Events at Honeywood Museum
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Honeywood Museum's Regular Events and Exhibitions. Forthcoming events at Little Holland House and Beddington Park
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Queen Mary’s Carshalton – the lasting legacy
Thursday 27 February 19:30 – door opens 19:10 A Friends of Honeywood Museum Event Anne Morton’s second illustrated talk - After its threatened closure in 1959 see how Queen Mary’s developed as the first comprehensive children’s hospital in the country, treating both physically and mentally sick young people. Learn about the legacy it left pioneering various new treatments and ways of working, and involving the local community in its activities until moving to a new site at St. Helier in 1993. Seats £7 (Members £6) To book, please contact Susan Hoskin at susan.hoskin@gmail.com or by ‘phone on 07721 852378 Alternative print out and post our Booking Form from HERE. |
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200 Years of Britain’s Railways
Thursday 27 March 19:30 – door opens 19:10 A Friends of Honeywood Museum Event The opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway in 1825 is being celebrated 200 years later. The birth of the railways led to changes throughout Britain and provided convenient transport for the masses. Britain’s railway network grew rapidly and as time moved on steam was replaced by diesel and electric trains. Trains became faster with well-known names such as the Flying Scotsman and the Cornish Riviera Express. Then, following the infamous Beeching Report, there was a decline and many lines and stations closed. Despite this, Britain’s railways today carry millions of passengers. Local transport historian and photographer John Parkin looks at the development of the railways over these 200 years with an illustrated talk which will include many archive scenes from the Greater London area. Seats £7 (Members £6) To book, please contact Susan Hoskin at susan.hoskin@gmail.com or by ‘phone on 07721 852378 Alternative print out and post our Booking Form from HERE. |
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100 Years of a Sutton Suburb
– the story of one 1920’s estate Thursday 24 April 19:30 – door opens 19:10 A Friends of Honeywood Museum Event Jill Whitehead’s forthcoming new book 100 years of a South London suburb – the story of one 1920’s estate looks at the growth of the Westmead Estate (later Poets Estate), and neighbouring Byron Orchard, Cottage Farm and Surrey Grove Estates between 1924 and 1930, and beyond. Her talk will examine the growth of the suburbs post-World War One, the rapid bricking over of the countryside in south London in the 1920’s and 1930’s to provide new modern homes for the upwardly mobile, the growth of transport networks and other infrastructure to meet this need, and the lives of some of their founders and residents, both amazing and ordinary. Seats £7 (Members £6) To book, please contact Susan Hoskin at susan.hoskin@gmail.com or by ‘phone on 07721 852378 Alternative print out and post our Booking Form from HERE. |
