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Artist Nash who captured Croydon church's great disaster

Raging inferno: the 1867 fire at Croydon Parish Church destroyed hundreds of years of records, tombs and artwork. The fire was famously captured in this painting by Joseph Nash SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A pupil at a school in the town centre went on to become a noted Victorian era illustrator, an artist to the Queen, and responsible for probably the most famous image of the dreadful blaze that almost…

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Prince Andrew quietly removed as patron of almost 50 organisations - Estimated one in four charities and companies opted to sever ties with Duke following friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

The Duke of York has been quietly or publicly removed as patron of almost 50 organisations, The Telegraph can reveal, despite his expressed intention to one day return to public life.The proportion of his charities and organisations, thought to be at least one in four, that opted to sever ties with the Duke following his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, underlines the scale of the damage to his reputation.Many, particularly those working with children, felt it was “no longer appropriate” to continue their associations with him. Others said they were determined to find a representative “better suited” to their aims and values.When the Duke, 61, announced on Nov 20 2019 that he was “stepping back from public duties for the foreseeable future” following the furore over his disastrous Newsnight interview, many of his charities found themselves in a difficult position.Board meetings were called, frantic phone calls made. Several took the decision to end their association with immediate effect.They included the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, the Golf Foundation, the Children’s Foundation, the Outward Bound Trust and the British Science Association.The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Children’s Fund said: “We felt that as a children's charity it was not appropriate for him to remain patron.”Other organisations such as Berkshire County Cricket Club, the Society for Nautical Research, the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions and Whitgift School in Croydon, also severed ties.

Around 200 charities and organisations are said to have the Duke’s backing. Of around 150 contacted by the Telegraph, 47 confirmed they had ended their affiliation with him. Many declined to respond or opted not to comment, suggesting the very subject remains highly sensitive.Of those who had severed ties, the majority said they had not yet replaced him. However, many said they were hoping to recruit individuals more aligned to their aims.Only three, the British Science Association, the Council of British International Schools and the Tall Ships Youth Trust, said they had contacted Buckingham Palace in the hope of finding a new royal patron.The Royal Alberta United Services Institute, a Canada-based think tank, said that work was currently under way to replace the Duke “with an individual better suited to and engaged with” its mission.The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the York Minster Fund have confirmed that they replaced the Duke as royal patron with his brother, the Prince of Wales.Others felt they should cut ties with the Duke but felt unable to do so as he had not been charged or convicted of any crime. Instead of formally parting ways, they quietly removed his portrait from the wall, deleted his name from their website and even in one case concealed a plaque bearing his name behind a plant.Those confirming that they have maintained their links with the Duke, whilst accepting that he cannot engage in any activity on their behalf, include the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, the Friends of the Staffordshire Regiment, Morayvia Aerospace Centre and Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.The Telegraph’s investigation found that a lack of contact from Buckingham Palace about the unfolding events in 2019 had caused significant confusion.Several organisations, having heard nothing directly from the Duke’s office, believed that when he stepped back, he had in fact, stepped down.

Fire Sport UK said it assumed that the Duke had resigned from his position and that it would therefore be notified in due course who would take on the role. The Foundation for Liver Research also said that "based on the announcement that came from Buckingham Palace” it was their understanding that he was no longer their patron. Tim Ward, a trustee of the Friends of Lakefield College School, which the Duke attended in 1978, said that when the Duke stepped back for the foreseeable future, “we considered that the end of the patronage really.” He was duly removed from its website and note paper. A Buckingham Palace source acknowledged that the Duke’s individual patronages had not been contacted directly. “The announcement of the Duke of York stepping back from public duties received widespread attention and many patronages were quick to get in touch,” they said. “Since then patronages wishing to discuss the impact on their operations have been dealt with as they arose." Many charities noted that the Royal family’s website, listing the Duke as patron of 136 charities and organisations, was woefully out of date. Many are not included, whilst other associations ended some time before the Epstein furore. The Duke became friends with Epstein in the late 1990s through his long-standing relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell, the daughter of the disgraced tycoon Robert Maxwell. He was forced to resign as a UK trade envoy in 2011 after a photograph emerged of the Duke meeting Epstein in Central Park in New York, shortly after the billionaire had been released from jail after serving an 18-month prison sentence for sexual offences. But his fall from grace was prompted by his disastrous Newsnight interview in which he insisted he had no recollection of meeting Virginia Roberts Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims who claims she was trafficked to the UK and forced to have sex with the Duke. The Duke has always denied these claims. He said it had later become clear that the circumstances relating to his former association with Epstein had become “a major disruption” to his family’s work and that he had therefore asked the Queen for permission to “step back from public duties for the foreseeable future”. The beleaguered royal had hired Britain’s top legal team to fend off an FBI inquiry into his friendship with the convicted paedophile. He has faced significant pressure to speak to the FBI and has insisted he is cooperating with the investigation. Royal aides have insisted that there will be no way back until he is able to clear his name. A spokesperson for the Duke of York declined to comment.

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Photo: Croydon Minster

Date Taken: 6th September 2018

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#ThereButNotThere

David Morgan, Education Officer at Croydon Minster, writes...

“Look, look,” says an excited Year 2 pupil from the Minster Infant School, “There are the invisible people.” This was an inspiring start to the visit from a Year 2 class to Croydon Minster for our project. It meant that not only had the children from the previous trips been talking to each other, but also that the first sighting of the silhouette figures for that child was an awe inspiring one.

One of our churchwardens approached me earlier in the year and outlined the plans she had for the #therebutnotthere project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I and involve our local community. There But Not There is the 2019 Armistice project for the charity Remembered. Croydon Minster is a church of some significance when it comes to remembrance. Since the closing of the Fairfield Halls for refurbishment, the Minster has hosted the Civic Act of Remembrance for the London Borough of Croydon for the past two years. We also have a large Roll of Honour hanging in the church, as well as a Memorial Arch,  through which you enter the building,  erected in memory of the 2nd/4th Battalion of the Royal Queen’s Regiment who lost their lives in the Great War. These, together with various plaques on the walls, provide a rich resource of memory and poignancy. The project has sought to bring these resources together and focus their impact with the use of transparent, silhouette figures made from perspex which are provided by the charity Remembered. Excited by the vision of our plan, I set about researching names and stories from the resources we had in the church.

The information I collated is being be used in various ways. Firstly, I created a brief biography of a dozen casualties so that one could be placed by each of the silhouette figures. These could then be read by visitors to give them a better understanding of the people of Croydon who went off to serve their country but who never returned. By including the addresses where they lived, the schools they attended or the jobs they undertook, our visitors can better understand those whom the silhouettes represent.

Secondly, I created longer tales around several of the individuals. Some of these have now been published in the monthly parish magazine, again to build up awareness of the project and to give the readership an opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices made by both individuals and families. After the first tale was published a man came up to me after morning service to thank me for my article and to say that he discovered from it that he was living in the very same house where one of the casualties had lived with his parents before the war. That parishioner is now proudly telling all of his neighbours about a little part of the history of his house that he had not known previously.

Thirdly, I have created a database that I can use when I host tours of the Minster or when I give a talk to various groups and societies. In October, I used the story of Revd Cecil Schooling with the East Surrey Family History Society as part of my lecture. He has an entry on our Roll of Honour which reads “Chaplain to H.M.Forces.” My research discovered that he was a curate serving Croydon Parish Church at the start of the war, only signing up to become a Chaplain after the death of his brother. Revd Schooling died of wounds after helping injured soldiers in the middle of an attack. I have also increased my knowledge about the Minster community and its heritage as I discovered that one name on the Roll of Honour, Major Ashcroft, was the father of the renowned actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.

Canon Andrew Bishop, our new Priest-in-Charge, is to lead a service of remembrance around the war memorial in the Minster grounds on Monday 12 November. This will include particular prayers for the individuals and families highlighted by the ten silhouettes. The clergy team were able to see the perspex outlines positioned in the nave at their recent staff meeting and were struck by how the sunlight glinted off the edges. Yet when the sun disappeared, the figures became barely perceptible; such are the vagaries of memories. With other groups and tours planned, our project will continue to involve, and challenge, the community. Using various symbols and artefacts in the Minster, including the poppies, the flags, the silhouettes and the cross, our visitors will be provided with practical opportunities to reflect and empathise about what our community went through 100 years ago, bringing them together in a moment of silence and prayer.

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Christmas Eve Midnight Mass - BBC 2019 - Croydon Minster

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Part III: Thomas Hutchinson in the American Revolution, Exile, Death and Legacy.

Part I: Thomas Hutchinson Before the Revolution

Part II: Thomas Hutchinson As Governor

Hutchinson did not return to America again as he was replaced by General Gage as military governor of Massachusetts. At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in April 1775 his Milton mansion was seized for use as an army barracks, and a trunk containing copies of much of his correspondence fell into rebel hands. As the war progressed, Hutchinson was criticised by the Whigs in Parliament, which he answered in an unpublished manuscript. He continued, however, to be treated favourably by the king, but was compelled to refuse the offer of a baronetcy because most of his fortune was lost due to his exile from the United States. On July 4th 1776, Hutchinson was awarded an honorary doctorate of law by Oxford University. 

His enemies in Massachusetts continued to attack his reputation, and his exile made it impossible to effectively dispute the charges they made. His properties were seized and sold off by the state; his Milton home was eventually purchased by James and Mercy Otis Warren--ironic due to James Otis’ hatred of Hutchinson and rivalry. 

In 1777, in London, Peggy, his youngest daughter, died at twenty-three after a long battle with consumption. Bitter and disillusioned about his forced exile, Hutchinson continued to work on his history of the Massachusetts which was due to many decades of research. Two volumes were published in his lifetime: Volume 1 of the History of Massachusetts appeared in 1764, and Volume 2 in 1767. The third volume would be published after his death, and included his own tenure as lieutenant governor and governor. At the same time he worked to complete a history of the Hutchinson family, in which he encapsulated details on political affairs not found elsewhere.

He suffered a stroke and died at Brompton in west London on June 3rd 1780, aged sixty eight, and was buried in Croydon Minster in south London. 

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Striking Competitions

The Association 6 and 8 bell method striking competitions were held at St John the Devine, Merton on Saturday evening (27th April).

In tight contests (beating Putney by 1 fault into 2nd place in both) Kingston regained both the 6 and 8 bell trophies.

The results were:

6 Bell

1st Kingston 25 faults 2nd Putney 26 3rd Benhilton 37 4th Croydon Minster 43 5th Battersea 44 6th Caterham St Johns and Merstham 58 7th Merton 80

8 bell

1st Kingston 35 2nd Putney 36 3rd Croydon Minster 38

Caterham and Merton tied in the entertaining Quiz set to pass the time.

Thanks to all the teams who entered, Merton for hosting, Caroline for organising, and David Perkins and Ryan Noble for judging and providing very positive comments for all bands.

6 Bell bands (above) and 8 bell bands (below - Kingston, Putney and Croydon Minster)

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Lunchtime recitals, Croydon Minster, Apr 19 to Jul 5

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Taking Ash Wednesday to the streets

1 March is Ash Wednesday when churchgoers up and down the country will have their foreheads marked with ash in the shape of a cross. But Church of England members will also be taking to the streets to reach out to the public, with shops, stations and markets as the backdrop to this centuries-old tradition.

Commuters heading to work around Croydon tram station will be offered a moment of calm from members of Croydon Minster, which they’ve tagged ‘Ash n’ Dash’. Those commuting in Bristol will have the opportunity throughout Lent to tap into ‘Bristol Time’ each morning, which is a 10-minute reflection repeated every 15 minutes for an hour in Bristol Cathedral.

Meanwhile shoppers and office workers on their lunch break will be offered ashes and prayer cards in Derby, Guildford and Cambridge city centres, with church members promoting their activity on Twitter using #AshesToGo. This hashtag has inspired High Wycombe C of E school to provide ashing to parents and pupils at the end of the school day. Members of St Mary Abbots Kensington are offering ashing on the street corner at the three busiest times of day, while St James Piccadilly are manning a 7 hour drop-in session.

For the Revd Tiffany-Alice Ewins, offering ashing outside the local library in Battersea is the perfect start to her ministry, having been licensed two days earlier. She said “the opportunity to take to the streets in a public act of witness and worship seems too good a gift to pass up! The idea is to offer a moment of connection to the many parents, carers and children on foot in the parish.”

Building on past success, a group of clergy from varying traditions in the deanery of Hadleigh are working together to offer ashing outside Benfleet Station and Tesco Southend, using #AshMob. The Revd Edward Stock said it’s a great opportunity to reach out to those who might not be able to get to church and also offer them prayer. Similarly, in Halesowen the Bishop of Dudley, alongside the Archdeacon and Diocesan Secretary, will be asking if there’s anything people would like the clergy to pray about for them.

Thomas Thorpe, Media Officer, Archbishops’ Council

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Metropolitan Police Appeal For Information After Man Subjected To 50-Hour Kidnap Ordeal

A man was subjected to a 50 hour kidnap ordeal, during which he was physically abused, stripped naked, tied up and threatened with knives and a gun.

The Metropolitan Police are appealing for information following the horrifying ordeal which began at around 2pm on Monday 4 December.

The 24-year-old was approached in South London by two acquaintances, who lured him to a house in in the Thornton Heath area.

There, a group of armed men was waiting and he was taken hostage.

The man subjected to what police described as an “extended bout of physical abuse and humiliation”.

He was forced to call his parents and give them a ransom message, which they said they could not pay. He was then forced to hand over keys to their house in Sydenham, which two suspects proceeded to burgle, taking a large sum of cash, designer handbags, designer sunglasses and Rolex watches.

The man only managed to escape when he was driven to a branch of the Metro bank in North End, Croydon, where some of the group planned to force him to withdraw cash.

He saw his chance to escape and ran, fleeing to a nearby church, Croydon Minster, where the police were called.

Police have named two men they wish to speak to in connection with the incident, brothers Ali Dervish, 28, and Sinan Dervish, 19.

They have also released CCTV stills of two other suspects entering the victim’s parents’ home.

Detective Sergeant Samuel Bennett of Croydon CID said: “This was a vicious and prolonged attack of a nature that thankfully is very rare. It has left the victim utterly distraught and traumatised.

“We are urgently seeking any information on the individuals involved, who we believe could number up to twelve, but particularly those whose images and details we have released.

“Do you recognise either of the two men shown burgling the house in the cctv images – or did you see them in Sydenham on the day in question, Wednesday, 6 December. Do you know the whereabouts of Ali or Sinan Dervish?

“Perhaps you have been offered a Rolex like the one stolen from the victim, or bought a similar model in good faith over the past few days? It is described as a 2007 model with a black face, black bezel, yellow gold body and strap – we have sourced a photo of a similar model for the public to check.

“Any information you have, however small, could prove vital to us as we piece together the events leading up to and following the kidnap. We will treat any information provided in the strictest of confidence.

“These men are dangerous and it is important that we apprehend them before they can target anyone else.”

Anyone with information should call Croydon CID on 101 or tweet @MetCC. The independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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‘Seek to proclaim a message of hope.’

Revd Alan Bayes, Chaplain at Whitgift School, Assistant Priest at Croydon Minster and Interfaith Adviser to the Bishop of Croydon, writes ...

Over the last couple of weeks we have witnessed some horrendous terrorist attacks in France and in Austria by people who seem to want to attack the very basis of the kind of freedom of expression that religious freedom represents. Also the United States is currently in the middle of a bitter Presidential election that has created deep division and polarisation within the world’s most powerful nation.

In times like these communities, especially faith communities, need to come together to send a strong message that the true heart of most world faiths and belief systems is a desire to promote peace and unity, not to be the source of conflict and hatred amongst human beings as sadly it is so often perceived by those outside. The work of Interfaith Dialogue through local and national Interfaith Groups is of vital importance in bringing communities together and promoting tolerance, respect and greater understanding between such communities.

We are about to enter Interfaith Week (9th -16th November) which provides an important national focus for the ongoing work of dialogue between faith communities. Interfaith Week began in 2009 in Scotland and since then has grown and become adopted throughout the UK. There are a series of national and local events that take place each year during the week to raise awareness of the vital work of dialogue and community engagement that is so vital in our increasingly diverse and multicultural society.

This year, of course, is very different since it takes place against the background of a new lockdown as the result of Covid 19 which has presented many challenges for faith communities in terms of their ability to meet together for worship and other shared communal activities.

So much of what would normally constitute the life of our faith communities revolves around such face-to face activities in churches, mosques, gurdwaras and temples. Since the imposition of lockdown many of our religious buildings have been closed and instead we have become ‘virtual’ communities worshipping through social media and meeting online instead. Interfaith Week activities have also gone online this year with our meetings taking place via Zoom rather than in person.

I am very pleased to be involved locally here in Croydon with ‘Faiths Together in Croydon’, the local Interfaith Group. This year we are focussing on faith and young people and have organised on Online event taking place at the end of Interfaith Week involving a panel of young people from local schools who will be speaking about their faith or belief system and how it informs their daily lives, especially in the challenging times in which we live. I am including a poster below that we have sent out to local schools explaining more about this event.

Some of the young people who are taking part in this event and other faith leaders were also able to meet online with the Dalai Lama recently via a Video Conferencing Call, proving that in spite of the current restrictions due to Covid 19 innovative Interfaith encounters can still take place.

During the period of Lockdown, many of our local faith groups have worked together to support food banks and help vulnerable people who are housebound or shielding with shopping and other chores showing positive engagement with the local community. This has often led to deeper friendships being formed across faith communities and a shared vision for how we can improve the lives of those who are most in need.

We have very good relationships with the police especially through  our local Faith Liaison Officer who recently organised an online seminar on Religiously motivated Hate Crime. Many faith communities often fail to report such incidents and we hope that events like this will encourage more people who are victims to come forward. Many people feel vulnerable at the moment especially in the Muslim community in the light of the recent terrorist attacks that I mentioned earlier and it is important that we support.

I am sure that there will be a number of online events taking place across the Diocese for Interfaith Week and I would encourage you to check these out and sign up if you are able.

I end this blog by expressing hope for the future. A recent study day for Diocesan Clergy was entitled ‘Reclaiming Hope – the future direction of our Mission’. The Diocesan Vision of ‘Hearts on Fire’ provides a strong message of hope that the Gospel message of God’s love in Christ setting our hearts on fire with love for one another brings to our Churches throughout Southwark, especially in these challenging times. By working together with and becoming friends with members of other faith communities we are not only being good neighbours, but are bringing God’s love, God’s justice and God’s compassion to all who live and work in our area. These values  lie at the heart of the message of the coming of God’s Kingdom and the Mission imperative to have hearts set on fire with love for God and our neighbour.

I work as a School Chaplain at Whitgift School where I seek to foster a multicultural community amongst pupils and staff of all faiths and none. I believe that as we look to the future, Interfaith engagement with schools and amongst young people is crucial  to help create mature young people who are confident in their own faith identity as well as having respect, tolerance and understanding to those with different faiths or beliefs and are well-equipped to be good ambassadors for faith in an increasingly diverse and fragile world.

In these times of social isolation, division and  mistrust we need each other more than ever especially those of us who are people of faith and seek to proclaim a message of hope. I pray that we would all reach out and bring some good news of love and compassion to our communities, our nation and our world.

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BBC RADIO 3

I ( @neilleslieuniverse) have just finished listening to BBC Radio 3's Choral Evensong. This weeks programme was broadcasted live from Croydon Minster (in Croydon, London). The music was fantastic, although I ( @neilleslieuniverse) was slightly distracted by stage whispers. I ( @neilleslieuniverse) was humbled to hear the prayers for our bishops (The Diocese of Southwark - Christopher Chessun/ Christopher Chessun and Bishop of Croydon/ Bishop of Croydon's Office/ Bishop of Croydon's Office - Jonathan Clark (bishop), of whom we prey twice each week for, at St Philip's Church, Norbury. I ( @neilleslieuniverse) wanted to mention this as I ( @neilleslieuniverse) live in Croydon, which makes me proud to be one of the parishioners at The Church of England.

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