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December 2018

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REMEMBRANCE 2018 There appear to have been record attendances at Remembrance services this year.  For the first time in a number of years I attended the Remembrance Service at my local Church, St. James Hill in Mere Green.  Despite the extra seating provided there were still a number of people standing at the rear of the Church and I understand...


November 2018

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NOVEMBER 1918 This Brumration is being prepared as we move towards the Armistice Commemorations on November 11th. There were so many men who survived until those last 11 days of November 1918 and I aim to reflect on some of the stories of the men who lost their lives in those days.  It is also an appropriate time to start to look at the impact o...


April 2020

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  CORONAVIRUS As the ‘lockdown’ continues, the nature of the times we are living through was highlighted by an email my wife received from a friend on April 18th.  Her friend had just driven on her own behind her husband’s hearse to the Crematorium. She very much appreciated that there were still people who stopped and bowed their heads as the h...