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ORDINARY & GROUP MEMBERS £18.00 paASSOCIATE MEMBERS £10.00 pa

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LIFE MEMBERS £175

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DIRECTORYAll general correspondence should be addressed to the Society at its Registered Office, 96aBrighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. For enquiries by telephone, ring Information asbelow. For electronic enquiries please email information@cnhss.org.uk

ELECTED OFFICERS,

President: John Hickman, 96a Brighton Road,South Croydon, CR2 6AD.

Vice Presidents: Jane McLauchlin, Ian Payne,Ronald Brooker, Celia Bailey.

Editor: Brian Lancaster, 68 Woodcote GroveRoad, Coulsdon, CR5 2AD. (020 3561 4549).brian.lancaster68@gmail.com

General Secretary: John Greig, 96A BrightonRoad, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.(020 8669 1501).

Librarian: Paul Sowan, 96A Brighton Road,South Croydon, CR2 6AD.

Museum Curator: Chris Taylor, 14 The Chase,Coulsdon, CR5 2EG. (020 8668 9570).

Treasurer: Paul Rainey, 96A Brighton Road,South Croydon, CR2 6AD.

ORDINARY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL

Brenda Hawkins, David Waghorn, Mark Tyson,Carole Roberts, Tony Skrzypczyk, Kake Pugh.

SECTION SECRETARIES & OTHERAPPOINTED POSITIONS

Archaeology (Excavations): Jim Davison, (020 8680 7926)

Bulletin Editor: John Greig, see GeneralSecretary. bulletin@cnhss.org.uk

Company Secretary: Ian Payne, 96ABrighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.(01737 554449)

Conservation Officer: Jane McLauchlin, seeMembership.

Curators of the John Gent Collection: JohnHickman & Carole Roberts. 96a BrightonRoad, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.

Displays: Ken Woodhams (020 8668 3353).

Entomology: Graham Collins (020 8688 4539).

Information: John Greig, see General Secretary.information@cnhss.org.uk

Membership & Subscriptions: JaneMcLauchlin, 96a Brighton Road, SouthCroydon, CR2 6AD.

Meteorology: Ian Currie, 77 Rickman Hill,Coulsdon, CR5 3DT. (01737 554869).

Newsletter Editor : Celia Baileycnhssprogramme@btinternet.com.

Ornithology: Phil & Mavis Barber (01689 843297) and Phil & Marion Hodgson (020 8660 5571).

Programme Secretary: Celia Bailey, 96aBrighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6AD.(020 8686 5610).

Sales Officer: Brian Lancaster, see Editor.

Data Protection: The Society keeps records of members’ name, address, telephone number and emailaddress. Also subscription payments, including any Gift Aid donations. The Society does not disclose thisinformation to any third party other than to HMRC in respect of Gift Aid.

The Elected Officers are Members of Council and they, with the Ordinary Members of Council, are allDirectors of the Limited Company.

The Society’s home page is at http://www.cnhss.co.uk

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CROYDON NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY LIMITEDFounded in 1870 as the Croydon Microscopical Club

Headquarters and Registered Office:96A Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.

The Society’s emblem is based on a bronze openwork disc found in 1893 in a Saxoncemetery in Edridge Road, between Croydon High Street and Park Lane. It is a rareexample of a 5th- or 6th-century girdle ornament or amulet and is now in theCroydon Museum.

The Society is a company limited by guarantee, without share capital, and registered in London No.922278, is registered charity No. 260739, and is recognised by the Croydon Education Authority as aneducational body.

SOCIETY OBJECTIVES

For the public benefit, to encourage the study of the sciences, especially the natural and local history andarchaeology of the Croydon area, by organising lectures, members’ talks, discussions, exhibitions, fieldmeetings and surveys, by issuing publications, and by maintaining a library and a museum.

The Society is concerned with original investigation, conservation, recording, curation, education, andincidental recreation.

MEETINGS

Unless otherwise stated, indoor meetings are held in the Small Hall of the East Croydon United ReformedChurch, Addiscombe Grove, almost opposite East Croydon Station, at 7.45pm.

MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

The Society’s own museum and library may be visited by arrangement with the curator and librarianrespectively (see DIRECTORY). Volunteers willing to help with cataloguing the geological andarchaeological collection are welcome. Members may borrow books from the library.

ORNITHOLOGY GROUP

The group is an informal part of the society as it does not have a section secretary but it remains active,meeting at least twice a month at various birding sites near and far, for example, at South Norwood CountryPark, Beddington Park, the Oare marshes in Kent and Pagham harbour in Sussex. For details contactInformation. It is necessary to inform the leader of each excursion in advance to let him or her know youare going. The place of meeting is always the venue. There are no indoor meetings apart from when theprogramme of outings is planned.

ENTOMOLOGY SECTION

Graham Collins is the Section Secretary and meetings are held at the East Croydon United ReformedChurch in one of the smaller rooms. The meetings are informal and usually involve one or more shortpresentations, sometimes with video, as well as exhibits, such as photographs or specimens, booksand equipment. Refreshments are served.

PUBLICATIONS

Illustrated local history books and recent Proceedings

CROYDON BETWEEN THE WARS (2nd ed. 1993)...............................................................£4.75

CROYDON IN THE 1940s AND 1950s (2nd ed. 2000) ...........................................................£6.75

CROYDON OLD AND NEW, enlarged (1995) ........................................................................£6.75

CROYDON FROM ABOVE (1999) .........................................................................................£6.75

CROYDON’S TRANSPORT – through the ages (2001) ..........................................................£8.75

A VIEW OF CROYDON: Postcards from the past (2011) .....................................................£10.95

18(7) THE “CROYDON CASE”: DIRTY OLD TOWN TO MODEL TOWN(Brian Lancaster, 2001) ...............................................................................................£2.95

18(8) ANCIENT WOODS IN CROYDON (Jane McLauchlin), THE MYSTERIOUS DEATHS OFA FAMILY IN COULSDON (Brian Lancaster) & ST GILES OPEN-AIR SCHOOL, CROYDON

(Grace M Rose, 2004) .................................................................................................£2.95

18(9) THE ARCHBISHOPS’ TOWN, THE MAKING OF MEDIEVAL CROYDON(Oliver Harris, 2005) ...................................................................................................£2.95

19(1) VICTORIAN THORNTON HEATH – THE STORY OF A VARIED LIFE(The autobiography of Joseph J Elliot, edited by Brian Lancaster, 2008) ..................£3.50

19(2) A FERTILE MIND, CUTHBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON: CROYDON’S VICTORIANAGRICULTURAL WRITER & PUBLIC HEALTH REFORMER

(Brian Lancaster, 2009) ...............................................................................................£3.50

19(3) GARDENERS AND GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH, THE LIVES OF THE REV.WILLIAM WILKS – OF SHIRLEY POPPY FAME, MARY SIBTHORP, ADDISCOMBE’SPIONEER ECOLOGIST (AND CAMPAIGNER FOR REFUGEES FROM NAZI TERROR), ANDGEORGE CLINCH, LOCAL ANTIQUARIAN

(Brian Lancaster et al 2010) ........................................................................................£3.50

19(4) GLOW WORMS, FIELD EXPERIMENTS AND SURVEYS 1993-2008.(Malcolm Jennings and Victor Wallace 2012) ............................................................£3.50

19 (5) OF BRICKS AND MEN, RECOLLECTIONS OF HANDLEY’S WOODSIDEBRICKWORKS, CROYDON, AND OF LOCAL HISTORIAN JOHN GENT

(Edward Handley on his father’s brickworks and Paul Sowan on John Gent and onbrick- ....................................making and brickfields in Croydon, 2012).............................£3.50

19 (6) THE DAWNING OF A NEW AGE; CROYDON AND THE ADVENT OF ITSELECTRICITY SUPPLY 1881 – 1898

(Ron Brooker 2013).....................................................................................................£4.50

19(7) THE HAPPIEST DAYS....?: LIFE AS SEEN THROUGH CROYDON SCHOOL LOG BOOKS’(Ron Cox 2014) ...........................................................................................................£4.50

19(8) WINDOWS ONTO THE POOR LAW: COMPARING THE CROYDON ANDGODSTONE POOR LAW UNIONS 1835 TO 1866

(Brian Lancaster 2015)................................................................................................£6.95

19(9) CONSUMED BY FIRE: THE DESTRUCTION OF CROYDON PARISH CHURCH IN1867 AND ITS REBUILD’.

(Brian Lancaster 2016) ……………………………………………………... £4.50

The above books, and copies of our Proceedings (details on request), can be obtained from the Society. For postage and packing please add £1.60.

APRIL

1 Saturday – WALK – “Coulsdon Common to Kenley”. About 2 miles over the commonsand Kenley Airfield, led by Paul Sowan. Meet at the Fox PH on Coulsdon Common (bus 466) at 14:30. The walk ends at Kenley Station.

3 Monday – TALK – “Sopwith Aircraft and the Great War”. This talk by David Hassard,Joint Project Leader of the Kingston Aviation Centenary Project, focuses, with manyhistoric photographs, on the aviation industry in Kingston upon Thames from 1912 to1918.

19 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

20 Thursday – ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Followed, after refreshments, by thePresidential Address given by John Hickman: “Pictures of Croydon on a Few Bob a Week”. David Sweet Hall, ECURC, 19:45.

23 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Springtime at Kings Wood”. A walk for Wood Anemonesand other early Spring flowers. Meet in Kingswood Lane, near the wood, at 14:00. Accessvia Limpsfield Road, CR6 9AB. Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings, inconjunction with Surrey Wildlife Trust.

24 Monday – TALK – “Tom Byron: Emigrant to Canada and Pioneer Cattle Rancher”, a talk by Nigel Elliott. Tom, the eldest son of Edmund Byron, chose to emigrate rather than inherit the Coulsdon estate.

MAY

1 Monday – BOTANY WALK – “Bank Holiday Bluebells”. A walk through the Bluebellsin Devilsden Wood including Cowslips and other Spring flowers in Happy Valley. Meetat 14:00 in the car park on Farthing Downs, Ditches Lane, Coulsdon, CR5 1DA(TQ301571). Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings, in conjunction with SurreyWildlife Trust.

10 Wednesday – TALK – “Davis Theatre Memories”. This talk by Carole Roberts about theDavis Theatre, which stood in the High Street Croydon from 1928 to 1959, will includephotographs, the main events up to the 1940s and a closer look at the attractions of the1950s.

17 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

21 Sunday – WALK – “Rolling Stones – Part 1”. A walk around Blackheath, SE London,led by Paul Sowan, to consider the Blackheath Pebbles and other things. These pebbleswill be more familiar to most members as seen on Croham Hurst. Meet at BlackheathStation at 14:00. Note this is a geological walk, not a pop music event!

22 Monday – TALK – “A Miscellany of Croydon Conflagrations – Lessons from some GreatCroydon Fires”, a talk by John Hickman.

AUGUST

6 Sunday – WALK – “Oxted Railway Tunnel”. A surface walk led by Paul Sowan throughMarden Park and Great Church Wood, along the line of the Oxted Tunnel, to considerhow the surveyors fixed the shaft positions and why the 2266 yard tunnel is curved. Mostlywoodland footpaths, but some serious scrambling to reach shaft three. Meet atWoldingham Station at 14:00 for a three mile walk ending at Woldingham or Oxtedaccording to taste.

12 Saturday – WALK – “The History of Water in Richmond”, led by Paul Rainey. Meet atRichmond station at 14:00.

16 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

19 Saturday – VISIT – “Kirkaldy Testing Museum”. A chance to see the different listedtesting machines in their original setting. Cost £5.00. Meet outside the Testing Museum,99 Southwark Street, SE1 0JF at 11:00 am. Numbers are limited, so please book withCelia Bailey on 020 8686 5610.

28 Monday – BOTANY WALK – “Bank Holiday Botany”. A walk around Happy Valley tocheck up on wild flowers such as Woolly-headed Thistle, a rare plant in Surrey. Meet14:00 at the public car park (not the pub car park) behind the Fox PH, Fox Lane, Coulsdon,CR3 5QS (TQ 317568). Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings, in conjunctionwith Surrey Wildlife Trust.

SEPTEMBER

4 Monday – TALK – “Henry Maudslay and his circle”. By David Waller, author andjournalist.

20 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

25 Monday – TALK – “Consumed by Fire: the Destruction of Croydon Parish Church in1867 and its Rebuild”, a talk by Brian Lancaster, with additional illustrations, assisted byJohn Hickman.

OCTOBER

9 Monday – TALK – “Looking for Life on Mars”. When life began on Earth 3.8 billionyears ago, Mars was habitable, with surface water and a thick atmosphere. Now it is cold,dry and harsh, but it is still our closest hope for life beyond Earth. For this talk we welcomeback Professor Andrew Coates from the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory.

16 Monday – TALK – “The Wandle and the Prehistory of South-West London”, byarchaeologist Jon Cotton.

18 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

30 Monday – TALK – “From Mountbatten to Patten: Proconsuls and the Ending of Empire– 1947-1997”. A talk by Tony Stockwell, Emeritus Professor of Modern History,examining the role and reputations of proconsuls at empire’s end.

JUNE

14 Wednesday – TALK – “Roman Wall Plaster from London”. Ian Betts, Senior Specialistin Buildings Materials, will look at the most important decorated Roman wall plasterfound in London over the last 35 years. The talk will examine the varied decorativeschemes recovered from excavations in London and discuss the latest findings from newresearch.

18 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Orchids and other Wild Flowers of Kenley Common”. Awalk through the fields surrounding Kenley Airfield, an historic WW2 fighter base lookingfor Orchids and other rare plants. Meet at 14:00 at the highest point in Hilltop Road,Kenley, near steps to Kenley Common. CR3 0DE (TQ336586). Led by Jane McLauchlinand Malcolm Jennings, in conjunction with Surrey Wildlife Trust.

21 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room).

24 Saturday – 30 Sunday – “Croydon Heritage Festival”. Members will be giving talks invarious venues around the town. See website for details:http://www.croydonheritagefestival.co.uk/about-the-festival/

25 Sunday – MUSEUM OPEN DAY – Regulars at the Museum will be there from 13:30 to16:30 to show you round and answer questions. There will be a handling collectionavailable, and a series of short talks on the fascinating artefacts from the Museum,including some of the many items it has dating from the Stone Age. For directions to theMuseum please call our Curator, Chris Taylor, on 020 8668 9570. NO parking is availableon the school site, but there are good transport links by bus and train (Woodmansternestation) or parking in nearby roads. Come along; enjoy the collections with tea and cakes.

26 Monday – TALK – “Insectinside: Life in the Bushes of a Small Peckham Park”. PennyFrith started a photographic insect study of ‘an insignificant park in London’ with themission to photograph everything that moved. Six years on, over 500 different specieshave been photographed. This is the story of life in the bushes.

JULY

2 Sunday – WALK – “Rolling Stones – Part 2”. The second part of our geological walk,led by Paul Sowan. We will walk around Hayes and Keston Commons to consider theBlackheath Pebbles and other things. Meet at Hayes Station at 14:00.

17 Monday – TALK – “The Loseley Chapel in St Nicolas, Guildford: its Links with a WiderLiterary and Cultural World”. By Dr. Catherine Ferguson.

19 Wednesday – ENTOMOLOGY – Members’ evening (Beginners Room)

20 Thursday – WALK – “West Croydon Church Townscape”, led by Brian Lancaster. Meetat West Croydon Station at 19:00.

30 Sunday – BOTANY WALK – “Dollypers Hill Nature Reserve”. A walk in high Summerfor wildflowers and butterflies (weather permitting), possibly includingSilver-washedFritillaries. Meet at 14:00 by the junction of Caterham Drive and Austin Close, Coulsdon,CR5 1JN (TQ316583). Led by Malcolm Jennings, in conjunction with Surrey Wildlife Trust.