Further rounds will be held, as necessary, to determine an overall winner.
4. Photos may be entered on your behalf, if you cannot attend the evening.
5. In any matter pertaining to the running of the competition, or the alteration of these rules outlined above on the evening of the competition, the Members’ majority decision will be final.
Good Luck!

Early May Bank Holiday Trip to Totland, Isle of Wight
2024-05-04 - 2024-05-07
This is a 3 night trip to the Isle of Wight from Saturday, the 4th May to Tuesday, the 7th May over the early May Bank Holiday weekend.

We will be staying in the annexe of the YHA hostel in Totland which is located in the southwest of the Isle of Wight and is within walking distance of The Needles. The places on this trip were limited and it’s full.

Builders Arms Quiz
2024-05-07 20:00 - 23:00 | Builder’s Arms Pub, 65 Leslie Park Road, Croydon, CR0 6TP
While some are away on the Isle of Wight trip we’ll take a break from the Hall and have yet another crack at the pot of gold lurking behind the bar at the Builders.
The quiz begins at 9pm but most of us have gathered by about 8pm to order food and share a social chat.
£1 each entry. Ireen has reserved a number of tables, please let her know if you’re coming so we can get the reservation right.

Westerham Circular (was Chilterns Walk)
2024-05-11 09:00 - 17:00
The Chilterns Walk is postponed to a later date due to likely industrial action affecting our rail journey
This walk will be a circular from Westerham of about 8 miles, fairly hilly.
Meet at E.Croydon bus station at 9am for the 119 to Hayes station. From there we will get the 246 bus to Westerham, leaving at 9.42 or the next one at 10.13 arriving in Westerham at 10.09 (or 10.40) (within the Oyster/Freedom pass zone)
There is a large car park to the east of Westerham accessed from the A25.
You can bring a packed lunch, but there will be a break at the NT Chartwell cafe and a lunch break at the Royal Oak, Crockham Hill. You could even take afternoon tea back at Westerham!
Let me know if you are driving or joining the bus further on from Croydon and we will meet on the Green at Westerham by 10.30.
Barry

Streatham Common Kite Day
2024-05-12 11:00 - 17:00
Sunday (12th) is Streatham Common’s 23rd annual kite day, where you’ll see various “stunt kiting displays” + also given the opportunity to “buy one + fly one” !!
It’s from 11am to 5pm with free entry but would suggest those interested meet on the hour 🕑 outside “the Friends of Streatham Common” gazebo which is very prominent.
If you have any queries, please let me know.
streathamkiteday.org.uk
keith southam

Objectivity
2024-05-14 20:15 - 22:30 | South Croydon United Church Hall, Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, CR0 1EQ, United Kingdom
It’s time for COPSErs to rummage among their bits and pieces, their mementoes and their treasures.
Be they exotic items from far-flung places or homely items with a little tale to tell, please find and bring along some objects to display this Tuesday. Even ordinary-looking something-or-others can hold the attention of an audience, when their significance is explained.
The humorous, the sentimental, the puzzling, the educational – all can find their tabletop place. If you have several objects that could be displayed, please choose up to three to put out initially, with some you keep aside for if time allows further contributions. If you can please pass Ireen your first items in a bag, they can make their appearance anonymously and people can begin the evening by perusing the display. (Let Ireen know if something is too delicate for others to handle.)
We’ve previously viewed a special musicbox (with a slightly “spooky” tale attached), tools, carvings, a cabbage press, bells, a skull(😱) . . . and a great variety of other things. Some of the stories behind each object have taken us on virtual travels, far and wide.
I wonder where we shall go this week!

South Kensington and Hyde Park
2024-05-16 10:30 - 18:30
On the 16th May we will meet at E. Croydon station at 10.15 for 10.30am to Victoria station then to Gloucester Road station to see sculptures by a lady artist then walk to South Kensington station tunnel to see her posters with anagrams. After that we will visit the Natural History Museum and have a tea break for about an hour.

In the afternoon we will visit Hyde park where the old Crystal Palace museum used to be (subsequently then moved to Upper Norwood). We will carry on walking to the Royal Society Musical academy museum where you can even play some musical instruments.

By 4-4.30pm walk back to Victoria station have a meal at Wetherspoons then back to E Croydon station.

Day Trip to Brighton
2024-05-18
During May Brighton is bursting with life thanks to the Brighton Festival https://brightonfestival.org/ and Brighton Fringe https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/?

If you are up for a loosely organised amble around the town and some of its FREE performing arts events and laines and beachfront bars, please come along. Timings below.

There is also a ticketed event in the fringe that I think would appeal and is at a sensible time: https://www.brightonfringe.org/events/the-flying-bubble-show/ The Flying Bubble Show. And for which tickets are available. “Dive into The Flying Bubble Show, where dreams and reality blur in a breathtaking fusion of bubble magic and aerial flying.” 1pm; standard ticket £14 concession £12. Please buy your own ticket. Or if you’d like me to book for you, let me know. I have booked myself a ticket.

Rough plan for the day:

Meet East Croydon 9.45am / buy rail tickets (Thameslink day return £15.50 before concessions)
09.59 Train to Brighton
10.48 Train arrives Brighton
11am to 12.30pm amble through North Laine area with its quirky shops and cafes
12.45 arrive at Fool’s Paradise, venue for, at 1.00pm, The Flying Bubble Show, see above
2.00pm exit show and find lunch
3.00pm to 6.00pm amble beachfront and multiple FREE performance events (e.g. World Kiosk, Anchored in Air *, The Journey, Neolithic Cannibals: Deep Listening to the Unheard, Days of Wonder, Ooze Machines )

* For “Anchored in Air” the one show is at 2.30pm so we would have to work out where that venue is and hot foot it.

Then around 6.00pm we should have easy / takeaway food (e.g. fish and chips) and find somewhere to collapse for a drink – beachfront bar maybe. Possibly a restaurant but that would be a major challenge to accommodate a group during a festival Saturday?

Then around 8.00pm, unless we have found another event to attend I think we will be happy to set off back home.

By all means explore the festival and fringe programme and suggest events we could go to.
Regards
Andrew
07985 936953

Green North Croydon Walk
2024-05-21 19:00 - 22:30 | Thornton Heath Station
Keith says:
This is almost a repeat of my walk on Sunday January 7th, where, after a meal at “The Bull” pub, a few of us went to the nearby leisure centre + watched the Streatham Redhawks ice hockey match ⛸ 🏒 🥅.
As I don’t want to finish too late, we’ll be meeting much earlier at 7PM outside Thornton Heath Station (which you can get to by train from either East or West Croydon + various buses from Croydon) where the four mile “easy” walk will be as follows =>
Thornton Heath Station
Thornton heath recreation ground,
Norbury Hall (or Squirrel 🐿) Park
Norbury Park
Norwood Grove
“The Rookery” gardens 🌹🌻 🌳🌲
Streatham Common to Streatham High Road, where the walk will finish about 9pm.
There will be an option of either going to “The Rabbit Hole” or “The Bull” pub for drinks 🍺🍷🍵, where opposite you can easily get the 109 bus back to central Croydon or go by train from either Streatham Station or Streatham Common Station.

One Night in Dublin @ Fairfield Halls
2024-05-23 19:30 - 22:00
On 23 May Fairfield are staging “One night in Dublin”. The band is the “Wild Murphys” a full eight piece band with guitars, flutes, violins, harmonica, ukuleles etc. I saw them last year and they are very very good and will be playing all the best Irish classic songs.
Tickets are £28.75. Availability is still fairly good but if you do wish to come suggest booking sooner rather than later. Please book your own tickets but we will meet up before or after for a meal/drink.

Beachy Head Walk
2024-05-26 09:00 - 18:00
Please note that the date of this walk has been changed from Saturday the 25th to Sunday the 26th May.
The walk will be from Seaford along the coast to Cuckmere Haven, then over the Seven Sisters cliffs to Eastdean. A hilly 9 miles with lovely views.
Bring a packed lunch, but there will be a cafe at Cuckmere Haven park centre and a cafe and pub at Eastdean.
So meet at E Croydon by 8.50 to get the 9.04 train to Lewes, changing there for Seaford arrive 10.25. We will get the bus back from Eastdean to Seaford, so you need a return ticket to Seaford.
Barry
