Some of you may want to sign this, Biggin Hill Chapel petition
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Some of you may want to sign this, Biggin Hill Chapel petition
First check out the link to see the destruction being carried out on the site, then see the second link.
https://forum.keypublishing.com/show...TURBING-UPDATE
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio...of-remembrance
https://forum.keypublishing.com/show...TURBING-UPDATE
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio...of-remembrance
Signed....
signed and shared the link on twitter too
Three cheers for the Redoubtable Rita, though Bromley Council would probably describe her as turbulent! This is vandalism of the worst kind, occasioned by a publicly elected local authority. It seems that history experienced only in the recent past now goes into the dustbin (or rather the skip) along with the rest of it.
This chapel was dedicated in Remembrance of the Few and in Thanksgiving for our deliverance from invasion and subjugation by a brutal foe. I don't think that Bromley Council have any understanding of that, nor of what they do. I for one will never forgive them!
This chapel was dedicated in Remembrance of the Few and in Thanksgiving for our deliverance from invasion and subjugation by a brutal foe. I don't think that Bromley Council have any understanding of that, nor of what they do. I for one will never forgive them!
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There has been recent TV News coverage of the opening of the Museum that has replaced the demolished Chapel Vestry at Biggin Hill. The cost in Remembrance terms alone is described by the ever stalwart Dr Rita Radford :-
Dear RAF Chapel Friends,No doubt some of you have seen the recent publicity for the BHMM Museum on the television and in the press. I am sure the exhibits within the building are interesting, but the effects of this Museum project on the Chapel and the Garden of Remembrance have been catastrophic. What has happened to the Garden of Remembrance over the last two weeks has been so upsetting for the ‘Friends of the Chapel’ who have cared for the gardens for decades, that they have been compelled to issue a statement to the public requesting their help to oppose the BHMM Trust’s actions. The BHMM Trust have cut down the trees around the garden and now have demolished the wisteria-covered oak and brick Pergola/Arbour which extended across the rear of the garden, a feature of the Chapel since the 1950s, and was also within the consecrated area. Somehow during the demolition, the Sundial that stands at the front of the garden has been smashed. The ashes of several hundred RAF personnel are interred in the garden, which is therefore a Cemetery, but unbelievably the Trust have now erected a six foot high ugly signage Monolith in front of the Garden, directing the public to the Toilets and the Café through the consecrated ground which is no longer a defined area! The Monolith was part of a planning application that has yet to be approved. This has been a distressing time for the ‘Friends’ and I urge everyone who has an interest in the Garden of Remembrance, particularly if they have relatives, or know of someone, interred in the garden, to email the ‘Friends’ at: [email protected] Everyone please click here and then scroll down to see all the latest photos of the garden and further information: https://www.facebook.com/Protect-Biggin-Hill-RAF-Chapel-1939582632926986/ As always, please share this message and encourage others to sign the petition so we in turn can support the ‘Friends of the Chapel’ to the best of our ability.https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/protect-biggin-hill-st-george-s-raf-chapel-of-remembrance#Yours, Rita Radford ([email protected])
Hmm, need to alter the web site - won't take a French postcode, but I am registered as an overseas voter and am a UK tax payer (I used a UK postcode I know, but seems a bit daft)
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