#Aldershot

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August 7, 7PM, UK - Refugees welcome! – Stop the far right, defend asylum support centres!

Fascists have told their terrorist supporters to ‘mask-up’ and attack immigration lawyers. We will not let them succeed in their plans. Counter-protests to defend the targeted asylum support services have been called for Wednesday 7th August across the UK at 7pm. Let’s make these protests massive!

Check the images or the link for more info. The counter-protests are in the following cities/towns: North Finchley Southend-on-sea Liverpool Northampton Cheadle Portsmouth Aldershot Waltham Forest Brighton Oxford Birmingham Paisley

Get as many people together as you can and come out to defend our communities! Stop the far-right! Refugees welcome!

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Again, not an exhaustive list but for anyone else in the UK, these are where riots are expected today:

Aldershot - Immigration Advisors at 40 Victoria Road GU11 1TH, starting at 19:30.

Bedford - Immigration INN (Inn?) on Ford End Road MK40 4JT, at 20:00.

Birmingham - Refugee and Migrant Centre on Frederick Street B1 3HN, beginning at 20:00.

Bishop Auckland - outside the Town Hall on Market Place DL14 7NP.

Blackburn - Rafiq Immigration Services on Whalley Road BB5 1AA, at 20:00.

Blackpool - Immigration Solicitors at the Enterprise Centre on Lytham Road FY1 1EW, starting at 20:00.

Bolton - Deane & Bolton Immigration Lawyers on Chorley New Road BL1 4QR, at 20:00.

Brentford - UK Immigration Help in The Mile on 1000 Great West Road TW8 9DW, starting around 19:00.

Brighton - Raj Rayan Immigration in Queensberry House at 106 Queens Road BN1 3XF, starting either at 19:30 or 20:00.

Bristol - Gya Williams Immigration on West Street BS2 OBL, at 20:00.

Burnley - at Thompson Park on 111 Ormerod Rioad BB11 3QWat, starting at 13:00.

Canterbury - UK Immigration Clinic in the Canterbury Innovation Centre CT2 7FG, at 20:00.

Chatham - Immigration Status UK on Maidstone Road ME5 9FD, at 20:00.

Cheadle - Intime Immigration Services on Brooks Drive SK8 3TD, at 20:00.

Chelmsford - UK Immigration Information Centre on Violet Close CM1 6XG, at 20:00.

Derby - Immigration Advisory Service, Normanton Road DE23 6US, at 20:00.

Dover - Kent Immigration and Visa Advice at 5A Castle Hill Road CT16 1QG, reportedly around 20:00.

Durham - in Crook at Market Place, at 18:00. (Unsure as to whether this is the same one as in Bishop Auckland as I know Crook is near there?)

Finchley - Immigration and Nationality Services within Foundation House at 4 Percy Road N128BU, around 19:00.

Harrow - Yes UK Immigration and North Harrow Community Library within the Business Centre at 429-433 Pinner Road HA1 4HN, in North Harrow, at 19:00.

Hastings - Black Rock Immigration at 37 Cambridge Gardens TN34 1EN, at 20:00.

Hull - Conroy Baker Immigration Lawyer in Norwich House, 1 Savile Street HU1 3ES, at 20:00.

Lewisham - the Clock Tower, SE13 5JH, 19:00.

Lincoln - Immigration Lawyer Services on Carlton Mews LN2 4FJ, at 20:00.

Liverpool - Merseyside Refugee Centre in St Anne's Centre on 7 Overbury Street L7 3HJ, at 20:00.

Liverpool - Sandpiper Hotel (might be on Ormskirk Old Road? if any scousers can clarify where that is, that'd be great) at 13:00.

Middlesbrough - Immigration Advice Centre which is the Co-Operative Buildings at 251 Linthorpe Road TS1 4AT, at 20:00.

Newcastle - United Immigration Services in Artisan Unit 3, The Beacon on Westgate Road NE4 9PQ, at 20:00.

Northampton - Zenith Immigration Lawyers at 2 Talbot Road NN1 4JB, starting at 20:00.

Nottingham - East Midlands Immigration Services at 15 Stonesbury Vale NG2 7UR, at 20:00.

Oldham - somewhere on Ellen Street 0L9 6QR, at 20:00

Oxford - Asylum Welcome in Unit 7 in Newtec Place on Magdelen Road OX4 1RE, around 19:00. [Updated as of 15:53]

Peterborough - Smart Immigration Services in Laxton House at 191 Lincoln Road PE1 2PN, at 20:00.

Plymouth - in a Morrisons car park, I don't know which but I saw Victory Parade associated with it? If anyone from Plymouth can clarify, please do. Not sure on time.

Portsmouth - UK Border Agency at Kettering Terrace PO2 8QN, at 20:00

Preston - Adriana Immigration Services at 109 Church Street PR1 3BS, at 19:00 or 20:00.

Rotherham - Parker Rhodes Hickmotts, The Point S60 1BP, at 20:00.

Sheffield - City Hall on Barker's Pool S1 2JA, at 13:00.

Sheffield - White Rose Visas at 101 Wilkinson Street S10 2GJ, at 20:00.

Southampton - Y-Axis Immigration Consultants, Cumberland Place on Grosvenor Square SO15 2BG, at 20:00.

Southend - MNS Immigration Solicitors on Ditton Court Road SS0 7HG, at 20:00.

Stoke-On-Trent - ZR Visas on Metcalfe Road ST6 7AZ, in Tunstall, at 20:00.

Sunderland - North of England Refugee Service which is in Suite 12 in the Eagle Building at 201 High Street East SR1 2AX, at 20:00.

Swindon - I have no details for this, just seen that something might be kicking off there.

Tamworth - Lawrencia & Co Immigration Solicitors within the Amber Business Village on Amber Close B77 4RP, no details on time unfortunately.

Walthamstow - Waltham Forest Immigration Bureau at 187 Hoe Street E17 3AP, at 20:00.

Wigan - Support for Wigan Arrivals Project, Penson Street WN1 2LP, at 20:00.

York - only detail I've got it is York Stay City Hotel.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge takes part in a St Patrick's Day parade as she visits Aldershot Barracks on St Patrick's Day on March 17, 2012 in Aldershot, England. 

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Meanwhile... In Aldershot, a middle-aged man is goading a bunch of children who have nothing better to do. Not a developed frontal lobe in sight, including the creep with a microphone. State of 'em xoxo

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King George V, Queen Mary, Princess Mary and Prince George, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, and Countess Fortescue, Lady-in-Waiting in  Aldershot Royal Pavilion, May 1920. The Royal Family was in mourning following sudden death of Princess Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden on May 1st 1920.

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Introducing the Galleries in Aldershot, Taken August 2017. These are images I have kept on my DSLR for a while and thought I'd share.

Visiting Aldershot was a hugely drastic example of Urban Decay in action. It's clear the high street was at a breaking point during this year as even the plethora of discount stores were empty husks of their formerly bustling selves.

PoundWorld and PoundLand were both empty. A single chair occupying the now barren PoundWorld store. We call these "Chilling Chairs''

Death was inevitable, when even the discount stores couldn't survive. What hope is there for Antiques and Jewellers?

When taking this photo I was approached by a very kind gentleman who spoke about the sorry state of the shopping centre. Bringing up memories of a better time when the shopping centre was lively and busy.

It was at this point the hunger set in, I really fancied a bite to eat. I was reminded of the existence of the food chain "Wimpy Burger" . It was actually fantastic. I was still on my vegetarian kick so settled on a mushroom burger.

I would recommend visiting Wimpy... before you can't. The food isn't bad at all.

The Galleries were only partially open. Gated off was the second and barren half of The Galleries. The Roof leaking with wet floor cones trailing off into the distance.

For being devoid of any purpose here, this section of the galleries is surprisingly tidy despite the problematic ceiling. It's clear the ones still in charge are clinging onto a hope that maybe one day this forgotten space can be restored to its former glory.

Externally of the Shopping Centre was a sorry sight. The parking area was marked with warning posters and carried the same smell found in the Swindon Bus Station Toilets.

Even for 2017, there bore some archaic remnants of a past technology. Rusted, grotty and definitely not something I was about to verify if it still worked.

There were smaller shopping areas outside, for being a weekday in the summer holidays it was scarily dead. This was pre-pandemic, I can't imagine the state of Aldershot now but I would like to return again someday soon.

The last picture I am sharing, doing a bit of walking around I came across this abandoned building. I would never trespass into an abandoned building to show you all the inside, but the outside was sad enough.

I regret not asking the locals more about this place as I am not sure what it was before it became abandoned.



Thanks for checking out my post on Aldershot! I'll have some more content from other places including the Swindon Tented Market!

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“DESERTER, TRICKSTER, GOES TO JAIL - Man With A Kink Posed As Parson,” The People (London). March 1, 1942. Page 5. ---- TWENTY-YEARS-OLD William Albert Cork, a can- teen worker, whose home is at Cambridge-road. Aldershot, has a kink or obsession for posing as a clergyman.

He brags that while a deserter from the Army he drove to Sheffield, dressed as an Army chaplain with another deserter acting as batman and a third deserter as the driver.

They arrived during a blitz. changed their uniform for civilian clothes and went out looting. They lived on the proceeds.

Cork was eventually arrested for wearing uniform and badges of an Army chaplain, In his billet was found a sackful of soldiers' letters he had stolen, while in the Royal Artillery.

All this was said of him by a detective at Marlborough-st. yesterday when Cork was sentenced to three months' hard labour for breaking his recognisances entered into on December 26.

BILKED THE DEAN Mr. Claud Morgan. Probation Officer, explained that Cork was directed to live in Canterbury, but he threw up his job there, telling his landlady he had obtained an Army chaplaincy.

While at Canterbury. Cork rented a house from the Dean and Chap- ter, sub-let it, collected the rent and failed to pay the Dean.

"He is constantly giving the impression that is a clergyman," continued Mr. Morgan, "and when the Probation Officer at Canterbury went to his lodgings with his father they found a number of cassocks, surplices, stoles and other Church vestments.

"His last pose was as a lay clerk at Canterbury Cathedral."

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The "Maple Leaf" speeds through Aldershot with Amtrak F40PH 344 in the lead. This unit was a regular on this run in the early 1980s. April 28, 1984

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Anthony Fineran (B 1981)

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Catherine, Princess of Wales attending the 2023 St. Patrick's Day Parade at Mons Barracks on March 17, 2023 in Aldershot, England.

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Martin Freeman and a childhood in Aldershot.

Read about it on our blog.

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UK riots: outbreak, evolution, interim results

The past six days have brought the biggest riots in the UK since the summer of 2011, when the Metropolitan Police shot and killed a Black man in North London.

For Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and other Labour figures, the violence and its causes are largely linked to national-oriented racism and anti-immigration intolerance. However, some of the boroughs where the most intense riots took place have no immigration issues, UnHerd reports.

In Sunderland, police faced “serious and sustained levels of violence” during riots last weekend when buildings and cars were torched. In Tamworth, where a viral video showed rioters attacking a migrant hotel, 0.5% said they were Muslim, whereas 95.8% described their ethnic group as “white.” Around 1,000 protesters were involved in violent clashes, with police horses separating anti-immigration and anti-racist protesters in Blackpool.

These case studies show that there is no precise rule about which places are most likely to experience riots, whether ethnically homogeneous or diverse. Yet places where people feel neglected and completely abandoned by the South East – the centre of power and the only money-making region – are more susceptible to violent protest. Starmer stated on Tuesday:

Whatever the apparent motivation, this is not protest; it’s pure violence and we will not tolerate attacks on mosques or on Muslim communities.

Meanwhile, the West Midlands police chief and a Manchester major are urging people to avoid taking part in any disorder following the riots in recent days.

They made a video to make it clear that police have “no double standards” and respect Muslim migrants. A police officer began the address by saying “[As-]Salaam-Alaikum,” a traditional Arabic greeting.

Police and Crime Commissioner Simon Foster condemned the “disgraceful” scenes of disorder that had broken out across the country and declared that West Midlands Police would not tolerate it, according to BirminghamLive.

I want to make it clear that there is no place for division, hate or racism and it will not be tolerated in the West Midlands. My advice to everyone, is that I strongly urge you to avoid gathering at any events and that you allow the police to carry out their essential duties, on behalf of the public.

Read more HERE

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The Curious Case of William Chevis

The Curious Case of William Chevis 

 News of the Times Episode 326 | 1931 

1931 Aldershot and Lieut Chevis, halfway through his favourite meal, Manchurian Partridge, very shortly afterwards is beset by excruciating pain and dies within a few hours by strychnine poisoning. 

To add to the mystery, the family dog vanishes shortly afterwards and is then found dead. 

On the day of his son’s funeral, Lieut Chevis’s ex Judge father, receives a cruel telegram from Dublin with the words: “Hooray Hooray Hooray” 

Several days later, he receives a second telegram promising that the murderer will never be found – Hooray. This case captivated the public and the papers!

  Who killed Lieut Chevis? 

Was it his beautiful new wife? 

Was it his beautiful new wife’s ex-husband who had only very recently suddenly reappeared? 

Was it an enemy of Lieut Chevis or an enemy of his wife’s? 

Or, our own personal theory – an enemy of his father’s, an ex-judicial judge in Lahore, India. We take a look at the background, the evidence, and the papers regarding the curious case of William Chevis in today’s episode of Murderous Mondays. 

Hosted by Robin Coles.