Open House Meetings and Schedule 2023

SPRING TIMETABLE

We have a range of interesting talks scheduled this Spring 2025. Do come and join our friendly, welcoming group for more interesting and entertaining afternoons.

Fortnightly meetings with speakers and varied activities.

Thursday afternoons 2.00 – 3.30pm

The Eversfield Centre,
11, Eversfield Gardens,
Mill Hill, London NW7 2AE

There is a car park on site – the building is fully accessible, on one floor and with a ramp to the main door.

16 January 2025

The London that never was – plans that never came to fruition
With Colin
Oakes

30 January 2025

Tales of an amateur Mill Hill clockmaker
with Martin Bourn

13 February 2025

KFC and other reflections on a visit to Japan
With Pauline Seaton

27 February 2025

Bees in Space
With Emily Cox

13 March 2025

More animal stories
With Simon Brown

27 March 2025

40 years of the Good Neighbour Scheme
With Jeanette Poulton

10 April 2025

A history of Madeira in 8 women
With Maggi and Harry Lamb

Open House is a fortnightly meeting for older people which is held at The Eversfield Centre during term times. Meetings are hybrid with most people coming in person to The Eversfield Centre (where there is a car park), and a few members joining by Zoom when they cannot travel to the Centre.
We meet from 2 – 3.30pm on Thursday afternoons and enjoy a wide variety of interesting  talks and entertainments. From about 3pm there is a social time over tea and cakes.
Open House is a friendly group, and as the name implies, we are open to welcome everyone who would like to come. Our members come from many local churches and from the local community.
Date: Thursday Afternoons
Time: 2 – 3.30pm
Location: The Eversfield Centre
The programme for the first half of 2023 is as follows:
  • 5 January. “Myself and other animals”. Simon Brown.
  • 19 January. “Dover to Hebrides. Halfway round the shipping forecast”. Illustrated talk by Maggi and Harry Lamb.
  • 2 February. “Witches and Highwaymen of Hertfordshire”. Illustrated talk by Revd. John Merrill.
  • 16 February. “Share and share alike. Another hour of music and mirth with John and Chris”. Entertainment by Revd.  John Steele and Chris Walker.
  • 2 March. “Seen from a bus”. Illustrated talk by Rob Kayne.
  • 16 March. “African tales/tails” Ian Jackson.
  • 29 March. “Songs from the Musicals, Movies and the Great American Songbook”. Musical entertainment by Geoff Strum.

Easter break

  • 20 April. “Inside the Victorian Pantry”. Judy Karbritz.
  • 4 May. “Funny Girls”. Geoff Bowden.
  • 18 May. Christian Aid fundraising afternoon. Bring and Buy stalls, Cream
  • Tea and Talk by Veronica Wagner on the work of Christian Aid. Entry £2.50.
  • 1 June. “London in the Swinging Sixties”. Colin Oakes.
All are welcome at these meetings. Come and enjoy being part of this
friendly group and socialising with others in a convivial atmosphere.