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Tag Archives: Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society

“Badgers – their lives, ecology, rescue and rehabilitation” talk 7.45pm Monday, 20 May at East Croydon United Reformed Church, 86 Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme

May 13, 2024by eastcroydon Leave a comment

This illustrated talk will introduce the natural history of badgers, their field signs, persecution and protection, including the work of the East Surrey Badger Protection Society in the rescue and […]

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Pets & Other Animals, Sport & Leisure

“Christopher Wren, England’s Leonardo” talk 7.45pm, Wednesday 8 May at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

May 4, 2024by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Click here for more information about Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society https://cnhss.co.uk

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“Croydon’s pleasure fairs to 1868” talk & CNHSS AGM 7.45pm Thursday, 25 April at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

Apr 22, 2024by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Click here for more information about CNHSS https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme-for-2023-4/

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“Mapping Urban Geology: building stones in London and beyond on London Pavement Geology” talk 7.45pm, Wednesday 10 April at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon

Apr 6, 2024by eastcroydon Leave a comment

This talk by Dr Ruth Siddall will present the London Pavement Geology app and website, created by Dave Wallis, Ruth Siddall and website developers Livetech. It will demonstrate how this […]

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“Wilks, his Wilderness and its journey through to today” talk 2.30pm Saturday, 9 March at East Croydon United Reformed Church, 86 Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @ParkHillFriends

Mar 7, 2024by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Lucy James, Manager of MHA The Wilderness in Shirley Shurch Road will talk about the Reverend Wilks and his legacy, the creation of The Wilderness, the forgotten years, and the […]

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Environment & Recycling, History, Sport & Leisure

” A 1950s Croydon Childhood” talk 7.45 pm Monday 11 December at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

Dec 10, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Peter Saunders was born in Croydon’s Old Town (near where the flyover now stands) in 1950. The family later moved to a maisonette in New Addington, then to Waddon, and […]

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“Commonwealth War Graves Commission Architecture & Conservation” talk 7.45pm Wednesday, 8 November at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @CNHSSprogramme @MuseumofCroydon

Nov 5, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Click here for information about the new CNHSS programme https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme-for-2023-4/

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“Robert Keable, Utterly Immoral WW1 chaplain?” talk, 7.45pm Monday, 16 October at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprgramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

Oct 12, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

Local author Simon Keable-Elliott tells the extraordinary story of the life of his grandfather: the Croydon schoolboy, African missionary, WW1 chaplain and author of the scandalous bestselling war novel – […]

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History, Sport & Leisure

FREE guided walk “Croydon from the palate of Evacustes Phipson” 1pm Wednesday, 13 September from Croydon Clocktower @cnhssprogramme @MuseumofCroydon @CroydonLibs

Sep 10, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw considerable innovation and rapid change in Croydon. By chance, an itinerant watercolourist, Evacustes Phipson, was engaged by Croydon Reference Library to record […]

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History, Sport & Leisure

“Croydon and the zeppelin war” talk, 7.45pm Monday 4 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove @cnhssprogramme

Aug 27, 2023by eastcroydon Leave a comment

£3 suggested donation for non-members. Click here for more information https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme-for-2023/ One of the zeppelin raids on Croydon took place on 13 October 1915.   Soon after 11 o’clock, a listener […]

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