1850 Rawdon Mutual Improvement Society
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Title
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Rawdon Mutual Improvement Society |
| Date |
December 1850 |
| Location |
Rawdon
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Photo ID
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V430 |
| Comment |
"RAWDEN MUTUAL
IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY
On Tuesday the annual soiree of this society
was held in the British Training Schools in the above village.
After tea the
company adjourned to Baptist Chapel adjacent where the "feast of reason
and flow of soul" was pleasantly continued under the presidency of Joseph
White Esq. of Apperley Lane.
Amongst the visitors were the chairman R
Milligan Esq. of Acacia, R Thomas Esq. surgeon of Rawden, N Briggs Esq. J
V Godwin Esq. B Harrison Esq. of Bradford, Rev. Dr. Godwin, Mr Wm. Byles
and other gentlemen.
Most of these addressed the assembly."
Image courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive, research by Edwy Harling |