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Belgian Lace: by Caroline Auckland
I know for certain that the main piece of lace visible in the above photograph is from Belgium, the rest I have inherited or acquired. A drawer full of aging white fabric and needlepoint has survived mainly because it is … Continue reading
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
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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 Club Albert: by Jan Wright
In November 1914, Belgian Refugees in Tunbridge Wells decided to form a club. They were able to use premises at 32 Calverley Road which belonged to the Constitutional Club, on the first and second floor where Waterstones and Hotter are … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Research notes
Tagged Alfred Lacourt, Armand Van Noyen, Auguste Van Obbergen, Burlyon, Calverley Road, Constitutional Club, Ernst Kumps, Eugene Van Den Wijngaerts, H H Spender, Josef Denyn, Joseph Willems, Kings Day, Kosmos Kinema, Mayor Charles Emson, Mayor Hippolyte Meeus, Pantiles, Pierlot, Pump Room, Raes, souvenir album, Van Loven, Wynegem
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