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Croydon choristers add their voices to Lions’ roar in Australia
PETER GILLMAN on the latest ‘world tour’ by a doughty band of singers from the Croydon Male Voice Choir Sporting history could be made on Saturday, when the British and Irish Lions rugby team take on Australia in Sydney seeking … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Male Voice Choir, Elliot Daly, Music, Peter Gillman, Purley-John Fisher, Rugby Union
Tagged Australia, Brisbane, British and Irish Lions, Croydon, Croydon Male Voice Choir, Dave Bannister, Elliot Daly, Martin Perkins, Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Peter Gillman, Purley Rugby Club, rugby union, Stadium Australia, Sydney, Sydney Olympic Stadium, Whitgift School
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Croydon’s man of adventure who founded New Zealand town
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Of the various places called ‘Croydon’ around the world, the one on New Zealand’s south island has a particularly well-recorded history, as DAVID MORGAN found out Nathaniel Chalmers was a pioneer and a frontiersman, one of the people … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History
Tagged Addiscombe, Australia, Croydon, David Morgan, East India Company College, Fiji, Gore, Nathaniel Chalmers, New Zealand, Otago, Southland, Victoria
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Tufnell sparked complaints and compliments in Queensland
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: There has been a Vicar of Croydon for more than a thousand years. Before next week’s formal installation service for the latest holder of that historic title, DAVID MORGAN has delved into the archives and found an earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Canon Andrew Bishop, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Archbishop John Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, Australia, Bishop of Brisbane, Bishop Tufnell, Brisbane, Canon Andrew Bishop, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Edward Tufnell, Queensland, Vicar of Croydon
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Crystal meth parcels tracked to ‘corrupt insider’ in Croydon
A woman from Thornton Heath who acted as “the corrupt insider” has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for her part in an international drugs ring that exported £4million-worth of crystal meth to Australia. Yvonne Stewart, 55, of York … Continue reading
Posted in Crime
Tagged Australia, Crystal meth, Drugs crime, Methamphetamine, Metropolitan Police, National Crime Agency, Thornton Heath
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Empire pioneer who put Croydon on the map in Australia
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: His tour of places named after Croydon has brought DAVID MORGAN all the way back to the old Parish Church, after an arduous trip to the other side of the world In a twist to the tales about … Continue reading
How Melbourne’s White Flats is linked forever to Croydon
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A thriving business and shopping district, quick public transport links to the city centre, and established city status for a half a century. DAVID MORGAN has traced the history of Croydon outside Melbourne back to its pioneer beginnings … Continue reading
Posted in David Morgan, History
Tagged Australia, Croydon, David Morgan, Gregory Lacey, Melbourne, Victoria
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Ashes call-up has Thornton Heath’s Carberry on right track
England batsmen on this winter’s Ashes cricket tour to Australia had better take their quick singles very quickly, as the inclusion in the 17-man squad of Thornton Heath-born Michael Carberry is certain to put some speed into their running between … Continue reading
