A month of events, activities and

opportunities by and for older people

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Welcome to the Celebrating Age Festival

We warmly welcome you to enjoy the variety of events and

opportunities that make up this year’s Celebrating Age Festival.

We are indebted to Lambeth Libraries, the Brixton Ritzy

Cinema, the Minet Film Club and other partner agencies who

have organised events and collaborated with us. Special thanks

to a generous ‘friend of the Festival’ for their donation towards

events.

All events are correct at the time of going to press. Any

subsequent changes or additions will be listed in a

supplementary sheet available from our reception at 336 Brixton

Road, or downloadable from our website.

Wishing you a very enjoyable October!

Diana Kahn Lenny Kinnear

Chair of Trustees Chief Executive

Programme of Festival Events

International Day for Older People

Date: Tuesday 1 October, 1pm - 3.30pm

Venue: Lambeth Mission, 3-5 Lambeth Road, SE1 7DQ

Official opening of the Celebrating Age Festival. Guest: the Mayor of Lambeth, Cllr Mark Bennett. Party, tea dance and entertainment. Free refreshments—tea, coffee and hot chocolate!

Buses 3, 59, 159, 344

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Silver Surfers

Date: Wednesday 2 October 10am–12 Venue: Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, SE24 0AG Learn new IT skills and enjoy a nice cup of tea with the group at the end of the session!

Film: Lilies of the Field (1963)

Date: Thursday 3 October, 2pm Venue: Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road SE5 9QY Directed by Ralph Nelson. Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict Mother Maria, who believes that Homer has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert. Sidney Poitier stars.

Event: Home Movies Day!

Date: Friday 4 October 11 am – 3pm Venue: Cinema Museum, Renfrew Road, SE11 4TH A chance to bring your 8mm, Super-8 and other home movies and view them on the specialist equipment at the Museum. Come along if you have such films, or wish to view those of others! Tea and coffee available through the day. Café on-site. Wheelchair users are advised to book.

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Event: Apple Day

Date: Sunday 6 October 11am - 4pm Venue: Roots n’Shoots, Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington,

SE11 6DN

Explore Kennington’s wildlife garden oasis, of migrating birds, apple games, displays and musics. Bring a packed lunch but refreshments available. £1 entry, children free. (020 7587 1131)

Guided Walk: West Norwood Cemetery

Date: Sunday 6 October 2.30 - 3.30pm

Venue: Cemetery Main Gate, Norwood Road, SE27 9JU

90-minute tour arranged by the Friends of Norwood Cemetery. £1 donation.

Tea Dance at the Brix

Date: Monday 7 October 10.30-am12.30pm*

Venue: The Brix, St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF

The Good Companions Group invite you to join in sequence and ballroom dancing. Free. *Phone Maurice, 7733 0528.

Wheels for Wellbeing

Date: Monday 7 October

11 am -1.30pm

Venue: Herne Hill Velodrome,

104 Burbage Road, SE24 9HE

Remember Tommy Simpson? Fancy a chance to get on a bike? Need a bit of help? Wheels for Wellbeing offers the chance to try it out in safe environment, with all sorts of adapted and ordinary bikes. Arthritis and dementia catered for. Charge: £3

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Computer Training

Date: Tuesday 8 October 10am -12

Venue: Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP

Come and learn or practice your computer skills. Free.

Get fit with T'chai Chair Aerobics

Date: Tuesday 8 October 10. 30 - 11. 30am Venue: St Johns, 386 Clapham Road, SW9

9AR

A free exercise session for the less mobile.

Film: The King’s Speech

Date: Tuesday 8 October 11 am

Venue: Ritzy Cinema, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG

The 2010 Oscar-winning film about King George VI’s struggle to overcome his stammer, and the parts played in his battle by his speech therapist. Entry: £1 including tea & coffee.

Film: Flame in the Streets (1961)

Date: Wednesday 9 October 2pm

Venue: Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road SE5 9QY

A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the West Indian workers but finds it an uphill battle. After being successful, and proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his daughter intends to marry a West Indian. Free.

Throughout October, (at 336 Brixton Road, SW9 7AA), there is

a free daytime exhibition on Cinema History in South London.

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Singalong with the Twilighters Choir (in association with Morley College)

Date: Thursday 10 October 10.30 - 11.30am

Venue: St Johns, 386 Clapham Road, SW9 9AR

Try out your vocals! Visitors welcome. Free.

Open House at St Johns:

Date: Thursday 10 October 1.30 - 3.30pm Venue: St Johns, 386 Clapham Road, SW9 9AR

Meet the older people’s group. Tea, cake and bingo. Free.

Open Day at Lambeth Mind

Date: Thursday 10 October 2.30pm

Venue: 4th floor, 336 Brixton Road, SW9 7AA

A chance to meet the staff of Lambeth Mind and discover what resources are around to beat depression in later life. Free.

Opening Doors London

Date: Friday 11 October 2.00 - 6.00pm

Venue: Age UK Camden, 1-6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA Annual LGBT Information Day - ‘Living Well’. More info on http://www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk . Free.

The 57th BFI Film Festival runs from 9th-20th October. A full

programme of daytime free film screenings is available at

www.bfi.org.uk/lff/education, or call 020 7815 1344.

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Music: Carlton Quartet

Date: Saturday 12 October, 10am - 12

Venue: Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road SE24 0AG

Calton Quartet - present informal / promenade music in the library. Refreshments. Free.

Song & Dance with Carol and Roger

Date: Saturday 12 October, 2 - 4 pm

Venue: Lambeth Mission, 3-5 Lambeth Road, SE1 7DQ

An afternoon with our guest musicians Carol Ann Wells, wizard of the keyboard, and Roger Barber (tenor), bringing back the voices of Mario Lanza, Richard Tauber, PLUS sequence and ballroom dancing for a great treat. Also tea & coffee. Free.

History Walk: Lambeth Riverside & Hinterland

Date: Sunday 13 October, 2.30pm

Venue: meet at Lambeth North Tube Station

A history walk led by Alan Piper of the Lambethans Society. Free.

Photo courtesy of Lambeth Archives

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Black Veterans of World War Two

Date: Sunday 13 October Time tbc*

Venue: Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ

Historian Tony Warner takes an insightful look at the African and Caribbean war effort and black veterans of the Second World War. From interviews with spitfire and bomber pilots and video footage, discover the Nigerian and Somali troops who fought in Burma, Black and Asian female secret agents and learn why U-boats were found in the Caribbean. Free. *Exact timing not yet known , tel:020 7416 5000 .

Tea Dance at the Brix

Date: Monday 14 October 10.30am -12.30pm Venue: The Brix, St Matthews Church,

Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF

The Good Companions Group invite you to join in sequence and ballroom dancing. Free.

Stockwell Good Neighbours

Bingo Bonanza

Date: Monday 14 October 11am - 2pm

Venue: Oval House, 52-54 Kennington Oval, SE11 5SW

Stockwell Good Neighbours host an open day for anyone over 60. Based around the theme of Bingo (£1 a game) with cash prizes and a DJ playing lively Caribbean music. Light lunch provided.

Poetry Group

Date: Monday 14 October 1 - 2.30pm

Venue: Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road SE24 0AG

Relax and enjoy an opportunity to share reading and discussion

in a friendly group, or just listen. Tea/coffee. Free.

Ideas for an Outing...one Saturday or Wednesday...

Traditional English Market Day at St Albans, plus free visit to Abbey. Cost: £7.60 fare (with freedom pass, after 10am) - ser-vices direct to St Albans from local rail stations - Herne Hill, Loughborough Jctn, Streatham & Tulse Hill. 10-minute walk to market from station or take first bus stand (right of station).

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Reminiscence Film: Carmen Jones

Date: Tuesday 15 October, 12 noon

Venue: Ritzy Cinema, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG

The Ritzy hosts a Seniors’ reminiscence film, with an introductory talk and refreshments. Carmen Jones is an updating of Bizet’s opera with an all-black cast, including Harry Belafonte. Wheelchair access needs booking. £3.50 to seniors.

Silver Surfers

Date: Wednesday 16 October 10am – 12

Venue: Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, SE24 0AG

Learn new IT skills and enjoy a nice cup of tea with the group at the end of the session! Free

Guided Walk: St George’s Wharf, Vauxhall

Date: Wednesday 16 October 12.30 – 1.30pm

Venue: St George Wharf, SW8 2FH

A guided walk led by Stefan Lorett (LASSCO). Free, but book on: info@vauxhallone.co.uk . (No email? Come to Vida Walsh on 8th October!)

Film : ‘The Spirit of 45’ (2013)

Date: Wednesday 16 October 7pm Venue: South Lambeth Library, 180 South Lambeth Road SW8 1QP

Director Ken Loach uses film from Britain's regional and national archives, alongside contemporary interviews and sound recordings to create a rich political and social narrative of the inter-war years and the vision of a better society. Free. (Organised by the Friends of South Lambeth Library)

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Age UK Lambeth AGM

Date: Thursday 17 October afternoon

Venue: Lambeth Accord ,336 Brixton Road, SW9 7AA

Booking required - please call 020 7733 0528

Film: ‘Night and Day’ (1946)

Date: Thursday 17 October 2pm

Venue: Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road SE5 9QY

The fictionalised biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.-- Cary Grant stars. Free.

Film: Pathe Films & Council propaganda films

Date: Friday 18 October 10.30am - 12.30pm

Venue: Cinema Museum, Renfrew Road, SE11 4TH

A chance to see the public health and education films of the 1930s that described the emerging welfare state services, as well as Pathe Film clips we may have seen and forgotten. A morning of education and a few laughs. Tea and coffee available; booking advised for wheelchair users. Free.

Ideas for an Outing...any day….

Free - RAF Museum at Hendon. See the Battle of Britain

Experience, Airfix Special Display, and large aircraft collection

including Lancaster bomber.

Open daily. Travel by rail to Mill Hill Broadway free with

Freedom Pass (from Herne Hill, Loughborough Junction,

Streatham & Tulse Hill rail stations). From there it’s a 10 minute

walk or take bus from first bus stand.

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Learn to play Chess

Date: Saturday 19 October 2.30 - 5pm

Venue: Carnegie Library, 188 Herne Hill Road, SE24 0AG

Players of all levels and ages welcome. Free.

Tea Dance at the Brix

Date: Monday 21st October 10.30am - 12.30pm*

Venue: The Brix, St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF

The Good Companions Group invite you to join in sequence and ballroom dancing. Free. *Phone Maurice, 7733 0528.

Lambeth Pensioners Action Group

Date: Monday 21 October 1.30pm

Venue: Assembly Hall, Town Hall, Acre Lane SW2

Lambeth’s leading campaigners celebrate with guest speakers!

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Book Launch: Growing Old Outrageously

Date: Monday 21 October, 6.45 pm Donation £2

Venue: Durning Library, 167 Kennington Lane, SE11 4HF

A funny new memoir of travel, food and friendship. For thrill-seekers and armchair travellers alike, it’s a celebration of friendship and laughter and an inspiration for anyone who's longed to travel to exotic places. (Organised by Friends of Durning Library). Free.

Film: Quartet

Date: Tuesday 22 October 11am

Venue: Ritzy Cinema, Coldharbour Lane, SW2 1JG

Oscar-winning comedy about retired opera singers setting up a home and what happens when they settle in! Entry: £1 including tea and coffee.

Art Class at Vida Walsh Centre

Date: Tuesday 22 October 2 - 4pm

Venue: Vida Walsh Centre, 2b Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP

Come and try art for a change! Small charge for materials.

Gardening and reminiscence open day

Date: Wednesday 23 October 1 - 4pm

Venue: Wildlife Garden Centre, 28 Marsden Road, SE15 4EE

A taste of Potted History - gardening and reminiscence activities for people 60+, including craft activities using garden produce, collecting seed to grow winter salad crops in the easy-to-access raised beds. Share memories of gardening, cooking and eating with others. Activities will be carried out indoors in the event of bad weather. Fully accessible for impaired mobility. For more details contact Joanna Ecclestone on 020 7252 9186. Free.

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Film: Sapphire (1959)

Date: Wednesday 23 October 2pm

Venue: Minet Library, 52 Knatchbull Road SE5 9QY

Directed by Basil Deardon. In 1950s London racial hostility to Commonwealth immigrants is openly paraded. A pregnant girl, initially assumed to be white, is murdered. As two detectives start to investigate, and discover her racial origins were much more mixed, public prejudices and those of the officers themselves are exposed. All welcome. Free.

Event: An Insight into the

National Theatre

Date: Thursday 24 October, 12.20 for 12.30pm Venue: Information Desk, National

Theatre, SE1 (by Waterloo Bridge)

A one-hour guided tour for local community members that gives an insight into the workings of NT. The tour will include a behind-the-scenes peek of the stages, and technical areas of the NT. To book your free place call 020 7452 3400. Please note : the theatre is a working building. It is essential that you notify NT of any mobility or access issues as this information is used to plan your route. Numbers are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Open Day at Springfield Lunch Club

Date: Friday 25 October 12.00 -3.00pm Venue: Springfield Methodist Church, 200 Wandsworth

Road, SW8 2JU

Springfield Luncheon club hosts an Open Day - a chance to have a free taster meal, familiarise with the menu, chat and play board games and have a foot spa. A time also to find out if people will be interested in future plans for a exercise session.

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Lambeth Archives

Date: Friday 25 October 2.00 - 3.00pm Venue: Springfield Methodist Church, 200 Wandsworth

Road, SW8 2JU

Springfield Lunch Club welcome Lambeth Archives for a workshop in using the archives. Learn about the Archives’ maps, photos, electoral registers, street directories and other printed material, and what they can tell us about the area. Free.

Music: Odeon Leicester Square

Date: Saturday 26 October 10am for 10.30

Venue: Odeon Leicester Square

Donald MacKenzie plays popular hits plus silent films on the giant Cinema Organ. Age UK has a small number of complimentary tickets (free, otherwise £10) - apply to Age UK Lambeth, 336 Brixton Rd, SW9 7AA.

Tea Dance at the Brix

Date: Monday 28 October 10.30—12..30pm*

Venue: The Brix, St Matthews Church, Brixton Hill, SW2 1JF

The Good Companions Group invite you to join in sequence and ballroom dancing. Free. *Phone Maurice, 7733 0528.

Event at the Academy TBC

Date: Tuesday 29 October 11am-1pm Venue: Brixton Academy, Stockwell

Road, SW9 9SL

A chance to tour the art deco interior of the Academy and to take some tea—for free.

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Lambeth ‘On-Show’ Day

Date: Wednesday 30 October 10.00am - 1.00pm

Venue: Lambeth Accord, 336 Brixton Road, SW9 7AA

The annual On Show Day is a chance to meet the providers of key services and opportunities for older people in Lambeth. Last year nearly 200 people viewed and discussed services including Libraries, Assistive Technology, Benefits Advisers, Housing and Healthy Living. Refreshments available. Free.

If you run a service, group or project and want to have a stall to promote your group contact Age UK Lambeth as soon as possible. .

Zumba at Vida’s

Date: Wednesday 30 October

(times below)

Venue: Vida Walsh Centre, 2b

Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP

Try out some Zumba Dance 4-4.30 seated – free; 4.30 – 5.30 £3.50

Event: Tea Dance

Date: Thursday 31 October,

2 - 4 pm

Venue: Lambeth Mission, 3-5

Lambeth Road, SE1 7DQ

A tea dance to formally close this year’s festival; also a chance to tell us what you enjoyed and what you’d like to see next time!! Free.

PTO for the final event of this year’s festival...

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Celebrating Age is co-ordinated by Age UK Lambeth (a registered

charity number 1063497), in association with Lambeth Libraries,

Ritzy Cinema and other partner agencies listed in the brochure.

An up-to-date supplement detailing any late additions, changes or

cancellations will be produced and updated daily through

September. Further copies of the programme and supplement are

available from Age UK Lambeth on 020 7733 0528, at 336 Brixton

Road (3rd floor) and it is also online at www.ageuklambeth.org.uk.

Brochure printed by Catford Print Ltd.

Healthy Living Club

Date: Thursday 31 October 7pm

Venue: Cressingham Gdns Rotunda Hall, (the round building opposite the entrance closest to Tescos), Hardel

Walk, Tulse Hill, SW2 2QN

Escape the tricks of Halloween, and enjoy the treats of a wonderful evening of poetry, literature and sweet-sounding music. Swing to the dulcet tones of the smoothest jazz and be moved by the passion of flamenco. Performances from acclaimed authors, children and people with dementia merge in a cheery spectacle to warm your autumn blues.

This is a fund-raising event in aid of the Club’s dementia support service; tickets are £2 for retired people, and under-16s; £5 other adults.