Meeting. Shuffleboard
2025-06-10 20:00 - 21:45 UTC | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
How good will you be? 🙂

Shuffleboard (Shovillaborde) existed in England over 500 years ago. It is an exciting variant of Shov-Ha’Penny. Henry VIII was very fond of the game. The Royal Expenses for 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of nine pounds:

”Paided to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the Kinges grace at shovillaborde”

The game was made illegal as early as 1542. Played in taverns it was feared that it might keep the proletariat from work!

Attempts to ban the game were never completely effective. It was simply too popular. Even after Cromwell came to power, when it was listed with other diversions as immoral, the game continued to thrive.

During the early part of the twentieth century ‘Sjoelbak’ a Dutch variation of the game emerged. A standard specification for the board and discs was introduced in 1966 in response to the growth of club and tournament play.

Today shuffleboard (sjoelbak) is played across the UK.

Theatre - The Great Gatsby
2025-06-19 19:00 - 22:30 | Surrey
It’s the Roarin’ 20’s, old sport. Meet mysterious millionaire, Jay Gatsby. He entertains the rich and famous with riotous parties at his Long Island mansion yet never joins in. Gatsby longs instead to reunite with his former flame Daisy Buchanan, but Daisy comes from another lifetime, long before the money…

Featuring a jazz and pop-influenced original score, The Great Gatsby is the brand new musical based on the classic American novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, New York, this is “one wildly entertaining night at the theatre, and musical theatre at its finest” (Theatrely).

Meeting. Garden Visit & Picnic
2025-07-08 19:00 - 21:45 | Surrey
We will visit a local, beautiful garden & have a picnic. Picture for attention only

Meeting. Annual Ramble
2025-08-12 19:00 - 21:30 | Surrey
Join us for a local stroll in Dormansland finishing at Dees Cottage in Mutton Hill to be fed by Fat Will’s Burger Co!

Meeting. Getting to Know Florence Nightingale
2025-09-09 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
A talk by Paul Whittle about the life, work & legacy of Florence Nightingale.

Meeting. Sip & Paint
2025-10-14 20:00 - 21:45 | Surrey
Try your hand with watercolours guided by our very own, Dawn. Accompanied by a glass of wine/soft drink to get your creative juices flowing.

Step Out with the Sole Sisters
2025-11-08 09:30 - 11:30 | Surrey
A circular, dog-friendly walk.

Meet at the Four Counties car park on Ashdown Forest at 9.30am

Please note. Participants are responsible for their own safety.

Optional brunch at the nearby Babylon cafe after the walk if you’d like to join.

Meeting. AGM & Help for Heroes
2025-11-11 19:30 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
Our brief AGM will be followed by Help for Heroes Ambassador, Barrie Grifiths telling us about the important work of this charity.

A poignant speaker for Armistice Day!

Hear a bit about Barrie here

Next Meeting of the Bookworms
2025-11-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Cat’s
We’ll be discussing this book. Marion’s choice from the Non-fiction category.

We meet next at Catie’s.

Kindred Krafters. Let's get Crafty
2025-11-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Surrey
We’ll be getting together to make items for our village Christmas displays.

We plan to put the displays up on 1st December.

Glow Wild
2025-12-03 19:10 - 21:30 | Wakehurst, Ardingly, Haywards Heath, Sussex, RH17 6TN
Car share to be organised nearer the date.

Please contact Marion, our social secretary if you’d like to join us.

Next Meeting of the Bookaholics
2025-12-05 20:00 - 22:00 | Karen’s house, Swallowfield
We will be discussing Circe by Madeline Miller.

We meet next at Siobhan’s

Christmas Wreathmaking
2025-12-06 14:00 - 16:00 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ

Meeting. Christmas & Shenanigans
2025-12-09 19:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
More details will follow.

Meeting. Getting to Know Coco Chanel
2026-01-13 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ

Meeting. Know Your Food??
2026-02-10 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
So you think you know your food? Test your knowledge with our fun foodie quiz.

And test your tastebuds sampling bakes with unusual ingedients!

Meeting. Ballet & Charity with Penny Parkes
2026-03-10 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
An evening with Penny Parkes. More details to follow.

Social. Kinky Boots
2026-04-14 19:30 - 22:30 | London Colliseum, St Martin's Ln,, London, WC2N 4ES

Meeting. Cocktail Making!
2026-04-21 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
We will learn to make and sample 3 cocktails. Yum!

Meeting. Murder Mystery Evening!
2026-05-12 20:00 - 21:45 | The Parish Room, The Platt, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6QZ
