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Description: | Once in the Broadway the members of the procession took their seats for the unveiling ceremony. This shows the Lord Bishop of Winchester (Dr Randall Davidson) reading the prayer. The statue was unveiled by the Earl of Rosebery at seventeen minutes past twelve accompanied by cheering. A salute was fired by the 90th Battery of the Royal Artillery on St Giles' Hill and the Cathedral and other bells rang out.
The Mayor of Winchester, Mr Alfred Bowker, then led his guests to a luncheon in the Guildhall.
The unveiling was attended by several reporters from the national press, as well as reporters from America, France and Germany.
Reference:
Winchester Scrapbooks. Vol 4. p.39.
Copy photograph by John Brimfield of a postcard. | 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: | statue King Alfred celebration Randall Davidson crowd | Temporal: | start=1901-09-20; end=1901-09-20; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Copied by: Brimfield, John | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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