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standard are the rule. Whist and Bridge matches with
kindred clubs are also held at the Catford Bridge Head-
quarters-and many keen and exciting tussles have been
witnessed with such friendly opponents as the private.
Banks Cricket Club, the Bellingham Golf Club, the
Lewisham Swimming Club, the Curlew Rowing Club, etc.
Other pleasant functions are the Sunday strolls which
are organised about once a. month and which result in
delightful walks over the glorious fields and footpaths of
Kent. The principal. social events, however, are the
Dinner, the Town Dance, the Bohemian Concert and the
Fancy Dress Carnival, and of these the Dinner is perhaps
the most important; it has been held-with the exception
of the break caused by the Great War-s-since the birth of
the Club, and it affords the opportunity for an annual
reunion of those who for various reasons are unable to
attend other functions with any regularity. It is no
unusual thing for a member to undertake a lengthy
journey by sea and land in order to arrive in London for
the sole purpose of sitting among his old friends on this
occasion.
The Town Dance, arranged principally for the benefit
of lady friends, is renowned for its delightful all-round
excellence, and the Entertainments Committee invariably
have considerable difficulty in meeting the demand for
tickets with the accommodation at their disposal on these
occasions. In recent years a highly successful innovation
has been the Fancy Dress Carnival at the Blackheath
Concert Hall, where over 400 members with their ladies
and other friends have met annually at a function which
has always been characterised by the utmost conviviality
and good fellowship. The Bohemian Concert also attracts
. an equally large number of supporters and is generally
recognised as one of the best and most enjoyable events
of the year; it is scarcely necessary to say that the
programme is always of the very highest class.
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