The next Birdwatching visit has no venue as yet. New members are most welcome but please do let Chris the organiser know to expect you. No experience is necessary as […]

Lunchtime Organ Recitals which last for 40 minutes will start at 1:10pm on Wednesday 15th July and continue every Wednesday until 26th August. There is no entry fee, but donations […]

Cost: Donations welcome

Music in the Village present Music for a Summer's day at St. Michael and All Angels, Northcote Road E17 6PQ.

Cost: £6 for seniors - pay on the door

Following the visit to Fenton House on 31st July it is as yet unclear whether there will be a visit in the last week of August. Barbara will inform members […]

Cost: £20.00

Lunchtime Organ Recitals which last for 40 minutes will start at 1:10pm on Wednesday 15th July and continue every Wednesday until 26th August. There is no entry fee, but donations […]

Cost: Donations welcome

Our next meeting is Thursday 27th August. Meet in the usual place, newcomers contact the organisers below for details. PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF TIME - This is an attempt […]

"The Glassmaker" by Tracey Chevalier 📖 Overview Published in September 2024, The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier is a historical fiction with magical realism elements. It follows Orsola Rosso on the Venetian island of Murano […]

Location: Kings Head Pub, 2b Kings Head Hill, Chingford E4 7EA. The next Pub Lunch will be on Wednesday 2nd September at 1pm at the Kings Head in Chingford. The pub […]

This is a relatively new group and will meet at 11:00 at Mola Break, 477 High Road, Leyton for discussion on a pre-arranged topic communicated via the newsletter, the web […]

On Tuesday 8th September we will meet at 1:30 at Chingford Bus Station. From there we will be walking through the forest. There is no regular membership of this group. […]

Date : 9th September, Cost: £30 ( Includes the driver’s tip) if you want to visit the Poppy factory with us, or alternatively £15 for the coach trip only and […]

Cost: £30.00 for the full experience, or £15 for the coach to Richmond only

"Once upon a River" by Diane Setterfield 📖 Overview This atmospheric, slow-paced historical mystery is set along the River Thames. On a winter night, a bloodied stranger stumbles into an ancient […]

Venue: Member's home

Local historian Lucy Harrison will talk on the subject of the local bakeries in Waltham Forest with input from a retired local bakers, Alan Crown.

Venue: Winchester Road

The film on 16th September will be "Coco before Chanel" (2009). French with subtitles. True story of Gabrielle Chanel, who rose from humble beginnings to become a legendary couturier and […]

Venue: Member's home

The next birdwatching trip will be on Wednesday 16th September at Woodbury Wetlands, New River Path, Woodbury Grove, Woodberry Down, N16 5HQ. We will meet at 10:30 at Manor House […]

Anna Davis will sing Purcell songs accompanied by Tom Foster on harpsichord

Cost: £6 for seniors, pay on the door

The next Ten Pin Bowling session is at Namco Funscape in Romford. This two hour session costs £9.99 and to attend please email Elaine Mitchell at elainemitchell217@gmail.com.

Waltham Forest Music Society present the first recital of the 26/27 season. The renowned group Amici Della Musica will perform on Friday 25th September at 7:30pm at All Saints Church, […]

Venue: All Saints Church Highams Park

Cost: Tickets on the door £17.00, members £12.00

Global Productions present "The Stranger" by Agatha Christie at Redbridge Drama Centre, Churchfields, South Woodford on Friday 25th and Saturday 26th September at 7:30pm. Book from rdc@visionrcl.org.uk or 0208 708 […]

Cost: Tickets £14.00 for concessions.

Our talk this month is the exciting subject of the work of the Air Ambulance,

Venue: Winchester Road

The film on 21st October will be Le Weekend (2014). Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play a married couple in their late 50s who go on a weekend trip to […]

Venue: Member's home

It has been decided to have an afternoon of fun and games, the format of which is yet to be decided.

Venue: Winchester Road

The film on 18th November will be "Late Spring (1949). One of four Japanese films we’ve got with subtitles, award winning masterpieces by renowned director Yasujiro Ozu. A sort of […]

Venue: Member's home

Bury St Edmunds 26th November The pick-up arrangements are as follows:- Collection from The Larkswood Harvester, 175 New Road E4 9EY at 8:45am. Payment when booking please. Please join us […]

Cost: £18 (Drivers tip included)

The ever popular Danielle Barnett will help us raise our voices in song.

Venue: Winchester Road

The film on 16th December will be The Invention of Lying (2009). A comedy set in a world in which lying does not exist – everyone, even politicians and advertisers, […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 20th January will be "The L-Shaped Room (1962). The classic British ‘kitchen sink’ drama directed by Bryan Forbes, based on the novel by Lynne Reid Banks. Jane […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 17th February will be "Jimmy’s Hall (2014). Directed by Ken Loach and based on true events. In the 1920s political activist Jimmy Gralton built a dance hall […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 17th March will be "Marvellous (2014). Biographical TV drama about Neil Baldwin, a man with learning difficulties, played by Toby Jones (who played Alan Bates in ‘Mr […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 21st April will be "Dangerous Moonlight (1941). Classic romance about love affair between an American reporter and a Polish classical pianist, torn between their relationship and his […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 19th May will be "Tokyo Story (1953). Another of the Japanese ones directed by Yasujiro Ozu. An elderly couple visit their grown-up children in Tokyo. ‘A beautifully […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 16th June will be "Oranges and Sunshine (2010). Directed by Ken Loach, the true story of social worker Margaret Humphries (Emily Watson), who uncovered the scandal of […]

Venue: Member's home

The film on 14th July will be "Tsoti (2005). South African, language Afrikaans, Zulu and Xhosa with English subtitles. Gritty young gang leader Tsotsi lives on the dangerous, crime-ridden streets […]

Venue: Member's home