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The Vindication of Christmas Exhibition Panel 2
15/01/2023
Panel 2 of our Vindication of Christmas exhibition looks at the early confrontations between local Puritans and Crayford’s rector Dr ...
The Vindication of Christmas Exhibition Panel 1
15/01/2023
Panel 1 of our Vindication of Christmas exhibition introduces the key themes of our project and explains the reasoning behind ...
EDUCATION PACK PART 1: Vindication of Christmas
13/01/2023
We created an initial trial version of our education pack with Peter Daniel working with volunteers Mary and Megan. This ...
EDUCATION PACK PART 2: Vindication of Christmas
13/01/2023
As part of CRAY’s outreach work, we worked with CRAY volunteers Mary Lasley and Megan Garrett to create an education ...
Africans during the English Civil War period 1642-51
12/01/2023
CRAY volunteer Rachel Poku travelled with the group to the National Civil War Centre in Newark to interview Sophie Merrix, ...
The Controversial Masque of Blackness
04/01/2023
When researching the background to our Vindication of Christmas project, CRAY’s team of researchers discovered the story behind the performance ...
DIGITAL WORKS/CRAY DOCUMENTARY: The Vindication of Christmas
04/01/2023
In the Summer of 2022, the young members of CRAY worked with Matt Rosenberg and Sav Kyriacou of Digital Works, ...
Was there an African Presence during the English Civil War?
30/12/2022
As part of our project, CRAY wanted to address questions we had been asked as to whether there was a ...
Origins of the English Civil War
29/12/2022
An Overview of the English Civil War The English Civil Wars were a devastating series of conflicts that took place in ...
CRAY John Taylor Presentation at Waterman's Hall 9th December 2022
27/12/2022
Our project is called, ‘The Vindication of Christmas‘ because of a pamphlet written by the King’s Water Poet, John Taylor ...
BEAUTNESS ANIMATION: William Parry Crayford's Royal Rebel Blacksmith
18/12/2022
During our research into Crayford and the English Civil War, CRAY came across the story of Crayford, royalist, rebel, and ...
RH VIZ 3D VR recreation of Lord Fairfax's New Model Army Muster on Crayford Heath 1648
11/12/2022
When I first began researching the story of Crayford in the Civil War, to gather information for our Heritage Fund ...
The Vindication of Christmas: Zoom Rockman film
01/12/2022
Members of CRAY worked with leading animator Zoom Rockman to create a puppet animation telling the story of how Christmas ...
BEAUTNESS ANIMATION of King Charles I and Oliver Cromwell: An Enduring Westminster Battle
30/11/2022
In August the young people of CRAY visited St Margaret’s church beside Westminster Abbey to see two of the key ...
Who were the Dartford petitioners that tried to have Dr Thomas Vane removed as Crayford's rector?
28/10/2022
Dr Thomas Vane’s arrival as Crayford rector inflamed the local culture wars between the Anglican traditionalists he favoured and the ...
John Taylor and the Vindication of Christmas
28/10/2022
The title of our project, The Vindication of Christmas comes from a pamphlet of the same name written in 1652 ...
Marchamont Nedham and Christmas
28/10/2022
One of the acts of the Puritan Parliament during the English Civil War was to ban the celebration of Christmas, which they ...
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 3
28/10/2022
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 5
28/10/2022
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 6
28/10/2022
The Vindication of Christmas: 375th Anniversary of Crayford and the 2nd Civil War
28/10/2022
CRAY (Crayford Reminiscence and Youth) received a National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant of £77,801 for our project- The Vindication ...
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 2
28/10/2022
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 4
28/10/2022
Vindication of Christmas Blog Day 7
28/10/2022
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David Evans – The Last of the London Fabric Printers.
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My Grandad George Hammond worked there for many years until he retired, I believe he was a foreman in the...
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Vickers Factory at Crayford 1918-1985
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Vickers Factory at Crayford 1918-1985
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