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“Woodside brickworks” talk 6.30pm Thursday, 25 September at Croydon Clocktower, Katharine Street #croydon
The evening starts with a visit to the Forge exhibition about Croydon’s industries in the Museum of Croydon https://museumofcroydon.com/forge More information and tickets https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-woodside-brickworks-john-hickman-and-edward-handley-tickets-1573473424369?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl
“The status of London’s flora” talk 7.45pm Wednesday, 24 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove #croydon
Recently, Dr Mark Spencer, the London Natural History Society’s and the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s vascular plant recorder for the London area and Middlesex, has been undertaking an […]
“British steam in the early 20th century” talk 7.30pm Tuesday, 9 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove #croydon
More information https://rcts.org.uk/event/september-2025-csl-croydon-branch-meeting/
“The magic of the electron microscope – how cells work” talk 7.45pm Monday, 1 September at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove #croydon
This talk, by Dr Ian Goodall, describes the history of microscopy and how the two types of electron microscope work. It shows how the structure of the various mini organs […]
“The London & Croydon Railway from inception to operation” talk 7.30pm Monday, 1 September at St Mary Magdalene Church, Canning Road #croydon
More information https://watercressline.co.uk/about/regional-groups/croydon/
Talk about the English Civil War 7pm Wednesday, 6 August at Ruskin House, 23 Coombe Road #croydon
“I do like to be beside the seaside! A history of holidays” talk 7.45pm Wednesday, 23 July at East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove #croydon
More information https://cnhss.co.uk/our-event-programme/
“Two foot gauge railways – Portmadoc to Port Shepstone” talk 7.30pm Monday, 7 July at St Mary Magdalene Church, Clyde Road #croydon
More information https://watercressline.co.uk/about/regional-groups/croydon/
“Thornton Heath poltergeist” talk following “Nandor Fodor & the talking mongoose” film 2pm Saturday, 5 July at the David Lean Cinema, Katharine Street#croydon
Although the mongoose incident happened on the Isle of Man, Fodor came to fame a little later by investigating the Thornton Heath Poltergeist in 1938. After the film Bernard Winchester will give an illustrated presentation […]