Clubs and Societies, Richmond upon Thames

Whitton Floral Club meets in St Augustine’s Church Hall in Hospital Bridge Road, Whitton, off the A316. Meetings 7.30pm 2 and 4 Thursdays. Tuition for beginners. 8979 1414 or 8894 1440. Parking.

National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies headquarters 7828 5145.

Bridge Whitton Bridge Club, Community Centre, Percy Road. Tom Vickers 8894 4866: duplicate Mondays 7.15pm, Tuesdays 1.30pm. Improvers Thursdays 1.30pm.

Richmond Bridge Club, The Old Pavilion, Cambridge Park Bowling Club, Cambridge Park Road. 8892 2170. www.richmondbridgeclub.com Duplicate Bridge: Tuesday and Friday 1.30pm, all standards; Monday 7.30pm, beginner to intermediate no partner required; Tuesday 7.30pm, intermediate to advanced; Friday 7.30pm, intermediate to advanced no partner required; Saturday 7.30pm, all standards, partners only.

St Margarets Bridge Club duplicate sessions Mondays 7.30pm at the Albany pub, Station Yard, London Road, Twickenham. Secretary 8894 4118.

Hogarth Bridge Club for rubber bridge Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons, London Welsh Rugby Club, Kew Road, Richmond. Parking. 8892 7548 or 8940 4445.

Duplicate Bridge Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7.30pm; Rubber Bridge, 2pm Wednesdays in The White House Community Centre, 45 The Avenue, Hampton. 8977 7652.

Leisureland Bridge Club. No partner necessary. June Knott 8288 9928.

Rose House, Barnes Community Association, 70 High Street, Mondays 7.30pm. Partners can be arranged. Charles Newbury 8748 4593.

Golf Richmond Park Golf Club attracts a group of public golf course players from all walks of life to take part in a friendly and competitive environment. Established in 1924, the small private club plays every Sunday morning in Richmond Park. New members are welcome, ladies and men and no handicap is required. Find out more from the club’s website, www.richmondparkgolfclub.org.uk or contact Peter Harrington, club secretary on 8998 9350.

Bowling Strawberry Hill Bowling Club is open daily until the end of September. Activities include weekly club nights, regular matches against other clubs, and occasional special events. Details from club secretary Val Worsley on 8892 6126.

8894 2792 Geoff Robson (Chairman)

Scrabble Richmond Scrabble Club meets on Wednesdays 148 Park Road, Hounslow, 7pm-10pm. This is a venue change. Judith Barker 8891 4516 or Peter Ernest 8894 3791.

Earth mysteries The Travel & Earth Mysteries Society (TEMS) . Lionel Beer is co founder, co ordinator and editor of the newsletter, Tems News. Monthly meetings, trips, newsletter. Lionel Beer 8979 3148, Ann 8542 3110.

Swimming Teddington Swimming Club. Start in the teaching pool and progress to major competitive swimming. Ages range from six to 60 plus in the junior, senior and master sections. Membership secretary Jackie Rees. Further details www.teddingtonswimmingclub.co.uk, telephone Jackie Rees, membership secretary 8977 8538.

Royal Aeronautical Society Weybridge branch. Chris J Farara, 01483 825 955, chrisfara@ntlworld.com.

Archaeology The Richmond Archaeological Society talk is held at 8pm in the Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary John Richardson 8994 1239, membership secretary Joan Samuel 8977 3075. Visitors £2. Friday Arts appreciation Richmond Art Society meets 7.30pm on Tuesdays, Vestry House, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. Secretary Angela Kilenyi 8943 1735. Visitors £1. Wheelchair access.

Barnes and Mortlake Arts Society. Secretary Jean Orry 8878 1646. Visitors £2. 8pm at Rose House, High Street, Barnes.

Art Circle, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1pm-3.30pm at the White House Community Association, 45 The Avenue, Hampton. Owen Smith 8941 2349.

Film The Richmond Film Society screenings, Studio Theatre, Adult and Community College’s Parkshot Centre, Richmond. Tuesdays 8pm. Membership secretary S Maynard, 89 Third Cross Road, Twickenham. TW2 5DY. 8893 3503. Guest tickets available.

The Filmclub, Mortlake is run by loci production company, operated by Akua Oben-Frimpong and Christopher Sudworth, both Mortlake residents. An intimate film night on the last Thursday of each month features a wide variety of classic and contemporary features and shorts chosen by members. £3 per visit or six and 12 month memberships available. 8878 0644 or: filmclub@loci.freeserve.co.uk The Barnes Filmclub screenings at the Old Sorting Office Arts Centre, Station Road, Barnes. Doors open 7pm, film 7.30pm. Details: 8748 6564, email: filmclub@madrid.clara.co.uk.

History Talks arranged by The Richmond & Twickenham branch of the Historical Association are held monthly 8pm start until May in the Richmond CVS, 1 Princes Street, The Square, just off the Quadrant. Sixth formers are welcome. Please telephone programme secretary Christine Bartlett if bringing a large group. 8898 5016 and for details of the new season’s lectures.

Astronomy Richmond and Kew Astronomical Society meets 7.45pm in order to give some elementary instruction in astronomy to beginners first. Venue is Richmond Adult College, Parkshot. Talks are usually held on the last Friday of each month. Visitors welcome. Membership just £10 a year. Enquiries 8876 9196.

Scientific Society Richmond Scientific Society illustrated talks on a Wednesday each month from September till May in the Vestry Room, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond. 8pm. Membership details from secretary Mrs Valerie Barkham 01784 259198. Visitors £1 per lecture.

Walks Ramblers Association. Richmond and district RA. Membership secretary Margaret Sharp 8748 0049. Walks details see ‘Heritage walks/tours’.

Ramblers Association West London Group. Secretary Tom Berry, 128 Park Lane, Harrow. HA2 8NL. 8422 3284, email: westlondongroup@yahoo.co.uk.

Independent Rambling Club. Valerie Tyszko 8845 0708.

Surrey Walking Club undertakes 20 mile routes in and around Surrey, with an average of two walks a month on Saturdays and Sundays. They all start and finish at railway stations. John and Gail Elrick 8979 7512.

Kingston Ramblers 8977 0817.

Rock climbing Teddington branch of the Thames Valley Climbing Club meets first Tuesdays at the Railway Inn outside Teddington Station. Paul Pegden Smith on 8977 2072, Julia Rosewood on 8567 3230 or go to the Railway Inn at 8pm.

Stamp collecting 7.45pm at the St John Ambulance Hall, Park Road, Teddington. Members of other societies and prospective members welcome. Mike Goodman, secretary, 8568 2433.

Twickenham and District Philatelic Society. The society meets on the first and third Thursdays of each month in St John’s Ambulance Hall, Park Road, Teddington. New members are welcome. There is a thriving packet circuit. For details contact the secretary, Mike Goodman, 621 London Road, Isleworth. 8568 2433, mgoo831975@aol.com.

Speakers Learn how to speak before an audience with Riverside Communicators. The group belongs to the Toastmasters’ organisation. Meetings first and third Wednesdays, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, 7.15pm-9.30pm. Margaret Worthy 01483 569 500.

Theatregoers The Theatregoers Club of Great Britain has pick up points encompassing Teddington, Hampton Wick, Ham and Richmond for theatre trips in the company of like minded people.

Also excursions and special celebrity events, giving members an opportunity to meet the stars. Branch manager is Pat Disley on 01483 268464.

Genealogy East Surrey Family History Society meets in the Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond on the second Saturday of alternate months. 2pm for 2.30pm start. 8876 9893. Donations please, by visitors.

French The Cercle Francais de Richmond usually meets on second Thursdays, 8pm in the Vestry Hall, 21 Paradise Road, Richmond, for talks in French. Visitors £3, concessions £1. Cercle also meets on last Thursdays, 8pm at 13 Rosslyn Road, Twickenham, for discussion in French. Secretary 8892 6139.

Antiques The next meeting of the Molesey and District Antiques Society will be held at 8pm the Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton. Details Doreen Macauley 01932 854 129.

Needlework The Richmond and Kew Quilters meet second Mondays, 7.30pm, St Winefride’s Church Hall, Leyborne Park. 8546 5474. www.richmondandkewquilters.org.uk Visitors welcome, £4.

The Isleworth and District branch of the Embroiderers Guild meets on the fourth Thursday of each month, except December, at St John’s Community Centre, St John’s Road, Isleworth, at 7.45pm. Usually a speaker, coffee and chat. Guests welcome £2.50. Jackie Rayer 8994 2188, email: jrayer@ibm.net. Anyone interested in textile crafts welcome.

Embroiders under 18 have their own Fun with Threads group of the Isleworth and District branch of the Embroiderers Guild, which meets monthly on the first Saturday of each month at St John’s Community Centre, St John’s Road, 10.30am-3pm with a break for lunch. Joan Hazell 8560 2787.

Horticulture Ham Horticultural Society hosts a summer show in August, a Christmas floral art and craft show and coffee mornings. It also runs a trading centre in Lock Road, Ham, offering fertilisers, insecticides and tools to members. Secretary, Mrs B Summer, on 8549 6912. Hampton Horticultural Society meet during winter on the first Wednesday of the month, 8pm in Linden Hall. 8890 5980.

Markhole Allotments, Hampton, entrance Priory Road. Lettering officer Colin Higgins 8898 2873, chairman, 8941 3885.

Twickenham Gardening Association meets third Tuesdays in Whitton Methodist Church Hall, Percy Road at 7.30pm. Secretary Shirley Tubridy 8894 3512. The George Best Trading Centre next to 68 Meadway is open Saturdays and Sundays, 10.30am-12.30pm.

Kew Horticultural Society. Anne Drummond-Hay 8948 2494, Lindsay Smith 8948 2557.

Petersham Horticultural Society. Petersham Road, Ham. 8948 7485, fax 8332 7523. Secretary Catherine Rounce.

Ham Horticultural Society Chairman Dennis Willis 8546 8501.

The Thames Valley Fuchsia and Pelargonium Society meets n the Church Hall of St James’s, Hampton Hill, with the exception of August, December and January. First and fourth Wednesdays are devoted to fuchsias and pelargoniums respectively, while a guest speaker is invited on second Wednesdays. Membership secretary Jim Dodge 8890 5534.

Photography Whitton Photographic Club has a wide and varied programme of speakers, competitions, studio evenings and field trips. 8pm on Mondays in Whitton Community Centre, Percy Road. 8894 1553.

Hampton Hill Photographic Society meets on the third Wednesday of each month at the Hampton Hill Studios, 73 High Street. 8979 4942. Varied programme of speakers and activities. Chairman Gerald Cooper, secretary Martin Pearson. Details on website: http://www.hhps.ndirect.co.uk The Richmond & Twickenham Photographic Society welcomes speakers to the Thursday meetings in room 42 of the Adult and Community College, Parkshot, Richmond at 8pm. 8892 5710 or 8977 0077. Web: http://www.rtps.com Writing Writers meet last Mondays 7pm in the Greenwood Community Centre, School Road, off Windmill Road, Hampton Hill. Carol Kremer 8941 8878.

Richmond Writers’ Circle meets Wednesdays 8pm in the Parish Rooms (of St Mary’s Church), Church Walk, Richmond, Parkshot to read and discuss members’ work. Also competitions, market news and talks. Peter Stephen-Ward 8878 2086. email: rwritersc@yahoo.co.uk; website: http://mysite.freeserve.com/rwc Dancing The Circle Dancing group meets third Sundays, 1.30pm-3.30pm in the Unitarian Church Hall, Ormond Road, Richmond. All dances taught. 8940 2380.

The Richmond Caledonian Society meets Wednesdays for Scottish country dancing, 8pm-10pm in the Oddfellows’ Hall, Parkshot, Richmond. New members welcome. Chairman Marshall Christie, 8977 5237.

Shene Scottish Country Dance Group meets Wednesdays 8pm-10pm in Sheen Lane Centre, East Sheen. 8892 0471.

Elizabethan Reel Club. Scottish dancing Tuesdays 2pm-4pm at Rivermeads Hall, Staines Road, near The Fountain, Twickenham. Joyce Doughty 8979 2839.

Feltham and District Scottish Association hosts Scottish Country every Tuesday at the White House Centre, The Avenue, Hampton every Tuesday from September to July. All are welcome. Contact Heather Nolan for details on 01784 256549 or www.felthamscottish.fsnet.co.uk.

Bee-keepers Twickenham & Thames Valley Bee-keepers’ Association. Incorporating Richmond, Hounslow, Kingston and Wandsworth boroughs. Headquarters the Apiary, 41 Whitton Road, Twickenham. Secretary Christopher Deaves 8568 2869 or publicity officer Colin White 8977 5198. Practical classes are available for beginners, intermediates and seniors, taken by qualified beekeepers, every Friday, 6.30pm-9pm until September.

Beer campaign The Richmond and HoSunslow branch of Camra (Campaign for Real Ale). Membership secretary Brian Jobin 8892 5497, web: www.jobin.freeserve.co.uk/rhcamral.htm Birdwatching Richmond & Twickenham members of the RSPB, details Mr S Harrington 8898 4539. National membership details 01767 680551. Meetings in York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, at 2pm. Visitors £3.50, members £2.50, oaps £1.80. 8898 4539.

Boating The Skiff Club offers rowing in traditional Thames skiffs. Training and dining on Thursday evenings and river rowing on Sunday mornings. Trowlock Way, Teddington. Fran Kenden 8943 1844.

Twickenham Yacht Club, riverside, near the White Swan. 8892 8487.

The Small Boat Club meets Saturdays in The Boathouse, Stevens Eyot, Lower Ham Road, Kingston. 7pm. Secretary Jayne Foster 8541 0218.

The British Motor Yacht Club meets Wednesdays at the clubroom, Ferry Road, next Teddington Lock. 8.30pm. 8979 6273 or Community Channel on Cable TV or www. smithsys.co.uk /irm/bmyc.html.

The Richmond Yacht Club meets Thursdays, 8pm-11pm, Club House, Eel Pie Island. 8892 9679.

Elvis fans The Exclusive Elvis Presley Fan Club discos have moved operations to The Lion, Wick Road, Teddington. Tony and Pearl on 8977 9610.

Garden society The West London Group of the Cottage Garden Society. Details 8847 5162.

Guitar Richmond Guitar Society meets on fourth Sundays for practice and floor recitals at Richmond Parish Rooms, Church Walk, Richmond. Just turn up. 8891 6889.

The Greenwood Guitar Society meets Fridays for informal practice sessions, 7.14pm-8.30pm, at the Greenwood Centre, School Road, Hampton. All abilities welcome, though some skill in reading music essential. Martin Shaw 8891 6889.

Irish Society Richmond Irish Society, Jack Condron on 8940 1389 or John McGinley on 563 0302.

Model railways White House Model Railway Group meets Fridays 7.30pm at the White House Centre, The Avenue, Hampton. Ron Keevil 8979 3733.

Twickenham and District Model Railway Club meets on Friday evenings in Room 42, Richmond Adult Community College, Parkshot, Richmond, 8pm-10.30 p.m. Visitors and prospective members are very welcome to come along to see club activities. Contact secretary, Paul Raven-Hill, on 8893 4266, weekday office hours only, or by email to p_raven_hill@hotmail.com or visit the club website at www.tdmrc.org.uk for information about the club.

Running Sheen Shufflers meet Mondays and Wednesday, 7.30pm in the Sheen School Sports Centre, Hertford Avenue. All abilities welcome. Bob Reed 8876 6819.

Theatre Q2 Players is an amateur dramatic society in Kew, presenting three productions a year at St Luke’s Centre, The Avenue. Rehearsals are held at the Scout Hut, next to Kew Gardens Station. New members welcome in any capacity. More from Peter Sainty 8940 6537.

Variety The Happy Wanderers Variety Club is a small and friendly group who put on variety shows primarily for the elderly and handicapped. Rehearsals Whitton. 8898 6348 or 8570 3607.

Vegetarians Kingston and Richmond Vegetarian society. 8332 6704.

Winemaking Richmond Guild of Winemakers meet at the United Reformed Church Hall, Quadrant Road, Richmond. 8876 0505.

not for paper twickenham yacht club(Bob R G Hitchcock - Commodore 23 Strawberry Vale Twickenham. Day 8742 5002 Fax 8995 2687, Home 8892 2688.)

richmond and twickenham photographic society publicity Mrs Catherall 8892 0756 molesey and district antiques society8398 5812 angela haines Twickenham Gardening Association vera fenner 8894 3531.