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ORDINARY & GROUP MEMBERS 15.00 pa
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 9.00 pa
(APPLICABLE ONLYTO THOSE IN AHOUSEHOLD WITH AN ORDINARY, LIFE OR HONORARYMEMBER)
LIFE MEMBERS 150
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DIRECTORY
All general correspondence should be addressed to the Society at its Registered Office, 96a
Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD. For enquiries by telephone, ring Information as
below. For electronic enquiries please email information@cnhss.org.uk
ELECTED OFFICERS,
President: Ian Payne, 96a Brighton Road, South
Croydon, CR2 6AD. 01737 554449
Vice Presidents: Jane McLauchlin, Paul Sowan,
Ronald Brooker, Celia Bailey.
Editor: Brian Lancaster, 68 Woodcote Grove
Road, Coulsdon, CR5 2AD. (020 8668 6909).
brian.lancaster1@btinternet.com
General Secretary: John Greig, 96A Brighton
Road, 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, John Hickman, David Waghorn,
Mark Tyson, Carole Roberts, Tony Skrzypczyk,
Susan Taylor.
SECTION SECRETARIES & OTHER
APPOINTED POSITIONS
Archaeology (Excavations): Jim Davison,
(020 8680 7926)
Botany & Mycology: Vacant.
Bulletin Editor: John Greig, 62 Boundary Road,
Carshalton, SM5 4AD. (020 8669 1501)
Company Secretary: Paul Sowan, 96A Brighton
Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.
Conservation Officer: Dr. Jane McLauchlin,
see Membership.
Curator of the John Gent Collection: John
Hickman 96a Brighton Road, South Croydon,
CR0 6AD.
Displays: Ken Woodhams, 60 Penwortham
Road, South Croydon, CR2 0QS.
(020 8668 3353).
Entomology: Graham Collins,15 Hurst Way,
South Croydon, CR2 7AP. (020 8688 4539).
Geology Industrial Studies & Archaeology:
Celia Bailey, see Programme Secretary.
Information: Brian Lancaster, see Editor.
Local History: Brian Lancaster, see Editor.
Membership & Subscriptions: Dr. Jane
McLauchlin, 96a Brighton Road, South
Croydon, CR0 6AD.
Meteorology: Ian Currie, 77 Rickman Hill,
Coulsdon, CR5 3DT. (01737 554869).
Newsletter Editor : Celia Bailey
cnhssprogramme@btinternet.com.
Ornithology: Phil & Mavis Barber
(01689 843297) and Phil & Marion Hodgson
(020 8660 5571).
Programme Secretary: Celia Bailey, 96a
Brighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6AD.
(020 8686 5610).
Sales Officer: Brian Lancaster, see Editor.
The Elected Officers are Members of Council and they, with the Ordinary Members of Council, are all
Directors of the Limited Company.
The Societys home page is at http://www.cnhss.org.uk/archives/index.htm
Printed by Cherrill Print, 297 Brighton Road, South Croydon CR2 6EQ (020 8681 7826)
CROYDON NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY LIMITED
Founded in 1870 as the Croydon Microscopical Club
Headquarters and Registered Office:
96A Brighton Road, South Croydon, CR2 6AD.
The Societys emblem is based on a bronze openwork disc found in 1893 in a Saxon
cemetery in Edridge Road, between Croydon High Street and Park Lane. It is a rare
example of a 5th- or 6th-century girdle ornament or amulet and is now in the
Croydon 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 an
educational body.
SOCIETY OBJECTIVES
For the public benefit, to encourage the study of the sciences, especially the natural and local history and
archaeology of the Croydon area, by organising lectures, members talks, discussions, exhibitions, field
meetings and surveys, by issuing publications, and by maintaining a library and a museum.
The Society is concerned with original investigation, conservation, recording, curation, education, and
incidental recreation.
MEETINGS
Unless otherwise stated, indoor meetings are held in the Small Hall of the East Croydon United Reformed
Church, Addiscombe Grove, almost opposite East Croydon Station, at 7.45pm.
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY
The Societys own museum and library may be visited by arrangement with the curator and librarian
respectively (see DIRECTORY). Volunteers willing to help with cataloguing the geological and
archaeological 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 Country
Park, Beddington Park, the Oare marshes in Kent and Pagham harbour in Sussex. Details can be obtained
from the General Secretary who will send you a programme of the excursions. It is necessary to inform
the leader of each excursion in advance to let him or her know you are going. The place of meeting is
always the venue. There are no indoor meetings apart from when the programme of outings is planned.
ENTOMOLOGY SECTION
Graham Collins is the Section Secretary and meetings are held at the East Croydon United Reformed
Church in one of the smaller rooms. The meetings are informal insofar as there are no invited speakers.
Members bring along specimens they have found or photographs they have taken of insects for the purpose
of either identification or discussion or both. Members sometimes bring along equipment. There are no
excursions but this does not rule out going outside.
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PUBLICATIONS
Illustrated local history books
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
Some Recent Proceedings
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 OF
A 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: CROYDONS VICTORIAN
AGRICULTURAL 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'S
PIONEER ECOLOGIST (AND CAMPAIGNER FOR REFUGEES FROM NAZI TERROR), AND
GEORGE 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 WOODSIDE
BRICKWORKS, CROYDON, AND OF LOCAL HISTORIAN JOHN GENT
(Edward Handley on his father's brickworks and Paul Sowan on John Gent and on brick-
making and brickfields in Croydon, 2012)..................................................................3.50
19 (6) THE DAWNING OF A NEW AGE; CROYDON AND THE ADVENT OF ITS
ELECTRICITY 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
The above books, and copies of our Proceedings (details on request), can be obtained from the Society. For
postage and packing please add 1.50 for the illustrated local history books and 1.25 for the other publications.
OCTOBER
5 Sunday VISIT Crofton Roman Villa, we will view the remains of ten rooms within a
modern cover building, it was the centre of a farming estate of about 500 acres, occupied from
AD 140 to 400. Special guided tour by an archaeologist, entrance fee 5, Please pre book with
Celia Bailey. Meet at the villa, Crofton Road, Orpington, next to the station at 13:45.
8 Wednesday TALK Roman Brooches Frank Pembertons talk will cover brooches worn
from the 1st century AD in the City of London and its hinterland.
15 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
20 Monday TALK Twentieth Century Tesla Bernard Winchester's second illustrated talk on
Tesla looks at the spectacular and mysterious experiments of the inventor's later life. Did the
"Master of Lightning" have the answers to the energy crisis and global warming?
25 Saturday EXCURSION In and around Farnham. Starting with a special tour of the
museum at 11:00, (donation) looking at the Georgian townscape and a visit to the Castle. Pub
or picnic lunch. Meet at Farnham Station 10:30. Leader, Paul Sowan.
26 Sunday BOTANY WALK Autumn Colour and Fungi. A walk through gardens and
woodland for colourful shrubs and trees with toadstools and mushrooms along the way. Meet
at Heathfield Gardens car park in Riesco Drive, off Ballards Way. TQ353638 at 10.00. Led by
Jane McLauchlin.
27 Monday TALK - Croydon's Roman and Saxon collections. Rob Shakespeare, Museum &
Archives Manager, Croydon Council, will look at the Roman and Saxon artefacts in the
Museum of Croydon's collections and discuss how they are being used to tell the story of
Croydon before the 11th century.
NOVEMBER
3 Monday TALK The South London Botanical Institute, founded by Allan Octavian Hume
in 1910, in Tulse Hill, has sought to interest local people in plants and fungi for over a century.
Roy Vickery will describe the Institutes history and activities, including the recent creation of
Englands only Moss Trail.
12 Wednesday TALK A very helpful person. Although not one of our more famous
members, William Low Sarjeant was well respected and highly skilled. His influence towards
the end of the 1800s will also be discussed by society member John Greig.
16 Sunday VISIT The Foundling Museum A guided tour of the museum, with the option
of lunch in the Museums restaurant. and staying for the afternoon concert. Meet at the
Foundling Hospita, 40 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AZ at 11.45.. 8.00. Please book
with Celia Bailey, 020 8686 5610.
19 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
22 Saturday Focus on the Preservation of Historic Buildings. "Building Conservation, the
SPAB and Some Cases from Croydon" by Matthew Slocombe of the Society for the
Preservation of Ancient Buildings; and Martin Higgins will talk on "Record and understand
before you change anything!". As usual tea will be provided. David Sweet Hall, ECURC 14:30
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14 Saturday BOTANY WALK Trees and ancient hedgerows in Winter. A walk around
Mitchley Woods, Ansley Berry Shaw and the surrounding Elizabethan field system. Meet in
Tithepit Shaw Lane near the junction with Wentworth Way, Hamsey Green. TQ346595 at 10.00.
Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings.
18 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
23 Monday TALK The Last Monastic Herbal in England: Syon Abbey, before 1517. An
illustrated talk by John Adams, Member, Syon Abbey Research Associates; Fellow, Society of
Antiquaries, London.
28 Saturday EXCURSION - Tunbridge Wells. Meet at East Croydon at 8.45 or Tunbridge
Wells Station at 10.15. Looking at The Pantiles and Chalybeate Spring, and the Opera House
now a pub where we can have lunch. In the afternoon we will visit the Museum & Art Gallery
with Victorian paintings, Local History and Tunbridge ware. Please book with Celia Bailey
020 8686 5610.
30 Monday TALK "..........we will remember them": the artists, funding, inscriptions and
preservation of Croydon's War Memorials. A talk by society member Ron Cox.
APRIL
8 Wednesday TALK - Dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park. Professor Joe Cain of UCL London
will discusses how the dinosaurs fit into the larger setting of the park and into the history of
science.
12 Sunday BOTANY WALK Early Spring flowers. A walk in Happy Valley SSSI for the
first signs of Spring. Meet in the car park on Farthing Downs, Ditches Lane, Coulsdon.
TQ301571 at 14.00. Led by Jane McLauchlin and Malcolm Jennings.
15 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
23 Thursday ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Followed after refreshments, by the
Presidential Address given by Ian Payne, History and Circumstance. Family research reveals
18th C Inventory, Red shirt bandsman, Saskatchewan land grants, downed aircraft, Pogroms,
Auschwitz, Nazi era insurance policies, mental asylum, questions of Jewishness, stolen
grandparents and much more. David Sweet Hall ECURC, 19:45.
27 Monday TALK - Stores, wars and theatres: the High Street Croydon 1901-1958. This talk
by Carole Roberts will include Grants and other High Street stores in the first part of the
twentieth century, the effects of the First and Second World Wars on the High Street, the Grand
and Davis Theatres.
24 Monday TALK The role of dogs during the First World War. Emma White will focus on
the British use of dogs during the war, specifically as messengers on the Western Front.
Recruitment, training and use during the last year of the war will be examined.
30 Sunday WALK Croham Hurst. Paul Sowan will lead a walk looking at this special site
and will also discuss the Croham Hurst Survey. Meet at 10.00 on the corner of Melville Avenue
and Croham Road.
DECEMBER
10 Wednesday TALK An Introduction to the John Gent Collection, the Bequest and a Way
Forward, John Hickman, curator of the collection, and Carole Roberts provide an insight into
the remarkable postcard collection and outline work currently in progress.
17 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
JANUARY 2015 SUBSCRIPTIONS NOW DUE
14 Wednesday TALK The Cosmatesque Pavement at Westminster Abbey Dr Ruth Siddall
will talk about her collaboration with the Abbey and the geology decorative of the pavement,
a form of opus sectile decorative stonework, where different shaped pieces of coloured stones
are arranged.
21 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
26 Monday TALK - Seven o Clock and not a baby bathed. The story of a Camberwell
midwife. This illustrated lecture by Robert J Holden, with a display of artefacts are a celebration
of her life and work.
FEBRUARY
11 Wednesday TALK - The Wonder of the Era. On the 90th anniversary of the introduction
of, Electrical Recording, Adrian Falks will describe and illustrate, with some rare recordings,
the impact of this invention on communication, entertainment and the preservation of the legacy
of great artistes of the period.
16 Monday TALK - "Animal Power - Muscle Mills The history of animal power, the variety
of animals employed and the uses to which the power is put. Local examples will be explored.
Jan Spencer of the Surrey Industrial History Group will discuss what he has learnt from
constructing working models.
18 Wednesday ENTOMOLOGY Members evening (Beginners Room).
23 Monday TALK House of Reeves, its history, family and their activities. A talk by Trevor
Reeves. Edwin Reeves started trading in Croydon in 1867. His sole trader company, five
generations later still exists in Croydon as House of Reeves.
MARCH
11 Wednesday TALK Erith Forest. Jane Sidell Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English
Heritage talks about her research of the lost Bronze Age forest and the surviving stumps and
roots.
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