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Following the service,we joined the Procession for the return journey to the Town Hall.
After a visit to HATFIELD PARK we returned to Chigwell.
| Sunday, May 31, 1953 | |
I remember hearing how Chigwell had been badly bombed during the war. Maybe this was the story. | |||||||||||||
| In June 1951 Grange Farm was opened as a leisure centre by H.R.H. the Princess Elizabeth. It appears to be no more. An internet search revealed a highway cutting through the property, gravel pits and condo development. Here are some souvenirs showing what it looked like and some bad coloured views from my 8mm home movies. | |||||||||||||||
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| 8 a.m. Left Camp by special coaches for ST. ALBANS where, by invitation of the Dean, the Very Rev. C. C. Thicknesse, M.A., we took part in the Civic Parade to the Cathedral for the Coronation Sunday Service. During the Consecration of the Colours of the Royal Artillery Association, Appleby College Choir sang a motet specially composed by W. H. Anderson, of Winnipeg. Click here to visit St. Albans today. Following the service,we joined the Procession for the return journey to the Town Hall. |
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| We rejoined the coaches and proceeded to HATFIELD where we were entertained to lunch by the Mayor of St. Albans, Councillor W. Bird, M.B.E., in the Old Palace Restaurant. After a visit to HATFIELD PARK we returned to Chigwell. |
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| Steeped in Elizabethan and Victorian political history, Hatfield stands in its own Great Park and is famous for exquisite furniture, tapestries and paintings. The Old Tudor Palace was the childhood home of Elizabeth I. | |||||||||||||||
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