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Armistice Day: when Croydon was ‘beflagged’ with good cause
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Croydon’s joyful response to the news that war had ended in 1918 was widely covered in the local newspapers 107 years ago. DAVID MORGAN sifts through the cuttings in the Minster archives By this time next Sunday, most … Continue reading
Our archive of Inside Croydon’s Remembrance Day articles
Each year, around the time of the ceremonies for Remembrance Day, the Croydon Minister archivist, DAVID MORGAN, has produced a series of often moving articles about the sacrifices made by the men and women of the parish in the 20th … Continue reading
11/11: We will remember them
Edward Thomas was south London’s war poet. Born in Lambeth, he went to Battersea Grammar School, and became a newspaper literary critic after university. He only began writing his own poetry in 1914, and he signed up for the army … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, Croydon, Edward Thomas, Remembrance Day
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Croydon’s 2024 Remembrance Services, Nov 10 and 11
The council has announced the details of Croydon’s civic services and commemorations for this year’s Remembrance Day. They begin on Sunday November 10, when the civic Service of Remembrance will take place at Croydon Minster. This is open to all … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, Croydon, Kola Agboola, Remembrance Sunday
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Council forgets to clean up Croydon’s listed war memorial
For all the platitudes proffered about honouring the dead from two world wars and other conflicts, Croydon’s civic leaders have done very little… well, nothing, to maintain and clean the war memorial outside the Town Hall. The Croydon war memorial, … Continue reading
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Tagged Armistice Day, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon War Memorial, Elianne Andam, Elianne Andam funeral, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Tony Pearson, War Memorial, war memorials, Zeppelin raid
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‘Donkey jackets’, nod-sense and the wisdom of old Harry Patch
As tensions are cranked up and rhetoric becomes ever more belligerent, ANDREW FISHER says that using Remembrance Day as a political weapon is perverse It’s in pretty poor taste to use the memory of the dead to score political points. … Continue reading
£27,591 per year civic mayor won’t attend Armistice ceremony
The council has released details of the ceremonial arrangements and road closures for Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday next weekend. In doing so, the busy workers in the propaganda bunker of Fisher’s Folly have revealed that despite his being paid … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Pearson
Tagged Armistice Day, Conservative, Croydon, Democrats and Veterans Party, DVP, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Part-time Perry, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Tony Pearson, Tory, War Memorial
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Officer’s distinguished service on Western and Home fronts
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: The physical and psychological sacrifices made by all those who served, including those who survived the horrors of trench warfare, are important to recall, writes DAVID MORGAN As we outlined in last week’s column about how … Continue reading
