Arts & Crafts - Wandle Valley Festival

Arts, Crafts and History

Saturday 6th June

Merton Abbey Mills in the Chapter House

10am-5pm Children’s archaeology digs Dig up the past in our archaeology boxes. Find the stuff that Romans and other early Londoners left behind, from pots to pipes and from bones to stones. Staff from Museum of London Archaeology.

10am-5pm Hand Block Printing Try your hand at traditional fabric hand block printing. Wandle Industrial Museum

Merton Abbey Mills in the Market area

10am-4pm River & Cloth Textile Workshop River & Cloth explores the rich textile heritage of the River Wandle. Family friendly workshop explores the magical process of dyeing and creating designs from natural materials such as flowers, leaves and tree bark. See www.riverandcloth.co.uk

11am-4pm Make your own useful pot in the Wheelhouse With the help of experienced potters. Wandle Heritage

2pm and 4pm Children’s show in the Colour House Theatre (tickets £7)

Honeywood Museum, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton

10am-5pm Children, pretend you are on ‘Time Team’ by digging up the past in our archaeology boxes. Take the archaeologists challenge and piece together an object, plus other archaeological activities. Drop in crafts throughout the weekend including make an ‘Elizabethan’ garden fish, grotto picture, design your own coat of arms, explore Tudor spinning, weaving and dyeing, brass rubbings, add to our watery collage, Trails, and more. Admission and all activities are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tea room open. 0208 770 4297.

All Saints Church

Open 9am-5pm Bell tower open, bell ringing. Displays of vestments and floral arrangements. Organist playing at intervals, opportunities to visit the organ gallery. Tours and history talks, refreshments. High St. Carshalton. Christine Lindsay 020 8647 3000.

St Mary’s Church

10.30am-1pm See a Romano-British coffin and William Morris organ screen, 15th century choir stalls and 17th century pulpit. Church Rd, Beddington.

7.30pm Concert by the Albinoni String Orchestra, Conductor Ian Butterworth, with St. Mary’s choir. The programme includes work by De Falla, Faure, and John Rutter. Entrance £7.00, concessions £5.00, children and students free. For details ring 0208 688 1966 or 020 8660 1047 or visit www.stmarysbeddington.org.uk

Discover the sites of water mills on the Wandle on a cycle ride

2pm Meet at Waddon Ponds, in Mill Lane off the Purley Way. Tea at Carshalton Museum; visit sites of the Culvers corn mill and the dye, oil, leather and gunpowder mills at Hackbridge. Leader Clive Oxx CTC 020 8647 0766.

Sunday 7th June

In King George’s Park near the Lake from 11am to 5pm

Archaeology for Children Try your hand as an archaeologist by digging up the stuff that Romans and other early Londoners left behind; from pots to pipes and from bones to stones. Get creative and make and decorate a mini pot like our ancestors did. Archaeologist Becky Wallower

Make Beautiful Birdnests from found materials Would your nest impress our feathered friends? Artist Kevin Herlihy.

Wandle Art and Crafts Sessions For children of all ages and their families. Artists from the Merton-based art group POST. www.postartists.com

Art Competion See booklet insert for details. www.southsidewandsworth.com

Music in the Park Local singer songwriter, Dick Philpot performs an acoustic set ‘on the grass’ including semi-autobiographical songs, ‘the red river’ and ‘take a walk with me’, about growing up within a stones throw of the river Wandle. Hear Dick’s songs at www.myspace.com/dickphilpot and at www.dickphilpot.com

Exploring Wandsworth Past See the food you could purchase in a Roman Market Stall. Hands-on activities with objects such as mammoth teeth and bronze age spears. Meet and speak with Wandsworth soldiers – a Roman from AD43 and a WW2 soldier from 1943. Find out about the plans for the new Wandsworth Museum contact@wandsworthmuseum.co.uk

De Morgan Centre

11am-5pm A vanished world and contemporary landscape Victorian photographer Henry Taunt’s images portray the natural beauties of the River Thames. Present day photographers Graham Diprose and Jeff Robins have followed in Taunt’s footsteps, digitally recapturing some of his finest views.

2pm Talk by photographer and exhibition curator De Morgan Centre, 38 West Hill SW18 1RZ. www.demorgan.org.uk

In Morden Hall Park National Trust near the Snuff Mill

12-4pm Industrial Revolutions Come and find out more about the mills that worked on the River Wandle with lots of activities and displays. Design, make and test your own waterwheel to generate electricity. National Trust

11am-4pm Drawing and Watercolours Make your own special scene of the Wandle or colour one of the outlines of scenes from Wandle life. Artist Yvonne Russell

10am-4pm River & Cloth Textile Workshop River & Cloth promotes the rich textile heritage of the River Wandle. This family friendly workshop explores the magical process of dyeing and creating designs from natural materials such as flowers, leaves and tree bark. See www.riverandcloth.co.uk for further information.

At Merton Abbey Mills in the Chapter House

10am-5pm Hand Block Printing Try your hand at traditional fabric hand block printing. Wandle Industrial Museum.

At Merton Abbey Mills in the market area

11am-5pm Create weird and wonderful collage landscapes of Merton Abbey Mills and the River Wandle. Children of all ages and their families. Artists from the Merton - based art group POST. www.postartists.com

11am-4pm Make your own useful pot in the Wheelhouse with the help of experienced potters. Wandle Heritage

1pm and 3pm The Merton Concert Band plays favourite music

1pm onwards Young’s Brewery Shire Horses give family rides in the dray

2pm and 4pm Children’s show in the Colour House Theatre (tickets £7)

3pm The Mayor cuts the giant birthday cake Clowns entertain the children and give out the cake.

You can also visit shops, craft and food stalls, William Morris riverside pub and local restaurants. Merton Abbey Mills is on the bank of the Wandle at Merantun Way SW19.

Learn about the life of the orphans from the Royal Female Orphanage Asylum a hundred years ago

3-5pm Presentation by the 11th Mitcham Brownie Group. Carew Manor, Beddington Park. Contact Melanie Nunzet 07944 833605

Visit sites of Water mills on a cycle ride

2pm Borough historian John Phillips will talk about the history of the Upper Mill in Grove Park, Carshalton. Meet at Westcroft Leisure Centre. Clive Oxx 020 8647 0766.

Honeywood Museum

Tudor Gallery at Honeywood Museum throughout June. Henry VIII and Nicholas Carew of Beddington - From Friendship to Execution. Nicholas Carew was one of young Henry VIII’s hunting and sporting companions; through it rose to wealth and power.

10am-5pm Children, pretend you are on ‘Time Team’ by digging up the past in our archaeology boxes. Take the archaeologists challenge and piece together an object, plus other archaeological activities. Drop in crafts throughout the weekend including make an “Elizabethan” garden fish, grotto picture, design your own coat of arms, explore Tudor spinning, weaving and dyeing, brass rubbings, add to our watery collage, Trails, and more. Admission and all activities are free both days. Honeywood Walk, Carshalton. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tea rooms open.

10.30am-4.30pm Explore the art of dyeing using natural plant dyes. Take away your results. Drop in activity for all, aged 5 years to adult. Archaeologist Sarah Dhanjal

All Saints Church

8am-6pm (services at 8am, 10.30am, and 6.30pm)
Bell tower open, bell ringing. Displays of vestments and floral arrangements. Organist playing at intervals, opportunities to visit the organ gallery. Tours and history talks, refreshments. High St. Carshalton. Ring Christine Lindsay for details 020 8647 3000.

Carew Manor Dovecote

2-4pm The 18th century octagonal brick dovecote with its original potence (circular ladder), and 1200 nesting boxes will be open to view. Off Church Rd, Beddington. For further details ring 020 8770 4297.

Carshalton House Water Tower

2.30-5pm Unique Grade 2 listed early 18th century garden building sited in the grounds of Carshalton House. Admission half price 50p adults, children free. Call Julia Gertz for further details 020 8647 0984.

Carshalton Park Grotto

2-4pm An opportunity to see inside the 18th century garden building with Andrew Skelton. Some original decorative material is viewable. Ruskin Rd entrance, Carshalton. Call Honeywood Museum for further details 020 8770 4297.

Upper Mill

2-4pm John Phillips, Heritage Projects Manager, will talk about the history of the mill. Grove Park, Carshalton. Call Honeywood Museum for further details 020 8770 4297.

St Mary’s Church

2-6pm See a Romano-British coffin and William Morris organ screen, 15th century choir stalls and 17th century pulpit.

6.30pm choral evensong Church Rd, Beddington. Contact 0208 688 1966 or 0208 660 1047. www.stmarysbeddington.org.uk

Other events at Honeywood

Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm The Story of the Upper Wandle Illustrated talk by John Phillips looking at the Wandle in Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington. The story of the river and its mills, parks and gardens. Tickets are £3.00 (£2.50 Heritage Friends). Call 020 8770 4297 to book.

Wednesday 20th May-Sunday 7th June Calling All Artists An exciting exhibition of work for sale by local artists, both professional and amateur, offering a wide range of styles and prices.

Art Competition

Enter at Southside Shopping Centre for your chance to win a digital camera

Two age groups: 8 and under AND 9 to 15. Prizes to be won. Sponsored by Southside Shopping Centre. See booklet insert or visit www.southsidewandsworth.com for more details.

In association with the Wandle Valley Festival and to celebrate local wildlife, Southside Shopping Centre are running an art competition for young people. We're inviting entrants to draw or paint their favourite wildlife - birds, fish, mammals, dragonflies, butterflies, plants or general scenes.

The competition is open to two age groups - 8 years and under and 9 to 15 years. Ten finalists will be chosen from each age group and these art pieces will be displayed in Southside Shopping Centre from Friday 19th June. Each finalist will receive a £10 Waterstone's voucher and the winner of each age group will receive a digital camera.

Entries can be posted to Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF or handed in at Southside's management office. There will also be an opportunity to do the drawing or painting at the Wandle Valley Festival art activity in King George's Park on Sunday 7th June.

Entries must include the young person's name, age, school and home contact number on the reverse side.

All entries must be received by midday on Monday 15th June. Please contact Kim Simpson on 020 8543 0110 with any queries or for more details.

Competition rules
One entry per person; entries must be no larger than A3; finalists will be notified via their school or parent before going on display at Southside Shopping Centre; the judge's decision is final.

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2010
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	Arts, Crafts and History Saturday 6th June Merton Abbey Mills in the Chapter House 10am-5pm Children’s archaeology digs Dig up the past in our archaeology boxes. Find the stuff that Romans and other early Londoners left behind, from pots to pipes and from bones to stones. Staff from Museum of London Archaeology. 10am-5pm Hand Block Printing Try your hand at traditional fabric hand block printing. Wandle Industrial Museum Merton Abbey Mills in the Market area 10am-4pm River & Cloth Textile Workshop River & Cloth explores the rich textile heritage of the River Wandle. Family friendly workshop explores the magical process of dyeing and creating designs from natural materials such as flowers, leaves and tree bark. See www.riverandcloth.co.uk 11am-4pm Make your own useful pot in the Wheelhouse With the help of experienced potters. Wandle Heritage 2pm and 4pm Children’s show in the Colour House Theatre (tickets £7) Honeywood Museum, Honeywood Walk, Carshalton 10am-5pm Children, pretend you are on ‘Time Team’ by digging up the past in our archaeology boxes. Take the archaeologists challenge and piece together an object, plus other archaeological activities. Drop in crafts throughout the weekend including make an ‘Elizabethan’ garden fish, grotto picture, design your own coat of arms, explore Tudor spinning, weaving and dyeing, brass rubbings, add to our watery collage, Trails, and more. Admission and all activities are free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tea room open. 0208 770 4297. All Saints Church Open 9am-5pm Bell tower open, bell ringing. Displays of vestments and floral arrangements. Organist playing at intervals, opportunities to visit the organ gallery. Tours and history talks, refreshments. High St. Carshalton. Christine Lindsay 020 8647 3000. St Mary’s Church 10.30am-1pm See a Romano-British coffin and William Morris organ screen, 15th century choir stalls and 17th century pulpit. Church Rd, Beddington. 7.30pm Concert by the Albinoni String Orchestra, Conductor Ian Butterworth, with St. Mary’s choir. The programme includes work by De Falla, Faure, and John Rutter. Entrance £7.00, concessions £5.00, children and students free. For details ring 0208 688 1966 or 020 8660 1047 or visit www.stmarysbeddington.org.uk Discover the sites of water mills on the Wandle on a cycle ride 2pm Meet at Waddon Ponds, in Mill Lane off the Purley Way. Tea at Carshalton Museum; visit sites of the Culvers corn mill and the dye, oil, leather and gunpowder mills at Hackbridge. Leader Clive Oxx CTC 020 8647 0766. Sunday 7th June In King George’s Park near the Lake from 11am to 5pm Archaeology for Children Try your hand as an archaeologist by digging up the stuff that Romans and other early Londoners left behind; from pots to pipes and from bones to stones. Get creative and make and decorate a mini pot like our ancestors did. Archaeologist Becky Wallower Make Beautiful Birdnests from found materials Would your nest impress our feathered friends? Artist Kevin Herlihy. Wandle Art and Crafts Sessions For children of all ages and their families. Artists from the Merton-based art group POST. www.postartists.com Art Competion See booklet insert for details. www.southsidewandsworth.com Music in the Park Local singer songwriter, Dick Philpot performs an acoustic set ‘on the grass’ including semi-autobiographical songs, ‘the red river’ and ‘take a walk with me’, about growing up within a stones throw of the river Wandle. Hear Dick’s songs at www.myspace.com/dickphilpot and at www.dickphilpot.com Exploring Wandsworth Past See the food you could purchase in a Roman Market Stall. Hands-on activities with objects such as mammoth teeth and bronze age spears. Meet and speak with Wandsworth soldiers – a Roman from AD43 and a WW2 soldier from 1943. Find out about the plans for the new Wandsworth Museum contact@wandsworthmuseum.co.uk De Morgan Centre 11am-5pm A vanished world and contemporary landscape Victorian photographer Henry Taunt’s images portray the natural beauties of the River Thames. Present day photographers Graham Diprose and Jeff Robins have followed in Taunt’s footsteps, digitally recapturing some of his finest views. 2pm Talk by photographer and exhibition curator De Morgan Centre, 38 West Hill SW18 1RZ. www.demorgan.org.uk In Morden Hall Park National Trust near the Snuff Mill 12-4pm Industrial Revolutions Come and find out more about the mills that worked on the River Wandle with lots of activities and displays. Design, make and test your own waterwheel to generate electricity. National Trust 11am-4pm Drawing and Watercolours Make your own special scene of the Wandle or colour one of the outlines of scenes from Wandle life. Artist Yvonne Russell 10am-4pm River & Cloth Textile Workshop River & Cloth promotes the rich textile heritage of the River Wandle. This family friendly workshop explores the magical process of dyeing and creating designs from natural materials such as flowers, leaves and tree bark. See www.riverandcloth.co.uk for further information. At Merton Abbey Mills in the Chapter House 10am-5pm Children’s archaeology digs Dig up the past in our archaeology boxes. Find the stuff that Romans and other early Londoners left behind, from pots to pipes and from bones to stones. Staff from Museum of London Archaeology 10am-5pm Hand Block Printing Try your hand at traditional fabric hand block printing. Wandle Industrial Museum. At Merton Abbey Mills in the market area 11am-5pm Create weird and wonderful collage landscapes of Merton Abbey Mills and the River Wandle. Children of all ages and their families. Artists from the Merton - based art group POST. www.postartists.com 11am-4pm Make your own useful pot in the Wheelhouse with the help of experienced potters. Wandle Heritage 1pm and 3pm The Merton Concert Band plays favourite music 1pm onwards Young’s Brewery Shire Horses give family rides in the dray 2pm and 4pm Children’s show in the Colour House Theatre (tickets £7) 3pm The Mayor cuts the giant birthday cake Clowns entertain the children and give out the cake. You can also visit shops, craft and food stalls, William Morris riverside pub and local restaurants. Merton Abbey Mills is on the bank of the Wandle at Merantun Way SW19. Learn about the life of the orphans from the Royal Female Orphanage Asylum a hundred years ago 3-5pm Presentation by the 11th Mitcham Brownie Group. Carew Manor, Beddington Park. Contact Melanie Nunzet 07944 833605 Visit sites of Water mills on a cycle ride 2pm Borough historian John Phillips will talk about the history of the Upper Mill in Grove Park, Carshalton. Meet at Westcroft Leisure Centre. Clive Oxx 020 8647 0766. Honeywood Museum Tudor Gallery at Honeywood Museum throughout June. Henry VIII and Nicholas Carew of Beddington - From Friendship to Execution. Nicholas Carew was one of young Henry VIII’s hunting and sporting companions; through it rose to wealth and power. 10am-5pm Children, pretend you are on ‘Time Team’ by digging up the past in our archaeology boxes. Take the archaeologists challenge and piece together an object, plus other archaeological activities. Drop in crafts throughout the weekend including make an “Elizabethan” garden fish, grotto picture, design your own coat of arms, explore Tudor spinning, weaving and dyeing, brass rubbings, add to our watery collage, Trails, and more. Admission and all activities are free both days. Honeywood Walk, Carshalton. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Tea rooms open. 10.30am-4.30pm Explore the art of dyeing using natural plant dyes. Take away your results. Drop in activity for all, aged 5 years to adult. Archaeologist Sarah Dhanjal All Saints Church 8am-6pm (services at 8am, 10.30am, and 6.30pm) Bell tower open, bell ringing. Displays of vestments and floral arrangements. Organist playing at intervals, opportunities to visit the organ gallery. Tours and history talks, refreshments. High St. Carshalton. Ring Christine Lindsay for details 020 8647 3000. Carew Manor Dovecote 2-4pm The 18th century octagonal brick dovecote with its original potence (circular ladder), and 1200 nesting boxes will be open to view. Off Church Rd, Beddington. For further details ring 020 8770 4297. Carshalton House Water Tower 2.30-5pm Unique Grade 2 listed early 18th century garden building sited in the grounds of Carshalton House. Admission half price 50p adults, children free. Call Julia Gertz for further details 020 8647 0984. Carshalton Park Grotto 2-4pm An opportunity to see inside the 18th century garden building with Andrew Skelton. Some original decorative material is viewable. Ruskin Rd entrance, Carshalton. Call Honeywood Museum for further details 020 8770 4297. Upper Mill 2-4pm John Phillips, Heritage Projects Manager, will talk about the history of the mill. Grove Park, Carshalton. Call Honeywood Museum for further details 020 8770 4297. St Mary’s Church 2-6pm See a Romano-British coffin and William Morris organ screen, 15th century choir stalls and 17th century pulpit. 6.30pm choral evensong Church Rd, Beddington. Contact 0208 688 1966 or 0208 660 1047. www.stmarysbeddington.org.uk Other events at Honeywood Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm The Story of the Upper Wandle Illustrated talk by John Phillips looking at the Wandle in Carshalton, Beddington and Wallington. The story of the river and its mills, parks and gardens. Tickets are £3.00 (£2.50 Heritage Friends). Call 020 8770 4297 to book. Wednesday 20th May-Sunday 7th June Calling All Artists An exciting exhibition of work for sale by local artists, both professional and amateur, offering a wide range of styles and prices. Art Competition Enter at Southside Shopping Centre for your chance to win a digital camera Two age groups: 8 and under AND 9 to 15. Prizes to be won. Sponsored by Southside Shopping Centre. See booklet insert or visit www.southsidewandsworth.com for more details. In association with the Wandle Valley Festival and to celebrate local wildlife, Southside Shopping Centre are running an art competition for young people. We're inviting entrants to draw or paint their favourite wildlife - birds, fish, mammals, dragonflies, butterflies, plants or general scenes. The competition is open to two age groups - 8 years and under and 9 to 15 years. Ten finalists will be chosen from each age group and these art pieces will be displayed in Southside Shopping Centre from Friday 19th June. Each finalist will receive a £10 Waterstone's voucher and the winner of each age group will receive a digital camera. Entries can be posted to Southside Shopping Centre, Wandsworth, London SW18 4TF or handed in at Southside's management office. There will also be an opportunity to do the drawing or painting at the Wandle Valley Festival art activity in King George's Park on Sunday 7th June. Entries must include the young person's name, age, school and home contact number on the reverse side. All entries must be received by midday on Monday 15th June. Please contact Kim Simpson on 020 8543 0110 with any queries or for more details. Competition rules One entry per person; entries must be no larger than A3; finalists will be notified via their school or parent before going on display at Southside Shopping Centre; the judge's decision is final.