The committee is made up of local residents. If you’d like to get involved, do get in touch, or come along to our of our meetings and have a chat.
Who’s on the committee
- Treasurer, marketing & road stewards: Rodney Bennett
- Minutes secretary: Beryl Coxon
- Committee members:
Stella Etheridge, Jonathan Moore, Sam Wheatcroft, Peter Hodges - Newsletter production: Jonathan Moore
- Newsletter & website editor: Denise Wilton (ex-officio)
Dennis Moor stepped down from the committee as President and acting Chair in April 2025. The committee would like to thank him for all his hard work over the many years that he served with us.
More about the committee
Stella Etheridge, committee member
I moved to Coney Hall village from Croydon after the memorable freezing winter of 1963, with my husband and two small children. A third followed later.
The only house we could afford, (£3,750) was in Queensway. It had just two bedrooms and was in need of much T.L.C. but it was where it was rather than what it was that decided us. We’ve never regretted making that move.
I joined St. John’s Young Wives, made many new friends, eventually became a Leader, and ran a Sunday School group with ‘The Shaftesbury Children’ from what is now Nash College.
A keen horse rider, I was a founder member of Bromley Bridleways Action Group (BBAG) whose purpose was to raise funds for the creation of new bridleways and to contribute towards the repair and maintenance of those few we already had. The group started in 1976, is still hard at work, and raised many thousands of pounds for which the Council has been very grateful!
In the 1980’s I swapped my Secretarial career for a career as a Chiropodist and Reflexologist running my own practice for the next twenty very rewarding years.
I joined the Residents’ Association Committee in 2010 as a temporary Secretary which became a permanent post soon after. I helped start the Friends of the Park group and belong to Friends of Well Wood, assisting at the monthly working parties clearing invasive species and opening up glades, letting in light to encourage the bluebells, wood anemones, and foxgloves.
Dennis Moor
April 2025: Dennis stepped down as Present and Acting Chair after many years of service.
I moved to Coney Hall in July 1982, with my wife and our young children. We had a leaflet about the Residents’ Association (RA) open meeting in October of that year, so I went along out of interest. I was impressed with the work done by the small committee and joined as a member that evening. I then had an invitation to attend the next committee meeting and surprise, surprise, I was asked to become a member of the committee with responsibility for road safety issues.
Within a couple of years, I was nominated as Chairman and was privileged to hold that post for several years. As a new chairman, I worked quite closely with our then new councillor, the superb John Gray and we achieved a lot for residents together. The RA held lots of social events, barn dances, quiz nights, and of course the annual children’s Christmas party which eventually we had to limit to 150 children!
Along with the usual things that residents requested our help with, there were also many important issues affecting our area which the RA, rightly, became very involved. Infilling was a great problem and a very well attended open meeting arranged by the RA needing the large hall at the Assembly rooms, informed the developers very forcefully that their proposed development was not welcome. It did not go ahead.
The newsletter was typed and produced on an ancient Gestetner housed in our dining room and involved a couple of committee members for three nights, printing, collating, and stapling 1,600 copies for free distribution around the estate. I was invited to then become a Trustee at the Assembly Rooms and stood down from the chair of the RA although still remaining a member of the committee. I am now very privileged to be President and follow in some very good footsteps. John Parker and Mary Knight being especially thought of. The present committee continues to meet and do their best to keep Coney Hall the lovely place it should be. Long may the RA continue to serve the community so excellently
Coney Hall Village Residents' Association (CHVRA) 