Honeywood Museum by Carshalton Ponds
Honeywood Walk, Carshalton, Surrey SM5 3NX Telephone: 020 8770 4297
e-mail: lbshoneywood@btconnect.com

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Who are we?

We are a charity formed to raise funds to support the work of the staff at Honeywood Museum.

We have paid for many items for the house over the years.  Most recently we have contributed to the very successful schools programme run by the staff at Honeywood by providing such things as a replica Roman helmet, utensils for a Tudor banquet, costumes and Victorian toys.  We have helped to re-decorate the old scullery and a dedicated team regularly help with children’s workshops during the school holidays.  The large, circular “Tudor” pavilion (tent) that appears in the garden in the spring, was also bought by the Friends.  This is used in the summer for school groups and children’s workshops.

With Honeywood gaining Museum status in 2008, The Friends of the Heritage Centre became The Friends of Honeywood Museum.

We hope to interest the wider public in the Museum

To do this we organise a series of talks each year, usually on local history, that are open to everyone.

What else do we do?

Voluntary Stewards

We organise a volunteer team who help out in the house on special occasions.

Fund Raising

We raise money from subscriptions, talks and special events such as our annual summer Garden Party in the walled garden at Honeywood as well as our very successful annual Christmas show.  Our second-hand book stall does a roaring trade outside the house on Sunday afternoons from April to October.

Newsletter

The Friends' Newsletter is published 3 times a year to keep our members up to date.

Recent Acquisitions

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The Friends have recently bought this watercolour for the museum collection. It shows The Oaks mansion house which formerly stood in Oaks Park. At one time the house belonged to the Earl of Derby and it gave its name to the famous horse race run at Epsom each year. The painting is dated 1840 and has the artists initials - possibly LLH - although they are faint and hard to read.

A note on the back shows that the picture belonged to a descendent of Sir Charles Edward Grey, once Chief Justice of Calcutta, who bought the house from the Earl of Derby in 1834. The picture will be on display in Honeywood as soon as it has been re-framed.
 

In addition, this year we have bought for the Heritage Centre two pictures by Horace Mann Livens.  The one on the left is a charcoal sketch of his wife with one of his children and the other is a pastel dated 1912, which may have been drawn in Sutton. 

The first Livens picture we bought for the Heritage Centre was in 2000, a painting, below, showing the garden of Albert Road in the snow.

Friends’ Events for 2008

22nd May at 7.30pm - The History of Croydon Airport - an illustrated talk by Frank Anderson from the Croydon Airport Society. Tickets £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)

26th June at 7.30pm - Peter and Joan Devalle - readings by Paul and Shirley Williams from the Friends' publication 'Reflections on Carshalton' and readings by Peter and Joan Devalle from 'From the Heart' a collection of poetry by our own Val Coleman published by Paul Williams. Click HERE for details of the accompanying 'From the Heart' CD, and to listen to an excerpt. Tickets £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members)

19th July at 7.30pm - The Honeywood Garden Party - bring your own wine to our excellent buffet supper and help the evening go with a swing. Tickets £6 or £10 for a double ticket

27th November at 7.30pm - Dylan and Dickens at Christmas - Peter and Joan Devalle will round off the year for us with this Christmas Spectacular. Tickets £7, which includes mince pies and mulled wine

Booking - cheques should be made payable to 'The Friends of the Heritage Centre' and Posted to Mrs. Sue Horne, 7 Grosvenor Gardens, Wallington SM6 0EG (telephone 020 8773 0185)

Come & Join Us

Membership of the Friends gives you free admission to the house as well as reduced tickets to Friends’ and Honeywood events. The current Subscription is £6.00 for single membership and £10.00 for a family (2 adults and 2 children) per annum.

To print out our Membership Form click here: MS Word Document or PDF Document

The members of the committee are:

Chairman: Mike Bale
Secretary: Sue Horne
Treasurer: Sue Whitham
Membership Secretary: Stan Coleman
Committee Members: John Monks, Elizabeth Price (co-opted), Ken Watts, Sylvia Watts, Paul Williams and Shirley Williams

Contact us c/o Honeywood Museum, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton SM5 3NX
Telephone  020 8770 4297
Email: lbshoneywood@btconnect.com, putting 'Friends' in the subject line

All images and text on this web site are Copyright © The Friends of Honeywood Museum 2008