Although we are unable to gather together this year and remember our local men who lost their lives in the First World War, technology means we can bring you a short service of Remembrance, pre-recorded just before lockdown, which you can watch by clicking this link. We hope you can
The VE 75th commemorations were sadly much reduced this year because of the coronavirus lockdown. But out of bad often comes good. Quite by chance, and as a result of a recent VE Day walkabout (socially distant, of course) we made contact with John Maslen, now in his 96th year
It is with great sadness that we report that Bill Price, Governor of the Trust, passed away on 28th March 2020, at the grand age of 93. Bill’s energy for service defied his years. He started as a Governor of the Trust at the tender age of 77 and had
At our Remembrance Festival this year, the Trust marked 100 years of the signing of the Peace Treaty. West End performer and Welling resident, Niki Jennings, was our amazing soloist this year, and Mark Hopkins gave very moving readings. We thank all our performers, including the Belvedere Concert Band and
Joseph Harding, known as Joe to his friends, died in France in 1917 aged 26. He is listed on our war memorial as he was born and spent his childhood in Welling and worked on a local farm before emigrating to Boorowa, Australia in 1911, in search of a new
Welling has a star in the making! Olivia Hallett, ex-pupil of Foster’s School and Crown Woods School, took the lead part in Cole Porter’s musical, Anything Goes at The Other Palace Theatre in Victoria. Olivia has been supported by grants from the Trust and members of the Trust were delighted
The Trust marked 100 years since the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919 with a Peace Concert. Although the English summer weather was against us on the day, the concert was moved indoors and the Belvedere Concert Band played magnificently on, finishing with a proms-style finale.
With echoes of the efforts of local residents of East Wickham and Welling to build the Memorial Hall 100 years ago, members of Welling Methodist Church have successfully completed a £130k project to build a new community meeting room. Both projects were conversions of buildings: The Memorial Hall was originally a
To celebrate Peace at the end of the First World War, and to mark 100 years since the signing of the Peace Treaty of Versaille, the Trust is putting on an outdoor celebration concert in the grounds of St Michael’s Church, East Wickham. (In the event of persistent rain the
On 11th November, 100 years to the day that the Armistice was declared, the Trust held its Festival of Remembrance at St Michael’s Church, East Wickham, the site of our war memorial. Over the centenary period, volunteers from the Trust had researched the stories of the men who died in
