Our 2023 - 24 Programme

Please look on the website in case we have to cancel, or change a speaker at short notice.

Meetings start at 8pm (unless otherwise stated) in the Philippi Lounge, Christ Church
adjacent to 861, Brighton Road, Purley, CR8 2BN.

Pedestrian and public transport routes to Christ Church are here (opens in new page).
Driving suggestions can be found here (opens in new page).

Date	Speaker	Subject
10th Oct	Ian Bevan	Historic Greenwich
24th Oct	Bernard Winchester	The Crystal Palace High Level Railway
7th Nov	Mark Stevenson	From Riddle to Lion: Recent Archaeological Fieldwork in the Borough of Croydon
21st Nov	Tom Oliver	The Work of the City of London Commons
5th Dec	Carol Harris	Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition
1st Jan	2024	A Very Happy New Year to all our Members
9th Jan	Ian Westworth	Restoring Big Ben
23rd Jan	Francesca Murray	Exbury Gardens and the Rothschilds
6th Feb	Michelle Ernoult	Around the Beehive
20th Feb	John Hickman	Notable Women of Norwood
5th Mar... Change of speaker	Tony Harris	In-costume presentation of Margaret Thatcher
19th Mar...	At 7:40 pm	A swift AGM for 2023-2024... Followed by
Change of speaker	Jennifer Sturdy	The Gold Lyre of Ur

The current programme is available for downloading here (opens in a new page)

For posterity, the 2022 - 2023 programme is here

If you have suggestions for good speakers or topics,
please send them to us, using the email link below. Thank you!

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