"Lest We Forget"

Remembrance Day Memorial, Carshalton Every year, around 11th November (the date of the signing of the Armistice Treaty in 1918, at 11am, to end World War One), we commemorate and remember those who have fought and died in war for Great Britain. The poppy flower is worn as a symbol of remembrance; it was the poppy flower which grew in the fields of Flanders following the battles of World War One.

Carshalton - The Source of the Wandle

December 19th 2017
Dear All Greetings! Greetings from… Croydon…! This blog entry is going to take a bit of explaining, but may be the start of a few more similar blog entries to come. I am now around four months into my return from West Africa, and have settled down very much into my life again. As I expected, many of the negatives of my travels in West Africa have since faded from memory, although unlike Indi ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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