10 February 2026 | News
The Society’s latest quarterly Newsletter is now available to Members and features its youngest-ever contributor! Zach Ingrosso (9), a pupil of Eltham CofE School in Roper Street (which was actually where the initial meeting of The Eltham Society was held back in 1965!), wrote a great story that was included in the Young Writers’ Monster Mini Tales book and he kindly allowed us to turn it into a poem so we could publish it in the Newsletter’s Poetry Corner. Here he is with his mum Gul and with Poetry Corner’s editor, Terry.
9 January 2026 | News
The Eltham Society is being featured in the display cabinet at The Eltham Centre this month. Pop by and have a look at some of the Society’s interesting items and publications. The cabinet is located opposite the cafe near the Archery Road entrance.
6 November 2025 | News
Colouring Eltham on sale locally, Saturday 22.11.25
The Eltham Society will have a table at each of these two local community events on Saturday 22.11.25 (details below) where Colouring Eltham, the lovely colouring book featuring beautiful line drawings of notable buildings in and around Eltham, will be on sale. Just £2.50. It would make a lovely Christmas gift.
10.00am-2.00pm: Christmas Craft Fair, St Luke’s Church, Westmount Road, SE9 1XQ
10.00am-12.00pm: Bob Hope Theatre Christmas Craft Fair and Coffee Morning, Wythfield Road, SE9 5TG
31 October 2025 | News
We’re on Facebook!
The Society launched its Facebook page today. If you’re on Facebook, please follow us (The Eltham Society) and encourage your friends to do so, too.
22 September 2025 | News
Colouring Eltham goes on tour!
Colouring Eltham, the Society’s colouring book featuring beautiful line-drawings of notable buildings in and around Eltham, has been popping up in all sorts of places recently. It was on sale at Eltham Library, in the Eltham Centre, on 6th and 11th September*; copies were given away as prizes to some people taking part in the Heritage Quest at the Eltham Weekender in Passey Place on Saturday 13th/Sunday 14th September; and it was on sale on the Society’s table at the Craft Sale & Coffee Morning at the Bob Hope Theatre on Saturday 20th September. It is proving to be very popular with the young and not-so-young alike and would make a lovely Christmas present. Various other Eltham Society publications will also be for sale at the Eltham Library sales.*
*Future sales at Eltham Library: 10am-12 noon Sat 4th Oct, 3pm-4.30pm Wed 8th Oct, 10am-12 noon Sat 1st Nov, 3pm-4.30pm Thu 13th Nov, 12 noon-2pm Sat13th Dec
5 September 2025 | News
Cheese & Wine Social
Members held their annual Cheese & Wine Social at the Woodcroft Club on Thursday 4th September 2025. The event proves more popular each year and this one was a sell-out with a record 70 people. There was a large selection of British cheeses plus some guest cheeses from France, Italy, Germany and Switzerland. Entertainment was provided by local band Golden Revival (pictured) who sang a selection of Beatles’ songs, finishing with everyone joining in on the na-na’s of Hey Jude!
