Venue: The Garrison Estate, previously known as MOD Shoeburyness, is described by Historic England as “constituting a complete mid - 19th century barracks”.  After the closure of artillery ranges in 1998, the old garrison land and buildings were sold and converted to housing. During our walk, we will spy out listed               19th century buildings and […]

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Stephen Burl, who is a water safety officer for the RNLI. will tell us about the RNLI’s history and talk about water safety.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel Doreen Parkingson, our Social Secretary, will talk about the brilliant 19th century engineer who worked on so many innovative projects, and tell us about how her interest in him developed.

In St Mary's Parish Hall, Langham Road, Teddington, TW11 9HF A talk on Hampton Court The hall in Langham Road is near St Alban's Church which is also the Landmark Arts Centre, the impressive church at the river end of Teddington High Street near the junction with Kingston Road, Manor Road and Ferry Road. The […]

London Fire Brigade will give us advice about how we can improve fire safety in our homes and update us about the devices available to help with this.

Country Churches – The Tudors to the Commonwealth The Revd Dr Nicholas Henderson returns to continue his series of talks to help us to look at church architecture and features with greater understanding.

Mandating meeting for the CSPA AGM in October We shall decide how our representative will speak and vote on the AGM motions published in the Autumn edition of The Pensioner (please bring this along if possible).

Vision Foundation This organisation provides support in a variety of ways for blind and partially sighted people and for those whose vision is deteriorating, showing how there is life after sight loss.

CSPA Annual General Meeting Report. Our delegate will report back on the outcome of the motions debated and current CSPA priorities