Adults
- Wednesday Forum
- Bank Holiday walks
- London walks
- Ballroom and Latin American dancing
- Line dancing
- Tea Dances
- International Friendship Café
- Guys' Group
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- Bank Holiday walks
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It's a Fascinating World!
Pictures from walks around unusual parts of London; a history of coins (did you know that the £ originates from when 240 small silver pennies weighed 1 lb); the west coast of South America; vistas in Mexico; the architecture of the City of Oxford - these are among the more recent 'discoveries' at the Wednesday Forum.
You too can join in these fascinating glimpses of our amazing world. Just come along on the first Wednesday in the month (excluding August ). In June an annual outing is arranged.
We meet in the Foyer at 10.45 for tea/coffee and the speaker's talk, usually illustrated with slides or dvd pictures, commences at 11.00. This is a good social occasion and you are invited to stay for lunch (£3) at 12.30 which gives everyone an opportunity to chat about the morning's events.
For further information please contact Phil Crump, telephone: 020 8546 9999, email philcrumpy (at) hotmail.com; check the KURC monthly calendar; or view the latest Wednesday Forum programme.
It is a long tradition that members and friends go for a country walk on Bank Holidays: New Year's Day, Easter Monday, May Bank Holiday and the August Bank Holiday.
The leader is usually Georgina Forbes, who carefully checks out the route and the stopping places beforehand. There is usually a pub-stop at lunch time, and a number of people who cannot manage the walk meet up at the pub for lunch and fellowship.
Details are always posted on the Foyer and Mayo Hall notice-boards well in advance of the walk. Speak to Georgina Forbes or check out the KURC monthly calendar.
When Peter Ashdown was recovering from a severe illness, he decided to regain his strength through walking. He undertook the London Inner and Outer Rings, and got to know many parts of inner and outer London.
Now he leads manageable chunks of these walks, and others, alongside canals, through parks, through suburbs or into the busiest parts of the heart of the City or the West End. He takes in museums and galleries and knows all about the historical background of the places visited. He checks out all the best coffee, lunch and toilet stops, and always times us to avoid rush hours.
His meticulous planning and long-suffering sheepdog skills have ensured that lots of members have come to know each other in a leisurely fashion as we stroll along or sit over lunch.
By going along to Peter's Walks' we now know so many parts of London that we would never have searched out for ourselves.
Check out the KURC monthly calendar; or contact: Peter and Jean Ashdown, telephone: 020 8397 2781 email: ashfolk (at) talktalk.net
In order to encourage more use of our excellent Mayo Hall with its sprung floor, we considered starting dancing classes.
Easier said than done but when we were introduced to a very skilled dancer who was longing to teach a class, the idea took off. Now, Jeff Clark spends four hours every Friday afternoon teaching a mixed bag of beginners and improvers in the Mayo Hall. 'Not Strictly Dancing' has taken off, and the quickstep, samba, waltz, rumba, jive, foxtrot and more are making our feet more nimble and bringing a great deal of enjoyment.
The dances are mostly from anywhere but our church dancers arrive from miles around, and a very friendly atmosphere has developed. Jeff is a very enthusiastic teacher, and the 'bus-stop' ensures that the chronic shortage of men doesn't make things less fun. All welcome.
Dancing on Fridays 14.00-17.00 (beginners 14.00, improvers 15.15)
Dancing on Saturdays 14.30-16.30 (beginners 14.30, improvers 15.15)
Following the enormous success of the 'Not Strictly Dancing' events and classes, we are now running a Line Dancing class on Wednesday evenings. For anyone who may not be familiar with this, it is a form of dancing, usually with dancers arranged in lines, and it has a western/country theme. It is less complex than ballroom dancing and has the enormous advantage of dancers not needing a partner.
We have a fully qualified instructor called Pauline who has been a dancer all her life and now runs several line dancing classes locally.
Line dancing: Wednesdays, 19.30 to 21.30 in the Mayo Hall. £5 per session including refreshments. For all line dancing sessions, please check the KURC monthly calendar; or contact Denise Scorer, telephone: 020 8949 0946 email: denisescorer (at) aol.com
As well as dancing lessons, we hold Tea Dances in the Mayo Hall. Sometimes it's on Fridays, sometimes Saturdays, 14.30 17.00, with the full variety of dances. We serve a scrumptious tea, and it's worth the £6.00 entry for that alone. Click here to see the pictures from the most recent Tea Dance! Here are details of the next one.
For dates of all dancing sessions, please check the KURC monthly calendar; or contact our dance co-ordinators:
June Avery, telephone: 020 8546 0643
Liz Cook, telephone: 020 8546 0643, email: lizronhatch (at) tiscali.co.uk
We meet in the Foyer on Thursday evenings. We are a small group that welcomes people who have little chance to practice English conversation. We talk about English culture, our families and theirs, about Kingston, about faith, about world affairs in fact whatever seems helpful.
It is very worthwhile; we all learn so much, and some good friendships have been forged over the years.
If you know anyone who might benefit, do make contact with our Associate Minister; or our community projects leader; or just come along to Room 3 in the Richard Mayo Centre, Thursday evenings at 19.30.
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