Some Events
may need prior booking
Friday 21st
June 7.30pm
Wine Tasting
Welcome in the first day of
Summer at Honeywood with a selection of wines! Back for another fun and
informative evening, Worcester Park’s The Vin Bin will be helping us to
learn about a range of summery wines, with the opportunity to add to
your collection
Cheese and biscuits will be provided -
Tickets £10 - Advanced
booking required -
Please call 020 8770 4297
 22nd
June 10am at Dr. Williams's Library, 14 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0AR
William Hale White ('Mark Rutherford') 100 Years On - A Symposium
Carshalton's greatest literary figure will also be celebrated at a
symposium in London on Saturday, 22 June 2013. A wide range of topics
will be covered by speakers including Rosemary Ashton, Valentine
Cunningham and Max Saunders. It will take place at Dr. Williams's
Library, Gordon Square WC1H 0AR. For a printable booking form (includes lunch)
click
HERE
This event is organised by the
Mark Rutherford Society
 27th June 7.30pm
Local Railway Connections
Local transport historian John Parkin will give an illustrated
talk Local Railway Connections
Honeywood Museum - Tickets: £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)
Bookings
020 8773 0185
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a Friends of Honeywood Museum event
 Saturday and Sunday 29th and 30th June 10am-5pm
Model
Railway Weekend
In collaboration with
Carshalton and Sutton Model Railway Club and
Croydon Model Railway Society
A weekend with model railway layouts running, model Croydon trams, model
rail and railway building exhibits.
There will also be themed crafts, with
lots to make.
Carshalton & Sutton Model Railway
Club's Oak Hill Layout
Meetings Monday at St Barnabas Church Hall, Sutton
Layouts in the following scales and Gauges:
'H0' USA, 'H0' Netherlands, 'H0' French, '00' BR, '00' DCC BR modern image
and 'P4' BR
Their website can be found at
www.csmrc.co.uk
Contact CSMRC through their Website
Croydon Model Railway
Society's (left to right) Tarttila, Hemlock, Croydon Tramlink and Avon
Sidings layouts
Meetings Wednesday evenings at their Club Room in South Croydon
Their Website can be found at
www.croydonmrs.org.uk Contact CMRS through their Website
Children’s Buggy
Parking
- please note
that for this weekend there will be manned buggy parking outside the
front of Honeywood Museum. Visitors with young children are welcome to
take buggies around the ground floor of the house. We would then request
that they are left in the buggy park and not parked in the front garden
or in the house. We expect the weekend to be busy, and this will ease
space for all our visitors. Please note buggies and other items are left
entirely at the owners risk. Please telephone 020 8770 4297 with any
queries.
Thank you.
Saturday 6th July -
look out for the Friends' stall at the Carshalton Charter Fair: do come
and say hello! -
 12th
July 7.30pm
Mark Rutherford's People - A selection of readings by Mark Crees
For the best part of thirty years Mark
Rutherford lived in Carshalton; one of those years he spent right here,
in Honeywood Museum (then known as Stream House). 2013
also marks the centenary of this elusive writer’s death.
To
accompany
our exhibition
about the centenary of this elusive author, writer Mark Crees will
present a selection of readings from the full range of Rutherford’s
books. Each reading will introduce a different character from the page,
each with their own story.
Tickets are £3.50 (£3.00 Friends)
Bookings 020 8770 4297
Saturday 13th
July 2.30pm
Guided walk to places in Carshalton associated with William Hale White
Starting from Honeywood, where Hale
White and his family lived for a short time, the walk will include the
“birthplace” of Mark Rutherford and the site of a forgotten slice of
Carshalton’s social history. John Phillips and John Monks will lead the
walk with explanations and readings.
Tickets are £3.50 (£3.00 Friends)
Bookings 020 8770 4297
 25th July 7.30pm
Lost Rivers of London
An illustrated talk by
Roger Squires, author and trustee of the London Canal Museum.
Today the ‘lost rivers’ can be traced from old maps and tell-tale
names, like Knightsbridge. Roger Squires will enlighten us on the many
clues as to where they were and are now and tell us about schemes to
bring parts of these old rivers back to life.
Honeywood Museum - Tickets: £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)
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a Friends of Honeywood Museum event
 Saturday 3rd
August-Sunday 1st September
Summer Holiday
Activities Wonders of Wildlife
Crafty fun to drop in and discover throughout Honeywood
opening hours highlighting some of the amazing creatures to be found in
your local parks. Includes trails, make a 3D snail, add to the butterfly
collage, quizzes and colouring sheets
 Sunday 4th August 2.30pm
A Walk Around the Grove
A
guided walk around the Grove exploring this historic local park. It will
be led by John Phillips. Meet at Honeywood Museum.
Tickets are £3.50 (£3.00 Friends)
Bookings 020 8770 4297
Sunday 11th August 10.30-12.00
Tales of the River Bank Puppet Making
With
local artist Becky Hanaphy. Come and make some of the amazing creatures
that you might find in your local park.
This
is a FREE
event, but pre-booking is required: 020 8770 4297
Children must be accompanied by a
responsible adult
Sunday 11th August 2-4.30pm
Wild About Wildlife Afternoon
An
afternoon of crafts and fun themed to our local wildlife, including
trails, make a bird mobile, pecking pigeons, and a birds nest complete
with eggs!
FREE, no
pre-booking required.
Monday 26th August
- look out for the Friends' stall at the Environmental Fair in
Carshalton Park: do come and say hello!
Saturday and Sunday 21st and 22nd
September 10am-5pm
London Open House Weekend
Honeywood is taking part in this event which aims to showcase London’s
architecture
Printed short guides will be available on
the history and development of this unusual flint and chalk building
with its Victorian and Edwardian extensions. Colouring sheets will be
available for children
 Wednesday 25th September 7.00-8.45pm
The Romanovs in London
Join the Russian Community Association
for a special evening showcasing their project.
7.00pm Presentation of the project and
film showing “Following the Footsteps of the Tsars in London”
7.30-8.30pm An illustrated lecture “Faberge. Imperial Easter
Eggs” by Bob Dommett, Russian Circle Chairman in Sutton.
These events are
FREE,
but should be pre-booked
9.00-10.30pm Russian
Buffet “Tsarina Dishes” by the company Russian Revels. £22.00 per
person.
This must be pre-booked
Please book on line
www.romanovs-uk.com
- all profits will go
towards publishing the book “Russian Hidden Treasures”
 26th September 7.30pm
Artificial Light – an illuminating
history of domestic lighting
An illustrated talk by Peter Gillmore of the National Trust
Southern Region panel of speakers
Honeywood Museum
- Tickets: £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)
-
a Friends of Honeywood Museum event
 28th November 7.30pm
Frosts, Freezes and Fairs
an illustrated talk by Ian Currie, journalist, weather man, and
writer about extreme winter weather and the enjoyment people had at
Frost Fairs on the frozen Thames
Honeywood Museum - Tickets: £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)
-
a Friends of Honeywood Museum event
 Saturday 7th December
CARSHALTON
FROST FAIR
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