Coming events

Matthew will lead a walk from East Croydon station (booking hall) at 10.00.Maximum of 6 miles with some gentle hills. Picnic lunch at end so bring some food and drink.Probably Tram to New Addington then walk via Finkelhole? onto Farleigh Common (Pub there) then bus back to Croydon.

The annual 'Mardi on the Grass' in Purley. Food provided, music by 'Cross the Line'. Tickets (£5) need to be ordered in advance. Please bring a bottle. Please note that this event is now fully booked and no more tickets are available.

We'll be discussing Spectacles by Sue Perkins.

We will meet up with members of TAGS (The Arun Gay Society) and S.L.G.to visit the Amberley Transport Museum and Heritage Centre, A nostalgic trip back to England in perhaps the 1940's or so with old shops,garage, tram, vintage bus etc.(Similar to Crich or Beamish ). Catch the 09:53 from East Croydon (Clapham Junc 9:42) Hopefully a group ticket will be approx.£10 each. We return on the 18:17 train from Amberley.back at East Croy about 19:30. 3 people can go on a rail groupsave for £14 each.Only few left.

Two-course lunch for LGBT people over 50. £7. Meals provided by UNACC (Upper Norwood Association for Community Care). Booking required: note....PHONE UNACC on 020 8771 6886 by 12 noon of the day before, saying whether you'd like the vegetarian option. Don't forget to mention you're with Silver Rainbow.

Speakers from Paradise Press give readings from their recently published anthology of writing by members of the Gay Authors Workshop.LATER START TIME.8:30

A young farmer,his frustrations and sexual repression, binge drinking and casual sex.The arrival of a Romanian migrant worker ignites an intense relationship that sets him on a new path.Tickets £7 (concs).

at chairman David's house in South Croydon. Bring a bottle and £3.00 towards the cost of the food.

Group member Peter Matthews speaks on London cemeteries and the famous people (including LGBT people who are buried there). Copies will be available of Peter's new book.

Andrew Lumsden, gay editor/historian, speaks on the Labouchere Amendment of 1885.

Chekhov’s first great play reveals the full force of its comedy and cruelty, with each character deprived of the love or life they want most. £14 concs £10.

Bertie Wooster decides to stage a one-man show, only to discover on the evening nothing has gone to plan and the show is not quite ready. The South London Theatre, Stanley Halls, 12A South Norwood Hill, SE25 6AB. Near Norwood Junction Station. Book your own ticket online via
http://www.southlondontheatre.co.uk/ or on 07701 055 602. £12, £9 concession.

Several members have arranged to visit Berlin at the beginning of October and would be happy for more members to join them, but everyone needs to make their own travel arrangements, insurance and hotel booking. Tuesday 3 October to Sunday 8 October. Direct flights are provided by BA, Easyjet, Ryanair and Eurowings. The preferred hotel is: Mercure Hotel Berlin Zentrum, Fugger str 8, 10777 Berlin,Other hotels in Berlin with different prices. (It is probably easier to use a booking agent like Expedia for the hotel and book direct with the airline for the flights.)

The monthly meeting for all LGBT asylum seekers. Black History Month.

A meeting for all CAGS members and their friends. Peter Scott-Presland will be talking about the history and future of Pride.

World Première production of The Life to Come by Louis Mander and Stephen Fry – based on the short story by E. M. Forster – fully staged with orchestra! Performances at Trinity School, Croydon at 3.0pm and 7.45pm.

Two-course lunch for LGBT people over 50. £7. Meals provided by UNACC (Upper Norwood Association for Community Care). Booking required: note....PHONE UNACC on 020 8771 6886 by 12 noon of the day before, saying whether you'd like the vegetarian option. Don't forget to mention you're with Silver Rainbow.

Inter-group pub evening in Balham Wetherspoons, (opposite Balham tube and rail stations). Food available until 10pm.

Croydon's LGBT police consultation group (provisional date). All local LGBT people welcome.

John Carter, a confirmed atheist, will give a critique of religion from an LGBT perspective. He has promised to send me a title and an outline later. (The week before he talks to us, he will be speaking to the SLG meeting about Jean Genet.)

Two-course lunch for LGBT people over 50. £7. Meals provided by UNACC (Upper Norwood Association for Community Care). Booking required: note....PHONE UNACC on 020 8771 6886 by 12 noon of the day before, saying whether you'd like the vegetarian option. Don't forget to mention you're with Silver Rainbow.

We'll be discussing Not my Father's Son by Alan Cumming.

Further details to follow.