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The Belgian Refugees’ links with St Augustine’s Catholic Church: by Terry Farrage and Kenneth MacKenzie
Belgium was and still is a predominantly Catholic country. Although there were a few Protestants among the refugees who came to Tunbridge Wells the overwhelming majority, Flemings and Walloons, were strongly of the Catholic faith. Inevitably they sought out the … Continue reading
Posted in Research notes
Tagged Abbe Josef Peeters, Abbe Louise Lemmens, Antwerp, Beechwood House, Beechwood Sacred Heart School, Belgian Relief Fund, Bidborough Court, Catholicism, Catholics, Lint, Malines, mass, Mayor Hippolyte Meeus, Mechelen, Meeus, Pembury Road, Pump Room, Quarry Hill House, Reverend Canon Keatinge, Society of the Sacred Heart, St Augustine's, VAD Hospital, Wynegem
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The ‘Scott’ Album: by Alison MacKenzie
Invitation to the Misses SCOTT for the event on 22 July 1916 (Photograph ©Alison MacKenzie 2013) On 22nd July 1916, the Belgian Colony of Tunbridge Wells celebrated their National Day (21st July) by honouring the ladies of the Mayor’s … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Research notes
Tagged 21st July, Antwerp, Belgian soldier, Belgium National Day, Calverley Road, carilloneur, Club Albert, County School for Girls, Malines, Mayor's Refugee Committee, Ostend, painter, Senator, Skinners School, Town Hall, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School
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