Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

Berlin Retrospective

South Croydon United Church Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, United Kingdom

Back in June, 14 of COPSE's more adventurous souls set off by train and plane for a week or so of fun and frolics in Germany's capital. History, culture and entertainment were consumed, as were the inevitable currywurst and industrial quantities of pork knuckles with sauerkraut. Tonight we regale you with our travellers' tales in […]

Repeat Lower Centre leg of “Now 90!” Croydon Green Spaces Challenge Walk

Another opportunity to complete the Lower Centre leg of the Challenge. Please note we've adjusted some timings after the first instance of this walk - shown in a nice shade of bold pink below. This walk will form part of COPSE's 90th anniversary Challenge, overall visiting, appropriately enough, a total of 90 of Croydon's green […]

Cycle Ride to Olympic Park, Stratford

Here are details of the Sunday 8th September cycle ride. It will be an approximately 35 mile ride to the Olympic park in Stratford. Meet at 10am outside Boxpark adjacent to E.Croydon station. Route: Cycle route 21 from Addiscombe to Greenwich, mainly off-road cycle paths. Greenwich foot tunnel to Island Gardens. Cycle route 1 via […]

Talk by Clare Walker: Tasmania

South Croydon United Church Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, United Kingdom

We've all enjoyed Clare's previous talks to the Club. Tonight she returns by popular demand, this time to recount her travels in Tasmania - devils, pademelons and all. There's more about Clare and her travels on her website https://clare-walker-speaker.weebly.com/

“NOW 90!” – our 90th birthday, Kickoff Event – Saturday Afternoon Reception

Croydon Masonic Hall

EVERYONE is invited to come along for an informal visit during the afternoon to enjoy a chat and catch a little of our club's history by viewing some of our archive materials.  Sorry I couldn't give the times sooner but I only gained them late yesterday. Please come upstairs to the Wheeler Room whenever you […]

Captions &. . . .Kit

South Croydon United Church Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, United Kingdom

Advance Notice – land of opportunity for your photos! All This Club Night one element of the evening is the Caption Competition, where you apply your considerable wits to some problematic pictures. Back in the days when this traditional diversion started, we took the occasional snap with a box brownie, only weeks later paying through […]

Saturday Walk with Pepys – Stroll 3 – a Night Out! – POSTPONED

Apologies all, but due to sickness I've had to postpone this at short notice. I'll reschedule. Ken We were all so impressed with the Pepys Walk last December that we did a Second Instalment in February. If it's worth doing, it's worth flogging to death, so here we are for a third go.   Where? […]

An evening with HAL 9000?

South Croydon United Church Aberdeen Road, South Croydon, United Kingdom

Linda and Tim's Scottish recollections will now be on 12th November. Instead  . . . Back in 1968 it was           "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"   But these things can (probably) do things HAL never dreamed of: Tonight we explore their possibilities!