Spring Programme 2011

Mondays 10.15-12.15 (break around 11.00 am for refreshments)

17th January The History of Tea Alan Payne

24th January The Palace of Knightsbridge Richard Furnival-Jones

– a history of Harrods

31st January The Elephant & Castle Stephen Humphrey

7th February Greenwich Lost and Found Anthony Cross

14th February Fashion on the Ration Mike Brown

21st February Half Term

28th February Pioneers of Flight Monty Parkin

7th March The Cheapside Hoard Hazel Forsyth

14th March Meet Charles and Emma Darwin Barbara Stevens

21st March The Great British Seaside Brian Bloice

28th March London Parks Jim Buttress

Meetings are on the 1st Floor with no Disabled Access

FURTHER REVISED

Autumn Programme 2010

Mondays 10.15-12.15 (break around 11.00 am for refreshments)

Please Note - All Classes are now Full

20^th September Sir John Morden and his College Elizabeth Wiggins

27^th September Jack the Ripper –

The Blackheath Connection Bill Beadle

4^th October The Manor of Norbury Michael Gilbert

11^th October From Minster to Morley:

classical music in Southwark and Lambeth Len Reilly

18^th October A Career in Fingerprints Peter Jones

25^th October Half Term

1^st November A virtual walk through Bromley & Deptford Janet Digby

8^th November The History of the Garden Museum Hugh Jenkins

15^th November Conservation in Lewisham -

new areas and locally listed buildings Phil Ashford

22^nd November London Statues of the Famous and Forgotten Susan Jenkinson

29^th November The Genius of Sir Christopher Wren Tony Tucker

6^th December A Christmas Miscellany Ian Bevan

Followed by Christmas Social

Please note that meetings are on the 1^st Floor with no Disabled Access

Walks & Visits – Summer 2010

Mobile Contact on Walks 07941 400 437 /07910 245 655

19^th April 11.00 Prompt

Guided tour of Wesley Chapel and House

Meeting Point Outside Wesley Chapel, 49 City Road

26^th April 10.45 Prompt

Three Mills Island, Bromley-by-Bow

A guided tour of listed 18th century tidal mill house

Beverley Charters

Meeting Point Outside Bromley by Bow Underground

Advice Please wear sensible shoes

10^th May 11.00 Prompt

New Buildings in the City

Stella Jundul

Meeting Point Liverpool St Station, Bishopsgate exit.

17^thMay 10.50 Prompt; 0r 13.50 Prompt

Royal Blackheath Golf Club

Jan Easton

Meeting Point At the Golf Club

Advice No jeans or trainers – smart/casual please

24^th May 11.00 Prompt

Limehouse Basin and Hydraulic Accumulator

Jeremy Batch

Meeting Point Limehouse DLR Station on platform

Advice No parking available – use DLR

7^th June 10:30am Prompt

A tour of the Isle of Dogs

Diana Rimel

Meeting Point Docklands Light Railway (Island Gardens entrance)

14^th June* 14.15 Prompt

Southwark Cathedral and Guy’s Hospital Chapel

Jo Brewster

Medically themed escorted walk

Meeting Point Outside the refectory in the cathedral forecourt (north side).

Advice Free Concert at 13.00; Good refectory for lunch (Borough Market next door)

21^st June 11.00 Prompt

Nunhead Cemetery

Ron Woollacot

Meeting Point Linden Grove Gates

Advice Path may be a little uneven

28th June . 10:50 Prompt

Avery Hill

Bee Twidale

Meeting Point Under the prominent red brick archway and gatehouse of University, opposite bus stop

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