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Description: | This arch across the High Street was built to celebrate the marriage of the Prince of Wales - the future Edward VII - to Princess Alexandra of Denmark. It was situated at the junction with Market Street and in this view we are looking up towards Crown Hill. The arch is decorated with fir trees and on the far side the wording is 'Albert and Alexandra'. The Hampshire Herald records that " All the infant school children assembled at the National Schools, then paraded the High Street and were drawn up under the arch, where they sang an anthem composed by the Misses Crowley for the occasion , and set to the tune of the National Anthem. They then marched to the Town Hall and were regaled with oranges and plum cake".
Copy photograph of a Christmas card issued by the Hampshire County Museum Service who own the original.
Hawkins C W. 1973. The story of Alton in Hampshire, page 28. | 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 Museums Service | Subjects: | Princess Alexandra Prince of Wales Albert Edward VII arch royal wedding street celebration High Street | Temporal: | start=1863-01-01; end=1863-12-31; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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