January 2020
Last Holiday
Message from the Highams Park Society: This month, the Highams Park Society (HPS) Film Club is showing a film that differs from the one on the original programme. HPS were unable to buy a high quality DVD of "South Riding" so another film is being shown instead. "Last Holiday" (1950) is a little known film written and co-produced by J.B. Priestley. It has echoes of of "An Inspector Calls", is a thoroughly enjoyable dark comedy and has certainly stood the…
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Piano Recital
Albina Jimenez Soriano (piano) The first concert of 2020 arranged by the Halex Concert Society is a piano recital. Albina is a very talented local musician and will be performing a delightful recital of Spanish and Spain-influenced classical music at All Saints Church on Saturday 25th January 2020. A classical pianist and a Masters graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. Albina currently works as a Head of Music at Langdon Academy in Newham. Venue: All Saints Church, Church Avenue,…
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Annual General Meeting of The Highams Park Planning Group
The 2019 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of The Highams Park Planning Group (HPPG) will be on Thursday 30th January 2020 at 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) at All Saints Church in Church Avenue, Highams Park. Please note that the meeting is in the Church itself and not the Church Hall. The AGM is open to all. The meeting will include an update on progress on the Highams Park Plan and the projects we are working on. You will have the…
Find out more »February 2020
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…
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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
Find out more »May 2020
Walk – Highams Park’s Rural Past
A guided walk to discover Highams Park's rural past by the Highams Park Society. Free for Highams Park Society members; £4 for non-members.
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