WE MEET on the first Wednesday of the month at St Edmund's Hall, Mitchley Avenue, Purley at 2 p.m.
Weekly walks, ending at a suitable hostelry. Also Tenpin bowling and Sunday lunches.

Croydon and Purley visit the The Royal National

On the 30th March 2010, we spent one hour and a half being shown the sets
and the work behind the three stages of The Royal National Theatre.

Expert workers create everything the stages need. There was the full front of a house,
a high stone wall made from plastic foam was pushed past us, and some imitation
parts of a tree which looked real etc. When the sets are ready they can easily be moved
to one of the stages. Then we were shown some of the small items, a man's head, and
lifelike animals, and also articles that are meant to be broken for every performance.
Every one of us enjoyed the trip.