_The Evening Post_, 23 April 1925:
         NEW ZEALAND LEPERS
   TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FIJI.
                        ——
 Some time ago it was announced that an arrangement had been arrived at with the #Fiji Government for the concentration of all lepers from British colonies in the Pacific at the Mokagai leper station, Fiji.
  On Quail Island, #Lyttelton Harbour, there are nine lepers consisting of four Maoris, two Chinese, and three Europeans.
  The Minister of Health (the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare) stated to-day that it had been decided to close the Quail Island station and transfer the lepers from there within the next two or three months. The cost of their maintenance at Fiji would be borne by the New Zealand Government. All the patients had consented to go to Fiji.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250423.2.68

22 Apr 1527: Reginald Pole, future Cardinal and Archbishop of #Canterbury is admitted to the prebend of Knaresborough in #York minster #otd

https://www.europesays.com/2010507/ Canterbury cocaine ring: Felipe Montoya-Ospina loses bid to have jail term reduced on appeal #American #appeal #arguing #bid #bringing #canterbury #cocaine #drugsmuggling #Felipe #have #importing #into #jail #less #long #loses #member #Methamphetamine #montoyaospina #NewZealand #ON #reduced #Ring #sentence #serious #south #term #than #that #thinks #TO #zealand

19 Apr 1554: Matthew Parker, the future Archbishop of #Canterbury former chaplain to Anne Boleyn & very significant manuscript collector deprived of his Deanery of #Lincoln for being married #otd (LPL)

https://www.europesays.com/uk/30236/ Concerns over condition of controversial Alluvia underwater sculpture in Canterbury’s River Stour #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Canterbury #Design #Entertainment #HumanInterest #Kent #UK #UnitedKingdom

#music #canterbury

Hatfield and the North
Son Of 'There's No Place Like Homerton'

A dizzying display of musical talent and sly humor. Hatfield and Zappa were redefining the possibilities.

https://youtu.be/FVBW2yfwYqs

13 Apr 1011: Viking ransom of £48,000 for St. Alphege, Archbishop of #Canterbury is set #otd (image from ClerkofOxford)

On this day in 1012, a ransom is paid to Vikings for the liberation of Canterbury, after a raid on the city and the capture of Ælfheah, Archbishop of Canterbury. #Canterbury

On this day in 1598, the Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots. #Huguenots

On this day in 1895, French officer Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of selling military secrets against a backdrop of anti-Semitism, is imprisoned on Devils Island. #Dreyfus

The Weavers House, Canterbury, Kent, c.1950s - Valentine's RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/the-weavers-house-canterbury-kent-c-1950s-valentine-s-rp-postcard-221640645.htm

The orange President is becoming more troublesome
#USpol #canterbury

Still crossing Ts and dotting Is on the new album. It's four tracks over 50 minutes, and there's a case for describing it as an RIO album.
#EntropyCircus #RIO #RockInOpposition #zeuhl #canterbury

https://www.europesays.com/uk/3404/ Suspect charged after early hours assault in St Peter’s Street, Canterbury left man in hospital #Canterbury #Courts #Crime #Kent #News #UK #UnitedKingdom

Whan that Aprille with
His shoures soote, the droghte
Of March hath perced

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Chaucer #GeoffreyChaucer #CanterburyTales #Canterbury #Prologue #Spring #Rain #Renewal #NewLife #Pilgrimage

April 5, 2025

30 Mar 1533: Passion Sunday - Thomas Cranmer is consecrated Archbishop of #Canterbury in St Stephen’s in the Palace of #Westminster #otd (NPG) A game changer to say the least

Throwback Saturday

Here's a snap from 2022 shot in Canterbury Cathedral. I like the play of light which has overcome my tendency for centred symmetrical compositions.

28 Mar 1558: Cardinal Archbishop Reginald Pole names Hugh Turnbull, Dean of #Chichester, a commissioner to investigate heresy in the diocese of #Canterbury #otd (BM)

27 Mar 1604: funeral of John Whitgift, Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd (Lambeth Palace) he died 29 Feb 1604 at #Lambeth.

He had himself been chief mourner at Elizabeth I’s funeral.

25 Mar 1556 Reginald Pole new Archbishop of #Canterbury receives the Pallium on the third day after his consecration on the feast of the Annunciation & first day of the New Year #otd (National Trust images)

22 Mar 1556: Edmund Bonner assists in the consecration of Cardinal Reginald Pole as Archbishop of #Canterbury #otd (TCC)