Tag Archives: Stephanie Offer

Names on Addiscombe war memorial; the real lives sacrificed

Posted on November 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: Last year, while at an Addiscombe church on Remembrance Day, on hearing the roll call of the fallen, one of the congregation decided to find out more about those named. This is part of what STEPHANIE … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s biggest slave owner was ancestor of the Queen

Posted on June 9, 2020 by insidecroydon

It’s not just in Bristol that there are memorials to slave-owners. Even in a Sanderstead churchyard, there can be found links to the slave trade, and to the modern royal family, as STEPHANIE OFFER discovered The hauling down and dunking … Continue reading →

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