Where? This Sunday, join me for a stroll through some familiar parts of London with a historical context. We’re going to follow the 17th Century footsteps of Samuel Pepys from Westminster to the City of London. I’ll be your amateur guide, book in hand, pointing out the connections to Pepys on the way. No doubt […]
A Winter Warmer? The very energetic black and purple clad "Black Swan" will be raising the temperature in our hall this week! They will be stepping through their many moves and demonstrating how a Border Morris side successfully thrashes at its members with no-one coming to harm. Entertaining to watch and striking(!) to listen to […]
New Route and new Pub Tim is leading a circular "Festive Walk" from Edenbridge to Crockham Hill and back on Sunday 17th December. Catch the 09.23 train from East Croydon to Uckfield, alighting at Edenbridge Town at 09.46. We will then walk to the Royal Oak pub in Crockham Hill for refreshments - there won't […]
We invite you all to create and enjoy some seasonal jollity on Tuesday evening. There’ll be food, drink, music and activities – but note no food laid on. Your part in proceedings is essential, so please read the following carefully: No cooking will be done at the Hall this time. Please bring along whatever you […]
It's Boxing Day!
Details to be announced.
Local walk and museum visit. Meet at Coombe Lane tram stop Wednesday 27th December to start the walk at 10:30am. We’ll walk about three miles through green spaces and suburban streets to the Museum of the Mind in West Wickham. The Museum is part of Bethlem Hospital https://museumofthemind.org.uk/. There is a hospital canteen that serves until 2:30pm. […]
It's New Year - see you next week!
The usual route from Crystal Palace Station been changed to include Croydon’s "lesser known" parks, some of which were mentioned by Nicola Hunt in her very interesting "100 spaces in 100 days" COPSE talk in October. These are the afternoon's details, which you can join at any time Part 1 12 noon: meet at Thornton […]
Again, New Year greetings to all COPSErs - and we look forward to having you crowd through our hall door next Tuesday, 9th January, in order to make it better for other people! Our start to 2024 will be our annual "Mystery Auction" in support of the charity we collectively support each year.* Hopefully, this […]