Blog Stats
- 11,619,932 hits
-
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy Email Subscription
insidecroydon
Top Posts & Pages
Follow us on Facebook
Archives
Recent Comments
Our latest Twitter activity
- music.apple.com/gb/album/waiti… 6 hours ago
- RT @InsideCroydon: In crisis-hit #Croydon, a payment of public cash to a value of £440,000 is known as a “Negrini”. Is a ‘’Rutnam’’ worth l… 8 hours ago
- RT @InsideCroydon: What’s happening in your neighbourhood - online or in person? Check out our events page here, powered by @nowcroydon #… 8 hours ago
- RT @InsideCroydon: With a modest monthly payment, you can help to support our award-winning, news-breaking genuine local journalism - and q… 8 hours ago
- RT @paulwaddell: Feeling unusually militant over the NHS pay thing. We’ve seen healthcare pay drop and drop and drop in real terms since I… 8 hours ago
- RT @Raoldroyd: Important story revealing how Home Office knew well before they put refugees into barracks that they were not fit for purpos… 11 hours ago
Tags
- Addiscombe West
- Alison Butler
- Barwell
- Boris Johnson
- Brick by Brick
- Chris Philp MP
- Conservative
- coronavirus
- Coulsdon
- Council Tax
- Covid-19
- Croydon
- Croydon Central
- Croydon Council
- Croydon North
- Croydon South
- Crystal Palace
- Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
- East Croydon station
- England
- Fairfield Halls
- Gavin Barwell
- Hammersfield
- Hammerson
- Jo Negrini
- Labour
- Liberal Democrats
- London
- London Assembly
- London Borough of Croydon
- Mayor
- Member of parliament
- Mike Fisher
- New Addington
- Norbury
- Paul Scott
- Purley
- Sarah Jones MP
- South Croydon
- South Norwood
- Steve Reed OBE
- Sutton Council
- Thornton Heath
- Tony Newman
- Tory
- UKIP
- Waddon
- Westfield
- Whitgift Centre
- Whitgift Foundation
Tag Archives: Remembrance Sunday
Locked down borough takes Remembrance services online
An online church service and a scaled-down civic ceremony will be held on Sunday as Croydon remembers those who fought and died in two world wars and conflicts since. Although the country has entered a new coronavirus lockdown, the government … Continue reading
Council remembers to publicise civic Remembrance service
Croydon Council’s press office, having forgotten to include any reference to this weekend’s Remembrance Sunday ceremonies in its autumn edition of the quarterly, Council Tax-payer-funded Your Croydon magazine, managed to put out a press release detailing the civic arrangements for … Continue reading
We will remember them: Croydon’s Remembrance Day services
Remembrance Day, paying tribute to the sacrifices of military and service personnel in conflicts past and present, will be observed in Croydon on Sunday, at the war memorial outside the Town Hall and at Croydon Minster. Conducted by the Rt … Continue reading
Why the poppy is a symbol that should unite, not divide, us
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Ahead of this weekend’s Remembrance services, the Rev WEALANDS BELL has a confession to make – he once wore a white poppy, and now wishes he had never done so I was quite surprised to see a conversation … Continue reading
World War I Centenary Concert, Ruskin House, Nov 2
Posted in Activities, Music
Tagged Armistice Day, Croydon, First World War, Remembrance Sunday, World War I
Leave a comment
Shake the crowd from their uproarious calm
As we have done in the past, on this Remembrance Sunday, our single posting is a war poem. This year, we have chosen Verity, by Drummond Allison. Allison was born in Caterham and he lived in Kenley when he was commissioned … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History
Tagged Drummond Allison, England, Hedley Verity, Kenley, Oval, Prisoner of war, Remembrance Sunday
Leave a comment