Procession To The Opening Of St Marys Church - Horden (hord0245)

Photograph showing a procession of men in uniform moving across the picture from right to left; the procession is accompanied by approximately sixteen children running alongside the procession; a woman with two infants in her arms can also be seen; the men are marching past a heavily wooded area; the photograph has been identified as Procession to the Opening of St. Mary's Church, Horden

Procession To The Opening Of St Marys Church - Horden

Photograph showing a procession of men in uniform moving across the picture from right to left; the procession is accompanied by approximately sixteen children running alongside the procession; a woman with two infants in her arms can also be seen; the men are marching past a heavily wooded area; the photograph has been identified as Procession to the Opening of St. Mary's Church, Horden

Date: 1913

That is Blacxkhills Terrace. The wooded area in the background is where the park is now. It stretched from the top of Blackhills Terrace down towards the beach banks and was noted to be "wick with rabbits"

Comment added by Barry Wood on 05/01/2009 12:20:00

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