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STOP PRESS - Late Change to Speaker at Monday's Monthly General Meeting at Crofton Halls
15th March 2022
There has been a late change to Monday's speaker as Gilly has Covid. We are Grateful to Peter for stepping into the breach. We wish Gilly a speedy recovery and look forward to hearing her talk later in the year. Click HERE for details of Monday's meeting. ...
Membership Renewal for 2022 is NOW DUE
27th January 2022
Membership for 2022 will be £12 and is due by 1st March. Click HERE for further details. Those of you who joined after 1 December 2021 already have 2022 membership and do not need to renew. ...
Update From The AGM
22nd January 2022
Our AGM was held on Zoom on 17th January. For those of you that weren't able to attend, the key points were: William Sear stood down as Chairman, as did Sybil Robinson (Newsletter Editor), Frank Rowe (Business Secretary) and John Robertson (Publicity). Incoming Vice-Chairman Sue Howe...
Book sale at Crofton Halls November General Meeting
3rd October 2021
It's a whole 2 years since we have had a book sale so gather together all those paperbacks you enjoyed during lockdown and wish to donate and buy some more "just in case", for Xmas presents or just because you have run out of reading material. We hope to see you at...
London Region Summer School - Tuesday August 17th
6th August 2021
Getting back into the swing! A special day of talks, live music and guided walks. Save the date. Now booking! Click links below for: 2021 Summer School Programme2021 Summer School Flyer2021 SS Online Application Form2021 SS Postal Application Form...
last chance for London Region Summer Talks
1st August 2021
London Region Summer talks Programme comes to an end this month with two more talks this month. Click on the flyer for more details including how to register. summertalks2021flyer.pdf ...
Hand bell presentation for 23 years of service
22nd April 2021
On 14th April, hand bell members presented Terry and Barbara Rayfield with a gift to say thank you for their 23 years of running the Hand bell group. The group will reconvene at St John's church on 10th September. Pictured with Terry and Barbara are Joan Fabb and Dorothy Weller, both founder...
A celebration of Hand bell ringing over 23 years
2nd March 2021
After 23 years, Terry Rayfield has decided to step down from leading the Hand bells Interest Group. Way back in 1998, when Orpington u3a was very new, Terry set up the hand bell ringing group with seven members and two octaves of bells, ably supported by his wife Barbara. They now have...
Join us on Monday for our next monthly online meeting
13th February 2021
We have partnered with a company called Mirthy for our next few meetings. They have an excellent selection of talks and we are sure you will enjoy our selections. The meetings are easy to join. An email will be sent out in the week before each meeting with a link for you to...
Join us on Monday for the AGM
13th January 2021
We hope you enjoyed our December entertainment by Matthew Sear. We had over 100 members join the meeting again this month. Given that more than one person will have been watching in many of the households, we are getting back towards our Crofton Halls attendances of around 200 so it looks like...
