“ORANGES AND LEMONS”
“Oranges and lemons, „ Say the bells of St. Clement s. In the year 787 the Danes landed in England,‘and for a time it seemed if they would conquer the country. At last King Alfred drove them back and creed them to take to their great Viking ships and return to Denmark. It is said that when Alfred drove the Dane's out of London those who had married English wives were allowed to form a little colony outside the city wall. Naturally they built a original St. Clement’s-“St. Clement of the Danes” —in Londons Stiana. St Clement’s escaped the Great Fire of London, in 1666, but by 1680 it was becoming very dilapidated. It wa», therefore, pulled down and rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren. Nowadays, besides being the Church of the Danes, St Clement’s is also the London Church of Australia and New Zealand, and of the men of Devon. The flags of Australia and New Zealand, the Union Jack, and the Dannebrog (the Danish national flagl hang in the Church. St. Clement’s may also be called the Church of the children. March 31 is Oiange and Lemons” day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 10
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191“ORANGES AND LEMONS” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 16 December 1936, Page 10
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