December 2019
Film – A Run for your Money
A Run for Your Money is a 1949 Ealing Studios comedy film starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as two Welshmen visiting London for the first time. The supporting cast includes Alec Guinness, Moira Lister and Hugh Griffith. Films are £3 for Highams Park Society Members and £5 for non-members. Film club lunches are £5 for members and £7 for non-members (including the film). Lunch 1:00 pm Film starts at 2.00 pm
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The Highams Park Christmas Fayre
The Highams Park Christmas Fayre - Sunday 15th December Time: 11:00 am until 5:00 pm This year the Highams Park Christmas Fayre will consist of an Artisan Food Market in Highams Park Station Car Park and a Craft Market in Signal Walk (by Tesco Highams Park). There will be massed Carol Singing in Signal Walk at 4:00 pm. Don't forget to check out both markets when you come along and also to keep a look out for the stilt walking jugglers.…
Find out more »January 2020
Film – South Riding (1938)
South Riding is a 1938 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and produced by Alexander Korda, starring Edna Best, Ralph Richardson, Edmund Gwenn and Ann Todd. A squire becomes involved in local politics. It was the film debut of a 15-year-old Glynis Johns. It is based on the novel South Riding by Winifred Holtby. Doors open at 1.30 pm, film starts at 2.00 pm. Tickets £3 for Highams Park Society Members and £5 for non-members
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Film – Good Morning Boys (1937)
A schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks. A 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and featuring Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Martita Hunt, Lilli Palmer and Peter Gawthorne. It was made at the Gainsborough Studios in Islington. Doors open at 1.30 pm, film starts at 2.00 pm. Tickets £3 for Highams Park Society Members and £5 for non-members
Find out more »Highams Park Society Talk – Topic to be advised
A talk by an as yet unknown speaker. More details to follow soon.
Find out more »March 2020
Walk – Beech Hall Estate
A guided walk around the Beech Hall Estate in Highams Park by the Highams Park Society. Free for Highams Park Society members; £4 for non-members.
Find out more »Film – A Canterbury Tale (1944)
A Canterbury Tale is a 1944 British film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger starring Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price and Sgt. John Sweet; Esmond Knight provided narration and played several small roles. The film was made in black and white, and was the first of two collaborations between Powell and Pressburger and cinematographer Erwin Hillier. A Canterbury Tale takes its title from The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, and loosely uses Chaucer's theme of "eccentric characters on a…
Find out more »April 2020
Film – Populaire (2015)
Populaire is a 2012 French romantic comedy-drama film directed by Régis Roinsard. It was co-written by Roinsard, Daniel Presley and Romain Compingt. Populaire was released in France on 28 November 2012. The film's title is taken from the name of the typewriter (Japy Populaire) used in the film. Populaire tells the story of Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François), who is trained by Louis Échard (Romain Duris) to become the fastest typist in the world through winning the 1959 international speed typing…
Find out more »St George’s Day Parade
At 9.40 am the 17th Pal's Battalion Band will March from the Broadway down Selwyn Avenue to Highams Park Baptist Church on Cavendish Road. The Church Service is from 10 to 11 am and is an 'All Age' service with a St George's Day Parade. After the service, the band will march up Cavendish Road at about 11.15, and then perform a set of marches in front of Tesco between 11.30 and 11.45 am
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