Club Diary
Croydon Club meets on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month (except August) 19:00 for 19:30. Unless otherwise stated, all meetings are held at the Shirley Park Golf Club, Addiscombe Road, Croydon CR0 7LB
“Teen Talk”
Type of meeting: Speaker
Date: 27 November 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
This will be the new President’s first formal meeting and tonight she will be welcoming Jon Kelly, Assistant Head Inclusion, Kidbrooke School. Jon will be talking about the “Teen Talk” clinic, a drop-in health centre, which opened on the school site in 2003, the first of its kind in London. It is run in partnership with the local primary care trust and offers a wide range of services, including sexual health advice. Since it opened, the rate of teenage pregnancy has dropped dramatically.
Following Jon’s talk there will be a report on the Barbados Conference from Penny Veness, followed by the first of the short “My School Days” talks to be given by a member.
A ‘magical’ Christmas supper
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 11 December 2008
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
We are looking forward to the magic of Kevin Hayes, a close-up magician who will be entertaining us this evening at our traditional Christmas supper. We will also be hearing from Jad Adams about the work of Nightwatch, one of the charities we donate to each Christmas. At this event, we take the opportunity to exchange Christmas cards and to bring gifts for children, resident in the Women’s refuge, to wrap and give to their mothers. Cost for the supper is £17 per head.
Young Dick Barton and the ’suit of power’
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 8 January 2009
Time: 18:00
Venue: The Warehouse Theatre
Join us for an evening at the Warehouse Theatre to see “Young Dick Barton : the Devil Wears Tweed” by Duncan Wisbey and music by Stefan Bednarczyk. Dick learns about a three-piece suit worth millions of pounds and wanted by all the major powers of the world: the Suit of Power… Tickets are £12 + £6.50 for supper. 12 Tickets and 3 Tables have been reserved. All tickets have been sold.
Business Meeting
Type of meeting: Business
Date: 22 January 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
Time to catch up with club business following the Christmas break. Also, another chance to hear a member talking about “My School Days”.
Performing Arts
Type of meeting: Speaker
Date: 12 February 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
Tonight we welcome Graham Harker, former Head Teacher of Shirley High to tell us how the school transformed into a Performing Arts School.
Business Meeting
Type of meeting: Business
Date: 26 February 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
A standard meeting followed by “My School Days”.
Inter-Club Friendship Supper:
Prison education schemes and their impact on re-offending rates
Type of meeting: Speaker Meeting
Date: 12 March 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: The Chateau, Coombe Lane, Croydon CR0 5RE
This year we thought we would try a change of venue for this ever-popular annual supper. Our guest speaker is Paul McDowell, Governor of Brixton Prison, who will be talking about education schemes available to prisoners, both at Brixton and other prisons, and whether these have an impact on reducing re-offending rates. There will be a raffle, one half of which will be donated to a prison scheme and the remainder to the President’s charity, the Helena Kennedy Foundation. Cost for 3-course supper and glass of wine is £21 per head. We are hoping that on this occasion we will be joined by some of our male colleagues from Rotary, Lions and Probus clubs in and around Croydon.
Cheese, Wine and Lavender evening
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 9 April 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: A member’s home
Join us for a relaxing evening when we shall hear all about lavender from Kathleen Claridge – and partake in wine and refreshments.
Annual General Meeting
Type of meeting: Business
Date: 23 April 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
A chance to catch up with the work of our sub-committees, followed by “My School Days”.
Supper Meeting
The contribution of wildlife conservation bodies
to educational development programmes
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 14 May 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Croham Hurst Golf Club, Croham Road, South Croydon CR2
Tonight we welcome Bruce Painting, a former Industrial Chemicals Marketing Manager. Bruce retired in 1997 after a career spanning 38 years in the chemicals industry. He now leads a very active ‘retirement’ both as a freelance Social Research Interviewer and as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Bruce’s talk aims to discuss the valuable role wildlife organisations can play in creating educational opportunities for all parts of our society. It will be illustrated by projects that he has contributed to within the past five years as a member of the South Dorset RSPB Group Committee.
Croydon Club’s 82nd Birthday
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 23 May 2009
Time: 12:30
Venue: A member’s home
Join us for a Fish & Chip lunch to celebrate the Club’s birthday.
Business Meeting
Type of meeting: Business
Date: 28 May 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
A standard meeting followed by “My School Days”. We are also hoping to engage a speaker to talk about the life and work of Darwin in preparation for our visit to Down House on 11 June.
Tour of Down House
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 11 June 2009
Time: 10:30
Venue: Down House, Kent
To celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Darwin and the 150th anniversary since the publication of The Origin of the Species, we have arranged a tour of Down House for 12-15 people, commencing at 11:00. This will be followed by lunch at a local pub/restaurant.
There will be NO club meeting this evening.
Business Meeting
Type of meeting: Business
Date: 25 June 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
A standard meeting followed by “My School Days”.
Members’ Night
Type of meeting: Social
Date: 9 July 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
This is YOUR night – to chat about old times, remember past friends, bring your favourite poem or reading, tell a funny story, tell a sad story, bring a piece of needlework or craftwork you have made or a picture you have painted, or your favourite photograph or print. Whatever you do, tonight is all about YOU.
Speaker Meeting
“Life Upon the Wicked Stage” – 40 years of amateur operatics.
Type of meeting: Speaker
Date: 23 July 2009
Time: 19:00
Venue: Shirley Park Golf Club
Tonight we welcome the President’s husband, Laurie Painting, former Treasurey and MOD Official. Laurie first trod the amateur stage during the early 60s while serving as the Secretary of the Naval Hospital in Malta, where he lived for three years with his wife and four children (the youngest was born in Malta). On his return to the UK, he was invited to join the Eldorado Operatic Society in Lewisham, where he not only took many leading roles but also participated in the management of the society, serving eight years as chairman. He remained with this society until the early 90s when he moved to the Sidcup Operatic Society, initially as a guest (and where he met Patricia – but that’s another story…) Laurie was presented with a National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) medal in 2000 after over 35 qualifying years on the amateur stage. He hopes you will find he has not forgotten how to entertain!