Entry to meetings is free for HA members and £5 for visitors.

Associate membership of the branch is £20 for 2026/2027 or £30 with our monthly news bulletin, the Beckenham Historian.

All meetings take place at 7.30 p.m. in Christ Church Hall, Fairfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LE unless otherwise stated. Tea and coffee is served from 7.15 p.m.

There is a public car park nearby. For public transport routes and a local map, please see the branch website www.beckenham-historical-association.org/

All enquiries to Mrs A Wagstaff 020 8777 7742 BeckenhamHA@uclmail.net

 

Beckenham & Bromley Branch Programme 2026 - 2027  

Thursday 17 September 2026

7.00 p.m. Annual General Meeting

followed by 7.30 p.m.

Mrs. Angela Hatton

The Life of the last Empress of the French – Eugénie de Montijo (1826 – 1920)

                               

Thursday 22 October 2026

Dr. Gabrielle Storey

Bedding the Monarch: Sexuality, Scandal and Secrets in Medieval Britain

 

Wednesday 28 October 2026 at10:30 a.m.

Guided tour of Camden Place

Numbers limited. Pre-booking by 14 October essential

 

Thursday 5 November 2026

Mr. Martin Spence

Beckenham and Penge in the General Strike

 

Tuesday 24 November 2026 at 11:30 a.m.

Guided tour of the Mansion House

Numbers limited. Pre-booking by 13 November essential

 

Thursday 3 December 2026

Mr. Bernard Winchester

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The evening will begin with light Christmas refreshments

 

Thursday 7 January 2027

Dr. Sean Lang

Living on Borrowed Time: the Raj in India

 

Tuesday 26 January 2027 at 11:30 a.m.

Guided tour of the Foundling Museum

Numbers limited

Pre-booking by 15 January essential

 

Thursday 4 February 2027 at 6:30 p.m.

Fish and Chip Supper followed by

The Nursing Memorial Appeal: An Audience with Florence Nightingale

Pre-booking by 28^th January for supper essential

 

Thursday 18 March 2027

Dr. Philippa Hellawell

The British Slave Trade in Eight Documents

 

Tuesday 23 March 2027 at 11:15 a.m.

Guided tour of Carpenters’ Hall

Numbers limited. Pre-booking by 5 March essential

 

Thursday 15 April 2027

Professor Gareth Davies

Jimmy Carter: The quintessential post-New Deal Democrat

 

Thursday 29 April 2027 at 6.30 for 7.00 p.m.

Annual Dinner at Lugana Restaurant, Beckenham

Numbers limited Pre-booking by 16 April essential

 

Tuesday 11 May 2027 at 10.50 a.m.

Spring London Walk: A stroll round the delightful village of Dulwich taking in the College, the Almshouses and the Park. We will hear how this hamlet first grew under the Shakespearean actor Edward Alleyn, the arrival of the railways and a certain Mr. Dickens!

Led by Kate Boyle

Numbers limited. Pre-booking essential

 

Thursday 20 May 2027

Professor Jackie Eales

Elizabeth Barton: The Nun, The Virgin Mary, and Opposition to Henry VIII’s Reformation in Kent

 

Tuesday 15 June 2027 starting at 9am

All Day Coach Outing to Firle Place and Glynde Place, Lewes, East Sussex

Numbers limited. Pre-booking essential

 

Thursday 24 June 2027

Professor Helen Lacey

The People of 1381

 

Wednesday 21 July 2027 at 2.30 p.m.

Branch 80^th Anniversary Tea

in the Bromley Court Hotel

Numbers limited. Pre-booking by 7 July essential