Forthcoming Events

Old Town Come to Town

Friday 4^th October–Sunday 6^th October

A secret location in London

Old Town, Norfolk-based purveyors of fine new clothing based on old designs, are having one of their (twice annual, I believe) visits to London, where their wares will be on display. Miss Willey hasn’t actually said where, but if it’s the same as last time then it is near Spitalfields. To book an appointment, telephone 01263 710001.

Vintage Fashion, Textiles and Accessories Fair

Sunday 12^th October

8am–5pm

Hammersmith Town Hall, 380 Kensington High Street, London W14

Admission: £5 (£10 before 10am) .

Over a hundred leading vintage fashion clothing dealers, from all over the UK and abroad, will offer wares from 1800 to 1980. Visitors will also find an array of handbags, linen, lace, embroidery, shoes, hats, gowns, chiffons, beaded dresses, textiles, needle work, necklaces, gloves, trimmings, fashion magazines, costume jewellery, feathers boas, compacts, combs, fans, etc. Prices seem to be pretty reasonable.

Boxing for Bastion

Friday 17^th October

7pm–11pm  

The Hemingford Arms, 85 Hemingford Road, Islington

Tickets: £10 in advance (email hollydavies2@hotmail.com)

Dress code: militaria, vintage

Maud Peasgood-Nonsuch requests that, in aid of The Army Benevolent Fund, you come and showcase your parcel-packing prowess over a few pints. Competitors should bring a shoebox full treats to biff out to the troops in Helmand. Points will be awarded for quality contents, decorative flourishes and compliance with the rules (max 2kg, no aerosols, no booze, no bongo [bongo? –Ed]). Judging by real Op Herrick and Op Telic veterans.

Other events include:

Pin the Haircut on the Civilian

Speed Blueys—rude joke writing against the clock

The SAS Challenge (Smooch A Soldier)

Pub Quiz War: The Armed Argot-nauts v The Civvie Slangsters

Fully-licensed bar and private smoking balcony

The Tiger Rag Society Weekend

Saturday 18^th–Sunday 19^th October

6.30pm–12am

Eye Town Hall, Eye, Suffolk IP23 7AB

Admission: £21 for a weekend ticket (for other ticket options see www.tiger-rag.co.uk)

A celebration of 1930s music, dance, fashion, art and style, held in the delightful Suffolk market town of Eye, (Near Diss), Norfolk.  There is a dance on the Saturday night where the hosts strongly encourage the wearing of top hat and tails for the gentlemen and the very best frocks for the ladies. There is no bar so patrons may enjoy their own champagne, gin and cocktails and indulge in the free tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits.

Sunday is a relaxed day where 1930s daywear is encouraged. There is live cabaret from Plein de Haricots and dee-jays playing dance music from the original shellac discs. There are exhibitions of vintage gramophones and wirelesses, through to fine art illustrations in the 1930s style, displays of vintage clothes and resources as well cd/78 stalls. The website also has information on local B&Bs a detailed map and photos/promotional films. For all inquires call Matt on 07780 527 474 email matt@tiger-rag.co.uk

A Jaunt to Bath

Saturday 19^th October

From 11am

All over Bath

Admission: See below for the cost of items on the itinerary

Dress: As your conscience directs

Ms Honoria Bellinger-Glossop and the Comtesse d’Argent are organising this day out to the fair city of Bath. Here is the itinerary:

11.00am: Museum of Fashion: peruse the 18th, 19th and early 20th century costumes. We are hoping to organise a guided tour, but more details to follow if that is forthcoming. Entrance to the Fashion Museum: £7 per person. Private guided tour of the museum: c.£3.90 per person (based on 10 attending)

12.30pm: Luncheon at Sally Lunn's. See website below for menu.

2.00pm: Aquae Sulis Roman Baths. Entrance to the Roman Baths: £10.50 per person. Combined ticket to museum and baths: £14.

3.30pm: Choral Evensong at the Abbey (or shopping for the non Church Types)

4.30pm: Afternoon Tea at the Pump Rooms.

For more details, or tips on accommodation if you plan to stay over, contact Ms Bellinger-Glossop. If enough people linger overnignt there will doubtless be evening activities.

NSC Film Night

Thursday 23rd October

6pm to midnight

The Geography Room, The Willliam IV, 7 Shepherdess Walk, London N1 7QE (020 3119 3010)

Admission: Free

The NSC film evening return, this time featuring a bill curated by Fruity Hatfield-Peverel. The main feature is A Canterbury Tale, preceded by a selection of wartime public information films. It’s free, though you’ll need money for beer and food (in which the pub takes great pride).

A Danse Macabre: Hendricks Halloween Ball

Friday 31^st October

10pm–4am

Parker Macmillan, 47 Chiswell Street, London EC1Y 4SB

Tickets £10 in advance (from www.thelasttuesdaysociety.org) or £40 for a “family” ticket of five (£20 on the door) or £15 to include a light buffet dinner, talk and ball from 8pm till 4am

Dress: The Beautiful and the Damned

The Society will transform The 17th Century Lord Mayor of London’s stables two floors beneath the City of London into a playground that reeks of death, incense and jasmine. Performers & DJs to include, Dickie Beau, The Alan Weekes Quartet, Death Ray Trebuchet, Mazaika with star performer Igor Outkine from Cronenburg’s Easter Promises, Matthew Stone from WowWow, Dickon Edwards, David TG, Wade Crescent, Simon Warner and J.M.Lavater, Kinky Ink Erotic Life Drawing, The House of Illness and many many more. There will be feasting, there will be dancing, there will be sickness and THERE WILL BE BLOOD!

NSC Club Night

Wednesday 5^th November

8pm-11pm

Upstairs, The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1JB

Members: Free

Non-Members: £2 (first visit free)

Miss Minna will chill us all on the subject of The Vampire and the Modern Age.

South-East London Lindy Hop Club

The Royston Club, 85 Royston Road, Penge London SE20 7QW

Taster Class Thursday 6^th November; Week 1 Thursday 13^th November

Doors 7.30pm, beginners 7.45, intermediate 8.30pm, freestyle 9.25pm

Admission: £7, new starters £3.50

Presented by 52nd Street Jump, these Lindy Hop classes run on a nine-week rotation, with a taster class on the tenth week. For more details email Caron or ring 07859 814239.

The Furbelows present

Cirque de Crème Anglaise 2

Wednesday 19^th November

7.30pm–midnight

The Cross Kings, 126 York Way, King’s Cross, London N1 0AX

Admission: £5

Dress: Circus freaks, swooning dandies, sepulchral aesthetes, ring masters, scary clowns, custard salesmen…

Following the roaring success of their first Cirque in August, The Furbelows (a beat combo featuring a higher count of NSC Members than any other of which I know) have put together another evening of dark humour, cabaret swagger, worthwhile words and general tomfoolery. In addition to the Furbelows themselves, they have managed to secure The Cesarians as headliners, Weill-ish broodsters who can whip up a fearsome intensity with not a guitar in sight. Also on the bill in NSC Member Marmaduke Dando, a fine crooner of maudlin ballads. More acts to come.

As before, every guest gets a free badge plus free custard creams all night. There may even be a custard fountain too…

NSC Club Night

Wednesday 3rd December

8pm-11pm

Upstairs, The Wheatsheaf, 25 Rathbone Place, London W1T 1JB

Members: Free

Non-Members: £2 (first visit free)

Either Niall Spooner-Harvey will bowl us over with his knowledge of A History of Ashes Cricket or Des Esseintes will talk to us all about India, where he currently languishes most of the year…

A Jaunt to Lincoln

Saturday 6^th and Sunday 7^th December

Lincoln

Honoria Bellinger-Glossop is putting together this excursion to take on the Christmas market. (The trip was originally planned to coincide with the Earl of Waveney’s confirmation, but I gather there is too much doubt about exactly when that is.) For further details, please contact Ms Bellinger-Glossop.

Holiday in Harlem

Saturday 21st March,

8.30pm–1.30am

Civic Suite, Wandsworth Town Hall, Wandsworth High Street, London SW18 2PU

Admission: £18 in advance online, £25 on the door, if available. See here for more details.

A one-off night of swing music, 1930s/40s-style glamour and much more in a period venue with huge sprung wooden dance floor. There will be a live band, DJs, cabaret, dance competitions, a vintage stall and a vintage hair parlour.