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Stratford School's Christmas Art 2025
The entries for the Stratford sub Castle School's Annual Christmas Art Competition are now on display in the Church. The theme this year is 'Peace, Love & Joy'. 'The Friends of St Lawrence Church' has provided book tokens as prizes, in keeping with its remit of encouraging a strong community spirit.
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Dec 12, 2025


Tobias Ellwood
If you attended his sell-out talk in Stratford sub Castle in October 2025, you may be interested to know that the Defence Analyst Tobias Ellwood was one of the panelists for the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Any Questions' broadcast on 12 December 2025. A recording is available on the BBC website . Earlier newspost 29 September Tickets details have been removed as this event has now taken place. FOSL fundraising talk by Tobias Ellwood Friday 24 October SOLD OUT The Friends of St L
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Dec 12, 2025


Friends of St Lawrence - please save the date Fri 6 March 2026
Many thanks to those people who year-on-year support The Friends fundraising through their membership, or by purchasing tickets for our events. During 2025 The Friends organised three events which helped to fund several St Lawrence PCC maintenance projects. Our first event in 2026 will be a talk by Spencer Bull on Friday 6 March at 7.30 pm in the Reading Room.. Stratford Road SP1 3LL. Spencer is a British Army veteran and INVICTUS Games athlete who will share his powerful s
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Dec 1, 2025


Friends of St Lawrence fundraising talk - "Lincoln's Inn" - Friday 16 May
This event has now taken place. James Dewar was the administrator at Lincoln's Inn in London for nine years until retiring in 2010. Previously he had a full career in the Army. He has been a resident of Stratford sub Castle for fifteen years. James has kindly offered to give an illustrated talk about Lincoln's Inn, one of the hidden treasures of London. His talk will focus on the history, current role and artefacts of Lincoln's Inn. Its records date back to 1422 when Henry VI
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Apr 16, 2025


Friends of St Lawrence - fundraising talk Friday 28 February - "The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery"
This event has now taken place. At the end of his talk Nigel mentioned that there's a video available on YouTube of the King's Troop taking part in the 1999 Royal Tournament. You can view the video here (follows a short ad). 27 February - THERE ARE ONLY A FEW TICKETS LEFT.... If you would like to support The Friends Fundraising by buying tickets for this event, please do so now to avoid disappointment. NIgel Afford has kindly offered to share his experiences of serving with "
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Feb 27, 2025


Stratford School Christmas Artwork is on display in St Lawrence Church
Today is the last day of term at Stratford Primary School. All the children walked to St Lawrence Church this afternoon for their...
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Dec 18, 2024
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