Contacts

The Teddington Society
21 Teddington Park
Teddington TW11 8DB

Contact by e-mail:
secretary@teddingtonsociety.org.uk

What's On Diary

Thursday, March 18th, 2010; 11 am
Sociable Coffee Morning
Coffee and cakes at Peg Woffington Cottage (167 High Street). Come and join us from 11 am.

Thursday, March 25th, 2010; depart 9.40 am
St. Pancras and King’s Cross
Come and explore St. Pancras and King’s Cross, the centre of a huge new and fascinating development. Eurostar enthusiasts will have been to St. Pancras but, with our special guide, Gillian Blachford, we will explore and appreciate the work which went into its transformation. Just by the station is the German Gymnasium built in 1861, probably the first purpose built gym in Britain. It hosted the Olympic Games of 1866 but now displays plans and models of the new 67 acre site beginning to be built. Together with housing, a new university, sports centre and large open spaces, it’s the new mini-city of the future. Just a short walk away is the oasis of St. Pancras Old Church and its Churchyard. Here lie "the English Bach" (the great J.C.'s youngest son), Mary Wollstonecraft, Cecil Rhodes, Sir John Soanes and French aristocrats who fled from the Terror and now lie in a peaceful resting place near the Eurostar train to Paris!

Another short walk takes us to the splendid new Kings Place building – a handsome new centre for music and arts right beside the Regent’s Canal.

We will take the 9.40 am from Teddington Station (via Kingston), change at Vauxhall onto the Victoria Tube line and meet Gillian Blachford at St. Pancras. Coffee and lunch at St. Pancras, tea at Kings Place. For our guide £8. Don’t forget your travel pass!

Booking is essential. Please call Angela Carvill on 020 8977 0167.

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010; 11 am
Sociable Coffee Morning
Coffee and cakes at Peg Woffington Cottage (167 High Street). Come and join us from 11 am.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010; 7.30 pm
Annual General Meeting
The Teddington Society's AGM will be held in St Mary's Parish Hall, Langham Road beginning at 7.30 pm. All members are invited to attend.

Wednesday, April 21th, 2010;
Visit to Faversham and to Brogdale Farm
Peaceful Faversham with its hundreds of listed buildings has an exceptional society with its headquarters at the Fleur de Lis in Preston Street. The Faversham Society has, for many years, looked after the fabric and way of life in the town and produced dozens of publications on its history. It has built up a museum of local life and also acts as a Tourist Information Centre and provides guides for visitors.

After coffee we can be taken on a guided walk round the town, learn something of its explosive past (it was once the centre of the nation’s explosives industry), visit the Fleur de Lis and have lunch in one of many local pubs. April is blossom time and nearby is Brogdale Farm, home of the National Fruit Collection with over 2000 different varieties of apples, 550 of pears, 350 of plums, 320 of cherries – a collection which has been developed over the last 85 years to ensure that the diversity of fruit varieties are preserved for the future. We have a guided tractor tour in the afternoon and tea in the restaurant. There is also a farm shop. Time & costs – coach leaves from Teddington Library at 9 am. Coach £22. Tour of Faversham and entrance to museum £5. Brogdale including tractor tour £8.50.

Booking is essential. Please call Angela Carvill on 020 8977 0167.

Sunday May 9th, 2010; 12.30 pm
Chestnut Parade
To be confirmed: There is usually an annual parade which starts at Teddington Gate at 12.30 pm and travel along Chestnut Avenue to the Diana Fountain.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010; 11 am
Sociable Coffee Morning
Coffee and cakes at Peg Woffington Cottage (167 High Street). Come and join us from 11 am.

Sunday, May 23th, 2010; 10.30 am
Historical Society Walk: High Street
Please contact Paddy Ching (8977 3091) by May 21st if you wish to join this walk as numbers are limited.

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010; depart 9am
Visit to Whitchurch Silk Mill This visit will include a cream tea floating on the Basingstoke Canal. At Whitchurch there is a delightful old mill tucked into the Hampshire countryside and making beautiful silk fabric. It was ‘rescued’ and restored in the 1980s by the Hampshire Building Preservation Trust and now weaves special orders of silk cloth for dresses for film and TV, banners for cathedrals and curtains for country houses. They also make lovely scarves and ties for their shop. We will have coffee on arrival, an introductory video and a guided tour explaining the intricacies of weaving this beautiful and ancient yarn.

In the afternoon we come back via Mytchett and take a boat ride on the Basingstoke canal complete with cream tea.

Time & cost Coach £22, mill tour £4, coffee £1.70, cream tea and cruise £10. The coach leaves from Teddington Library at 9 am.

Booking is essential. Please call Angela Carvill on 020 8977 0167.

Sunday, May 30th, 2010; 10.30 am
Historical Society Walk: Broad Street, Queens Road & Park Road
Please contact Ken Howe (8943 1513) by May 18th if you wish to join this walk as numbrs are limited.

Sunday, June 13th, 2009
Teddington in Flower
More details in the next edition of Tidings.

September 18th - 19th, 2010
London Open House
This weekend provides an opportunity to explore and understand the many splendid examples of buildings old and new in 32 London Boroughs. Many hundreds of buildings will be open from Arts and Crafts gems and 20th century Modernist classics, livery halls, government buildings, ambassadors’ residences, private clubs, medical centres, city banks and historic houses. Details from the London Open House website or tel: 020 7383 2131.

TIDY Group Teddington
We have the following events planned:

• Sat 27th March: Litterpick, 10am. Venue tba
• Wed 7th April: Recycling Sites Cleanse 6.30 pm. Meet at Cedar Road.
• Sat 17th April: Venue tba.
• Fri 4th June: Riverside Litterpick 4.30pm. Meet near Tide End Cottage
• Sat 10th July: 10am. Venue tba
• Fri 3rd Sept: Litterpick Venue tba
• Wed 8th Sept: Recycling Sites cleanse. 6.30pm. Meet at Cedar Road.
• Sat 13th Nov: Memorial Litterpick 10am.

What Else is On

Churches Together in Teddington
Events are listed on their web site which, for example in the Christmas season, includes a listing of Christmas Services.

Friends of Bushy Park and Home Park
A series of free talks usually held in St John's Ambulance Hall, Park Road, Teddington beginning at 8pm. For details tel: 020 8977 4816 or visit the Friends of Bushy & Home Parks website.

Hampton Hill Playhouse
The season of events is on the web site of the Teddington Theatre Club and you can book by phone through the Box Office tel: 0845 838 7529.

Hampton Wick Association: Events are listed on their web site.

Landmark Arts Centre
St Albans, Teddington Lock
For information about events or to join the free mailing list contact the Landmark Arts Centre tel: 020 8977 7558.

Library Events: Each local library lists events at the library on their web sites:
Hampton | Hampton Wick | Teddington

Teddington Choral Society
For details of their events see their web site.

CAMRA Richmond and Hounslow Branch
For details of meetings see their web site.

Also see the Events Section on Wot?