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WEST WICKHAM & COULSDON COMMONS DIARY
The Corporation's Newsletter and diary of Guided Walks and Events around their local open spaces, including Riddlesdown, may be viewed by clicking on the link above.
A site devoted to promoting good citizenship and beating anti-
Orchard Road enters the woodland [Off Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, B269, bus route 403].
The following is from the Riddlesdown Recorder April 2010:
CANTILENA SINGERS
We are a friendly, local, ladies choir.
For us, 2009 was a successful year which included several seasonal performances before Christmas.
We perform an annual concert in July when friends and supporters gather to hear the choir perform a concert of
songs and light music. This concert is always a fundraising event for the choir’s chosen charities.
In our weekly rehearsals we have fun and improve our technique with clear guidance from our musical director, ably assisted by our pianist. We are helped with relaxation and vocal exercises and are coaxed gently through passages with tricky tuning or timing.
Cantilena Singers welcomes new members. We meet on Wednesdays at
7.30pm in the Small Hall, Methodist Church, Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead (403 bus route). The new term started on 13 January 2010 when we began to prepare for our summer concert. For more information please ring Jill on 07957 627783.
CROYDON OPEN GROUP
If you enjoy books and music, you might like to join a small like-
We are hoping you might be attracted by the prospect of spending what could turn out to be an interesting evening in pleasant and comfortable surroundings, sharing or adding to your knowledge and interests without needing to be competitive or feeling judged. We meet between 8pm and 10pm and members bring with them a couple of short extracts from books, music, or from their own interests or experience, in any style or format, to fit the subject on the programme no matter how loosely. Even if you feel you know nothing at all about the evening’s theme you may be able to find something to bring, no matter how inconsequential, and in sharing this with what is contributed by other members you may discover things you didn’t know, or interests you might like to pursue further.
The atmosphere is informal, based on meeting with a focus, the prime object being to have a pleasant, interesting evening in friendly company; we stop for biscuits and a cup of tea or coffee halfway through. As the annual subscription only has to cover administration costs, it is low and there is a small charge for refreshments at the meeting.
We would welcome new members of any age so, if this sounds a tempting alternative to whatever TV has to offer, why not come along for a ‘taster’
session where you wouldn’t need to bring a contribution.
If you want more details about the group, please ring me, Anne Slatford, on 020 8660 4378.
MARION'S GUIDED WALKS
For more details about the Downlands Project Walks Programme telephone 01737 737700 or 01883 341140
IRAQ AND THE BILL
AT PURLEY LIT
Already Purley Lit, our local talks and computer slide shows society, has speakers to entertain you every other Tuesday evening this coming autumn. And we’ve only just finished a season which included a calendar girl, Pompeii, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Fred Dibnah's widow! First up will be actor Graham Cole’s insider’s experience of The Bill, the
long-
Then there is a wholly different take on war-
A new departure will be Vivien Lovett’s two-
Next year…is too far ahead but will include a history of the South Downs, our new local National Park, by Patrick Coulther.
Becoming a member
Every autumn-
Become a member now for only £21 a year and save the £31 extra it would cost paying the £5 visitor’s fee at the door. There’s also coffee and biscuits. Purley Lit is the ideal, short, local evening out: talks start at 8pm and end no later than 9.30pm with a diverse range of speakers on a wide range of subjects.
Ring Margaret Hall our membership secretary on 8668 1764, or look us up on www.purley-
RIDDLESDOWN LAWN
TENNIS CLUB
Back in the 1930s, our Club was developed to provide the local community with the opportunity to exercise by playing sport and encourage residents to socialise.
We like to think, 75 years on, that these aims remain the same.
With a wide variety of ages and standards, we offer something for everyone who likes tennis. There are club sessions (Sundays/Fridays) for those just starting out or looking to brush off the cobwebs, with Wednesday and Saturday afternoons catering for the more experienced players.
The club offers Junior play with coaching on Saturday mornings, and, for the more competitive, there’s our annual tournament and Surrey LTA Competitions. Open play is available to all members outside these sessions.
On the social side, there’s the camaraderie of the club sessions, endorsed by members taking turns to provide tea and cakes, plus several functions each year where friends and family are welcomed.
Please look at our website (www.RiddlesdownLTC.com)
or come along to Lower Barn Road.
RSPB CROYDON LOCAL GROUP
Monthly Illustrated Wildlife Talks,
Old Whitgiftian Association Clubhouse, Croham Manor Road (off Croham Road), South Croydon. Second Monday of each month (except June), 2pm and again at 8pm. Admission £3.50.
Everyone welcome, not just RSPB members. Refreshments included.
A selection of RSPB goods, nuts & seeds are on sale. Parking is limited on site but free in adjacent road (no meters)
Monday May 10: House Crow: Corvus Splendens – a talk on invasive alien birds around the world will focus on the House Crow that Dr Colin Ryall has been studying for 25 years. He is currently the Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management at Kingston University.
Monday July 12: The RSPB Reserves of North Kent will be expertly explained to us by Gordon Allison, Warden of the RSPB North Kent Marshes, stationed at Elmley Marshes Reserve on the Isle of Sheppey.
Monday August 9: RSPB Croydon Local Group’s General Meeting at 2pm and AGM at 8pm, plus a talk (tba)
Monday September 13: On TheTexas Trail is a roundup of the birds unique to Texas and the southwest US deserts. Dave Hassell has 12 years experience as a YOC Group Leader and 17 years as an RSPB Local Group Committee member.
Monday October 11: Orchids will be shown in all their exotic beauty by David Johnston,
founder member of the RSPB Gravesend Local Group and a self-
ST. EDMUND'S CARING GROUP
In 2009 we undertook a total of 851 jobs including transport to 272 medical appointments and over 200 shopping trips. More importantly no job was refused, and that is down to the commitment of our wonderful volunteers, who give of their time for free.
If you would like to become a volunteer please contact Julia or Barbara as below; just one hour a month would be a great help and some jobs take even less time than that!
Equally, if you need our help in any way and live in Riddlesdown please do give us a call to find out a bit more about us and what we can do to support you.
Julia Rider 020 8651 6493 Barbara Towler 020 8660 8653
SANDERSTEAD
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
June 28 is the date for our Summer Flower Show in the Wettern Tree Garden, Purley Oaks Road. From 2pm. As usual we will have The Crystal Palace Brass Band, Teas on the lawns, Plant Sale, Craft Stalls, Children’s entertainer plus the show itself with classes for flowers fruit and vegetable, domestics and crafts. Do please come to what is always a delightful afternoon and, if you are not a member already you could always join us for a mere £6 and exhibit your own produce and have even more fun on the day.
Membership details from Valerie Burley 8651 5837.
Colin Jones, Chairman
VOLUNTEERING
FOR VICTIM SUPPORT
Victim Support is the independent national charity for people affected by crime. We give free and confidential help to victims of crime, and their family and friends. We can provide emotional support, practical help and information.
Victim Support in Croydon, based in the Brighton Road, South Croydon, offers support to people living or working anywhere in the borough of Croydon but we can only provide this service with the help of committed volunteers.
So, if you would like to volunteer for this much needed and worthwhile organisation
and help people in your community, please contact us for more information or for
an application pack. Volunteers must be non-
There is an opportunity for volunteers to develop their role and undertake further training to support victims of the most serious crimes, such as rape and sexual assault, those bereaved by murder and manslaughter, domestic violence and hate crimes.
If you have been a victim of crime and would like help from us do please contact us on the number below.
Our offices are at
250 Brighton Road,
South Croydon
CR2 6AH.
Website: http://www.vslondon.org/
Phone: 020 8681 7711, email:vscroydon@vslondon.org