Talk by Jim Lugsden on the history and uses of iron and steel More information https://cnhss.co.uk/christmas-talk-an-a-z-of-pantomime/
Talk by Dr Tom Bolton. You may know about the buried River Fleet, perhaps the Tyburn, the Effra, the Westbourne and the Walbrook. But what about the Bollo Brook, the […]
Will Noble, author of ‘Croydonopolis’ and editor of Londonist, discusses how Croydon’s reputation as a ‘concrete hell’ belies a truly remarkable town. Throughout history Croydon has proved itself a one-of-a-kind. […]
A light-hearted ramble through panto old and new, including the history of this genre and some of the strange traditions and superstitions associated with it. Chris Abbott reviews theatre for […]
There will be talks from Millennium Seed Bank and from the South London Botanical Institute. Refreshments will be provided and there will be a chance to pay CNHSS subscriptions for […]
The technology of the blast furnace reached England at the end of the 15th century. This talk by Jeremy Hodgkinson explores how the Weald became the heart of the country’s […]
Talk by Laurence Scales. Engineering is a pillar supporting our comfortable lives. So what is its history? And in Britain, why does it, perhaps, have a social stigma attached? More […]
Talk by Carole Roberts and Phil Swallow. This story of the former house in Warlingham called Overhill covers the land on which it stood, from its time as part of […]
Martin Eales will explore the early ideas and evidence for the concepts of continental drift leading to the paradigm of plate tectonics. Early cartographers recognised that the continents across the […]
By the 20th century, North End was a major shopping and entertainment centre. Carole Roberts and Andrew Kennedy will look at how this happened and its key buildings past and […]
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