Publishing date: Jan 19, 2021 • January 19, 2021 • 4 minute read • NorwoodÕs first dedicated Pentecostal Church building was constructed in 1947 and served the growing congregation until 1955. Located at the south end of Colborne Street, the building has been used for several purposes over the years, including a WomanÕs Institute, a lawyerÕs office and a Yoga Studio; it is currently owned by LynnÕs Flower and Gifts next door and is the home of NorwoodÕs first Christmas Store. SUBMITTED PHOTO jpg, BI
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Setting off into the unknown, which is essentially what most of the earliest settlers to this area did, required a great deal of courage; for many pioneers of the era this courage was fortified by a strong Christian faith. Faith, that the risks and their labours would provide them and their successors with a better life then if they had remained where they were. While the traditional old tyme religions such as Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian
13 January 2021 • 12:01am
Mavis, 87, is pushed by her daughter out of the Covid-19 vaccination centre at ExCel London, home to the London Nightingale Hospital
Credit: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP
SIR – My 90-year-old aunt experienced total chaos on Monday morning when attending her appointment for a Covid-19 vaccination at the new Epsom Downs Racecourse vaccination hub.
Her appointment was for 10.05am. On arrival, she joined a queue of cars, where she remained for four hours, waiting to be processed. She was then told she could leave the car and join a walking queue in the freezing cold, which snaked around the buildings.
Five hours after arriving, my aunt gave up, along with many other elderly people in the queue, and returned home without being vaccinated.