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Description: | The King and Queen visited the city to attend the service to mark the completion of 7 years of Cathedral renovation work, during which William Walker, a diver, underpinned the eastern end of the Cathedral.
The town had been decorated for the occasion with bunting provide by Messrs Pain & Son. The station had also been smartened up with potted shrubs and a pathway of yew and fir trees either side of the carpet which was laid between the platform and gate. The royal couple arrived on the royal train at 1.50pm and were greeted by the Mayor of Winchester and other dignitaries, 3 year old Ruth Holdaway presented a posy to Queen Mary, who was wearing a rose pink dress. Extra police were on duty and an escort through the town was provided by the Winchester Troop of the Hampshire Carabiners.
The visit, on St Swithun's Day, was part of a week devoted to services of thanksgiving, and was the main one.
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Hampshire Chronicle, July 20th, 1912 | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | flag railway station carriage Ruth Holdaway horse George V Winchester costume Queen Mary celebration | Temporal: | start=1912-07-01; end=1912-07-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Brimfield, J | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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