Honeywood Friends of Honeywood

Stan Coleman 1933-2010

A Tribute - The Friends of Honeywood Museum have lost a true Friend in every sense of the word. We are saddened to announce that our long-time Membership Secretary, Stan Coleman, passed away on Friday 20th April 2010 more..........

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.

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

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.

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

The Friends have recently bought this watercolour for the museum collection. It possibly shows the waterfront at Honfleur in Normandy, and was painted by Lily Kirk Edwards. Lily lived in Honeywood. She was the adopted daughter of John Pattinson Kirk and his wife Leah who bought Honeywood in 1883. Lily was an accomplished and recognised artist, known to have painted in northern France and Belgium .This view may be based on Honfleur in Normandy. This is the first painting of Lily’s Honeywood has seen

Also purchased recently is this splendid contemporary view of Carshalton High Street by Brian Burrage. One day someone will see the advertising board for spit-roasted chickens and chuckle at the price; probably sooner than we think! We have lots of historic local views but little in the way of modern ones to show our future generations what Carshalton was like at the beginning of the 21^st century

Thursday 24th June 7.30pm at Honeywood Museum
Kennards of Croydon (Part 1) An illustrated talk by well known local historian Vivien Lovett about the much missed department store Kennards
Tickets £3.50 or £6.00 for both talks. For Friends of Honeywood Museum £2.50 or £4.00 for both Kennards talks. Phone Sue Horne 020 8773 0185

Thursday 22nd July 7.30pm at Honeywood Museum
Kennards of Croydon (Part 2) An illustrated talk by well known local historian Vivien Lovett about the much missed department store Kennards
Tickets £3.50 or £6.00 for both talks. For Friends of Honeywood Museum £2.50 or £4.00 for both Kennards talks. Phone Sue Horne 020 8773 0185

Thursday 23rd September 7.30pm at Carshalton Library
New Discoveries at Honeywood The first results of this summer's excavation. An illustrated talk by John Phillips
Tickets £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members). Phone Sue Horne 020 8773 0185

Thursday 28th October 7.30pm at Carshalton Library
The Oaks Uncovered An illustrated talk by Paul Williams and John Phillips
Tickets £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members). Phone Sue Horne 020 8773 0185

Thursday 25th November 7.30pm at Carshalton Library
Chopin in Heaven and Hell An evening with Peter and Joan Davalle
Tickets £2.50 (£3.50 for non-members). Phone Sue Horne 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

Chairman: Mike Bale
Secretary: Sue Horne
Treasurer: Sue Whitham, MBE
Membership Secretary: Tony Price
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: museum@friendsofhoneywood.co.uk