Joint CREst + One Norbiton AGMs
12.00 p.m. 20th October 2025
This year again we are holding a joint AGM with CREst.
Sadly, this past year has seen the death of Ed Naylor who was a former Major of Kingston who played a vital role in setting up One Norbiton and cooked regularly for the Tuesday club. We wish his widow our condolences.
Also, recently Clive Clarke, a longstanding Director One Norbiton has died. Clive started up the Vintage banquet for the elderly of Norbiton which was a great success. Jill and I attended both their funerals on your behalf.
We are grateful to the Rev Hugo Foxwood and St Peter’s Church Norbiton for accommodating our Tuesday Club while repairs were made to QMH after the unexplained fire. We also are grateful to RBK for continuing to officially allow us free occupancy of the Queen Mary’s Hall during every Friday. Our two charities cover both the food costs and the administrative costs of running the service.
Piper Hall has now been demolished as part of the Regeneration, but Jill and I continue to sit on the Community Board. Our business office space is in 61 Madingley which we are again being allowed to use for a peppercorn rental to RBK until the new Community Hall is built. Until the latter is ready CREst’s Tuesday club and other CREst social events will continue to be run in to Queen Mary’s Hall.
Jill has proved heroic in her ability to organise this extremely valuable service for the neediest in the borough for over nine years now. We have 135 regular attendances every Tuesday coming from 103 different countries. Recently instead of queuing they are forming little groups and talking to each other. We have the help of around 60 local volunteers. Nearly ten of these started off being clients.
We are now at a stage of trying to contribute to ideas for the use of internal space in the new Community Hall which will be two stories high and have a bigger floor area than Piper Hall. Access to the Hall remains the main concern.
One Norbiton continues to pay a monthly sum towards the administrative costs of running the Tuesday club service and we have begun making savings.
Mary Graham must be congratulated for obtaining a £5000 community Chest grant for CREst to support the Food for Tuesday club. Her contribution to Norbiton’s Community has been exceptional. However, recently she has become quite seriously ill, and we wish her all the best.
Jill and I continue to sit on the Community Board our office space in the Hub in Madingley is still being used by us for a peppercorn rental. The club will continue to be run at Queen Mary’s Hall until the new Hall is ready.
Jill has proved heroic in her ability to organise this extremely valuable service for the neediest in the borough. Her contribution to Norbiton’s Community has been exceptional. We are now at a stage where we are trying to contribute ideas to the layout of the new Community Hall which will be two stories high and have a bigger floor area than Piper Hall.
We wish Geraldine our Treasurer all the best as she has now retired from her job for A f C., I do hope that all other officers will agree to continue in office in these highly uncertain times
Not surprisingly, Mary Graham receives my chairman’s award 24/25 year alongside Geraldine, and Caitland. Their food is much appreciated by our attendees
I do hope that all our current officers will agree to continue in office in these highly uncertain times and that we can recruit new blood to keep the Tuesday Club going.
