Friends of Havering Museum – Walk “Secrets of Soho”

This week's topic is -  Competitive events and tournaments

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Art Appreciation - Animals in Art

Wednesday 7th August 13:30 - 15:30

These are fun, informal and friendly and assume no previous knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to engage with a variety of artists within the designated topic and build up their repertoire in appraising art.

Admission £5 (inc. light refreshments)

Advanced booking advised.

This week's topic is -  Being British

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

This week's topic is -  Music inspired nature

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Friends of Havering Museum

Talk on Pompeii and the Amalfi Coast followed by a cream tea.

Thursday 29th August at 13.30

Price £7.50 for everyone

An alternative cake can be provided if requested due to dietary requirements.

Advanced booking and payment required.

Book with the Museum directly.

Gudied Walk - In the Footsteps of Heroes by Peter Owen

Monday 2nd Septemeber 11:00 - 13:00

Admission £5

A walk around the former RAF Hornchurch airfield looking at the remaining installations and talking about its role in WWI and WWII.

Advanced booking essential

Tickets are avaiable here via Eventbrite (booking fees apply)

Art Appreciation - Self Portraits

Wednesday 4th September 13:30 - 15:30

These are fun, informal and friendly and assume no previous knowledge. Attendees are encouraged to engage with a variety of artists within the designated topic and build up their repertoire in appraising art.

Admission £5 (inc. light refreshments)

Advanced booking advised.

This week's topic is -  Slavery

ADMISSION £3.  Admission includes entry to the Museum and refreshments.  Sessions take place from 1.30pm to 3.30 pm.

Bring your photographs and memories to share or just come to listen to others.

These sessions are sponsored by Mullis & Peake Solicitors LLP, Romford.

All are welcome to these friendly sessions.

Who lived where? What happened where? What are the Soho Noses? 

All to be discovered as we leisurely explore the streets of colourful and historic Soho.

We will stop at a Wetherspoon pub for  lunch, or bring your own for a picnic in Soho Square (no cover if raining).

An information sheet is available at the Museum.

Open to non Friends of Havering Museum at  £5 per head

FoHM members reserve your place via Eventbrite here

Non- Friends please book via Havering Museum direct.

Royal Remains & Tombs by Dr. Ian Browne

Saturday 21st September 2024

13:30 -15:00

£5 (inc. light refreshments)

A delve into how royal remains were treated in the past and their final resting places.

Advanced booking essential.

Tickets can be purchased here via Eventbrite (booking fee applies)

This illustrated talk of Romford will present an
overview of the town over 200 years. From its
dramatic growth in the 19 th Century with the
arrival of the railway to the modern shopping
centre of the late 1960s.

£5.00 (in light refreshments)

Friends of Havering Museum

Forgotten Heroes - Bomber Command

Thursday 17th October at 13:30

Free to Friends (£5 to non-members)

55,573 young men died flying with Bomber Command during the WWII. We will explore our local connections to Bomber Command and the men who served in defence of the realm.

FoHM members reserve your place via Eventbrite here

Non- Friends please book with  Havering Museum direct.

Military Ghosts talk by Ellen Owen

Thursday 31 October, 19:00 – 20:30

Be fascinated by the stories of military ghosts of the two World Wars and learn how ghosts are said to have helped the living and the living have helped the ghosts.  

Pre booking essential

Tickets £5 (including light refreshments) available at the Museum
or
book online via Eventbrite (booking fee applies)

Friends of Havering Museum

Collections Talk

Thursday 28th November at 13:30

Free to Friends (£5 to non-members)

A talk about the Museum's Collections with an opportunity for handling objects and learn how to preserve your treasures.

FOHM members reserve your place via Eventbrite here

Non- Friends please book via Havering Museum direct.

Thursday, 23 January 2025. 13.30 – 15.30

A great event to start the New Year exploring traditions and cockney songs
with Pearly King John Walters, his Queen and Prince. Let’s roll out the
barrel ...

ADVANCED BOOKINGS REQUIRED.  PAYMENT : CASH OR CHEQUE AT THE MUSEUM ONLY

£5 for refreshments,  £7.50 Non-Friends