ROYALTY IN NORWICH
KING OPENS NEW CITY HALL (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, October 29. Their Majesties, who are in residence at Sandringham, motored to Norwich and, after a visit to the ancient Guildhall, where mayors and Lord Mayors of the city have been elected since 1407, proceeded along a route lined deep with enthusiastic crowds to the new City Hall and civic centre, which his Majesty formally opened. The building, from which a tower rises to a height of 185 feet, occupies a commanding situation overlooking the market place. "Their Majesties were subsequently the guests of the city at luncheon sub afternoon engagements included a visit by the King to a football match and' one by the Queen to the local hospital to open a new maternity wing. Both made a tour of inspection of the Norwich Lads’ Club and the mutual welfare centre for unemployed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1938, Page 5
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146ROYALTY IN NORWICH Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1938, Page 5
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