EVENTS
Our monthly meetings are held in the Camden Centre, Market Square usually starting at 2.30pm, but members need to arrive before then. The Camden Centre has a hearing loop for the benefit of members who wear hearing aids. For a location map and satellite view of Market Square click Market Square Map. Members have an opportunity to socialise over refreshments following the speaker.
We have an active Outings Committee that runs about 10 outings per year. Details of forthcoming events are featured in our monthly newsletter and application forms for the outings can usually be found at the end of the newsletter.
We have an active Outings Committee that runs about 10 outings per year. Details of forthcoming events are featured in our monthly newsletter and application forms for the outings can usually be found at the end of the newsletter.
June 2018
20th (Wed) Outing to Rochester including a visit to the newly restored Grade 1 listed 16th and 17th century Eastgate House and to the only Huguenot Museum in Britain. Application form is in the April Newsletter. (This outing is full with a waiting list.)
21st (Thurs) AGM followed by strawberries and cream and a glass of bubbly. 2.30pm at the Camden Centre. We need at least 10% of members (103) in attendance to vote in the new committee members so please attend if you can. (This replaces the usual Monthly Meeting.)
29th (Fri) Coffee Morning at Trinity
20th (Wed) Outing to Rochester including a visit to the newly restored Grade 1 listed 16th and 17th century Eastgate House and to the only Huguenot Museum in Britain. Application form is in the April Newsletter. (This outing is full with a waiting list.)
21st (Thurs) AGM followed by strawberries and cream and a glass of bubbly. 2.30pm at the Camden Centre. We need at least 10% of members (103) in attendance to vote in the new committee members so please attend if you can. (This replaces the usual Monthly Meeting.)
29th (Fri) Coffee Morning at Trinity
July 2018
12th (Thurs) Outing to RIchmond and Syon House. We will meet our Blue Badge Guide in Richmond for coffee and a gentle stroll through the town after which we will be able to have lunch. We then take the coach to visit Syon House via London’s Arcadia where we will see the only view in the UK protected by an Act of Parliament. Application form in the May Newsletter. To check on availability of places see Outings News in June Newsletter.
19th (Thurs) Monthly Meeting at 2.30pm at the Camden Centre. Ian Keable will give a talk: “The Vanishing Maidservant: an 18th century mystery told through contemporary prints”. In 1753 Elizabeth Canning caused a sensation when she claimed she was kidnapped. Henry Fielding the author of Tom Jones, became embroiled in the controversy. Was she a blameless victim; or was she sending an innocent woman to the gallows?
27th (Fri) Coffee Morning at Trinity
August 2018
14th (Tues) Outing by coach to the Wimbledon All England Tennis and Croquet Club to include the award winning Wimbledon Tennis Museum and Blue Badge guided tour of the grounds and championship facilities, calling en route at Morden Hall Park. Application form in the June Newsletter.
16th (Thurs) Monthly Meeting at 2.30pm at the Camden Centre. Russell Bowes will give a talk “Food of the Gods: the utterly delicious history of chocolate”. A history of chocolate from its discovery in the forests of central Mexico to the birth of the modern chocolate bar, via a rehearsal of Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, a chocolate processing plant, breakfast with a Spanish Marquesa and possibly some free samples to take home with you.
31st (Fri) Coffee Morning at Trinity