Addiscombe

"Addiscombe," said Glyn quietly, as he stood watching his companion thrust the case back into the bottom of the portmanteau and rearrange the garments he had moved, while his hand lingered for a few moments about a soft white robe, which he covered over with a sigh before closing the lid and turning the key of the great leather case.

Glyn Severn's Schooldays George Manville Fenn 1870

I remember young Fred Roberts (who's a Field-Marshal now, which shows you what pull these Addiscombe wallahs have got) once saying that everyone hated India for a month and then loved it forever.

Fiancée 2010

Last evening, at the kind invitation of the parish priest, Fr Joe O'Connor, I returned to the parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Addiscombe where I grew up.

To God who gave joy to my youth 2009

Last evening, at the kind invitation of the parish priest, Fr Joe O'Connor, I returned to the parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Addiscombe where I grew up.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

Mother remembers Fr Tim as a schoolboy - "always was a nice boy" and we reminisced about going to his First Mass at Addiscombe...

Taking our love and congratulations... Joanna Bogle 2009

Here is the sermon that I preached last night at Addiscombe.

The joy of following Christ 2009

Here is the sermon that I preached last night at Addiscombe.

Archive 2009-07-01 2009

I was ordained at Addiscombe on 28 July 1984 and so this year is my silver jubilee.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

He had to give up painting in 1926 from poor eyesight though after an operation this seems to have improved ten years later - unfortunately the year of his death in Addiscombe, Surrey.

Charles Edward Wilson - The Picnic Hermes 2009

On this feast day, I am always reminded of the parish Church I belonged to for the first 18 years of my life at Addiscombe.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009