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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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Housing the Refugees: by Anne Logan
The most basic necessity for the Belgian refugees when they arrived in the UK was a place to live. Families for example needed to find somewhere to stay where their children could be educated nearby. Some refugees were fortunate enough … Continue reading
Posted in Reflections, Research notes
Tagged Alexandra Palace, Belgian Refugees Committee, children, Church Army Home, Enid Lakeman, families, Grosvenor Lodge, High Brooms, Housing, Lydia Le Lacheur, Reverend Canon Keatinge, schooling, St John's. Southborough, Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School, Upper Grosvenor Road, Van Aerschot family, voluntary committee
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