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Tag Archives: Croydon Minster
Victorian opera star whose family enjoyed burgeoning success
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: From a simple entry in the registers of Croydon Minster, DAVID MORGAN uncovers the story of a family of performers, including the leader of the regular concert party at the Crystal Palace The baptismal registers at Croydon Minster … Continue reading
Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29
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Tagged Croydon Minster, Easter, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Messiah, Oxford Bach Soloists
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Reader offer: 30% off The Sixteen concert tickets for March 17
The Sixteen, the world-renowned choir, begins its 2025 Choral Pilgrimage at Croydon Minster on March 17 with a world premiere – and Inside Croydon readers can be there with a special 30% discount on ticket prices! There can have been … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Minster, Inside Croydon, Music
Tagged Anna Clyne, Croydon Minster, Harry Christophers, John Taverner, Orbits, Reader offer, The Sixteen, Will Todd
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Handel’s Messiah, performed in Croydon Minster, Mar 29
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Tagged Croydon Minster, Easter, Handel, Handel's Messiah, Messiah, Oxford Bach Soloists
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Friday lunchtime music recitals, Croydon Minster, to Apr 4
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, Friday Lunchtime Recitals
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Nowel by Benjamin Britten, free, Croydon Minster, Jan 19
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Music
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Carols, Concert, Croydon Minster, Nowel
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Crisis Skylight Centre donations welcome at Minster’s service
Croydon Minster is holding a special collection for charity Crisis Skylight Croydon at its Sunday morning service on January 5. Crisis Skylight Croydon supports people who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. In this collection, the Minster … Continue reading
Minster’s organist recruited to top job at St Paul’s Cathedral
This year’s Advent and carol services at Croydon Minster have all been reflected in a bright and shiny new plaque, dedicated to the life and service of Martin How, the church’s former organist emeritus who died, aged 91, in 2022. … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, George Inscoe, Martin How, St Paul's Cathedral
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Town Carol Service of Nine Lessons, Croydon Minster, Dec 22
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Tagged Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Minster
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Broderick’s Minster visit revives memories of master musician
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Leading opera singer and Croydon resident discusses her love for the music of Felix Mendelssohn in the same historic church where the composer once performed. By DAVID MORGAN “I can’t remember a time in my life when I … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre
Tagged Croydon Minster, Dame Janet Baker, Das Rheingold, David Morgan, Die Walküre, English National Opera, Felix Mendelssohn, Götterdämmerung, JS Bach, Katherine Broderick, Royal Opera House, The Coliseum, Wagner
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Murder mystery lingers around crimes of the Borough Poisoner
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A teenaged girl from Croydon proved to be the final victim of a notorious serial killer in Edwardian London, a man who was even linked to Jack the Ripper, as DAVID MORGAN explains In November 1902, there was … Continue reading
Croydon Minster Christmas services, Dec 22, 24, 25 and Jan 5
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Tagged Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster choir
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Croydon Minster’s special Christmas services, Dec 1 to 25
Croydon Minster has released details of its services for Christmas, which begin this Sunday, December 1 at 5.30pm, with a service of Carols by Candlelight. Christmas Cheer on Saturday, December 14 at 4pm is a special opportunity to see the … Continue reading
Dr Warder’s book The True Amazons made him the bee’s knees
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week’s research took DAVID MORGAN back to the turn of the 18th Century and a Croydon physician whose detailed studies revolutionised what we know about bee colonies and honey production A book written nearly 400 years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Gardening, History, Wildlife
Tagged Bees, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Joseph Warder, Queen Anne
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Christmas carols by candlelight, Croydon Minster, Dec 1
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Tagged Carol service, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon Minster
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Day that ‘Croydon Boys’ mourned their Secret Army heroine
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Remembrance does not end on November 11, nor is it limited to servicemen from this country, as DAVID MORGAN discovered when researching the life of a Belgian civilian woman resistance fighter who saved the lives of countless Croydon … Continue reading
How Croydon Parish Church remembered its brothers in arms
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: On Remembrance Sunday, using a treasured service sheet from Croydon Parish Church from more than a century ago, DAVID MORGAN outlines early efforts on the home front in World War I, and some of the many sacrifices The … Continue reading
Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture! And all by Royal command
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A chance letter to Croydon Minster has sparked an investigation by DAVID MORGAN into a briefly thriving Victorian era photography studio on North End. But who is the mystery priest? Almost everyone today can take a good photo, … Continue reading
Surrey Street’s Pightling holds unique place in WWI memorials
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: As we approach Remembrance Day next month, DAVID MORGAN outlines details of the life of one of the names on Croydon Minster’s Roll of Honour For the casual visitor, the list of names of soldiers on the Roll … Continue reading
180-year-old business that’s still ticking over in Croydon today
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The clock-making and bell foundry business established off Whitehorse Road in the mid-19th Century by William Gillett still chimes with the present day, as DAVID MORGAN explains The Croydon Times on May 8, 1886, carried a short obituary … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Clockmakers, Croydon Minster, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, Gillett and Co, Gillett and Johnston, Gillett and Johnston (Croydon) Ltd, Gillett Bland and Co, Sir Frederick Eldridge, Thornton Heath, West Croydon, Whitehorse Road, William Gillett
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Croydon churchwarden’s outstanding service in war and peace
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Ahead of Remembrance Day next month, using the Minster archives, DAVID MORGAN looks back on the career of a survivor, and war hero, who became a churchwarden Remembrance Day on November 11 is an opportunity to recall not … Continue reading
Brewer’s business empire that flowed with the River Wandle
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: After having delved deep into Croydon Minster’s archive, DAVID MORGAN goes on a bit of a pub crawl in search of one of Victorian Croydon’s biggest business moguls River pollution is much in the news, with sewage and … Continue reading
