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AAW - Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
DC - Deposited Collections
SEC - St Edmund's College, Ware
PER - St Edmund's College, Ware: Journals and Periodicals
1 - The Edmundian
Repository
Archives of the Archbishop of Westminster
Ref No
AAW/DC/SEC/PER/1/61
Title
The Edmundian, Old Hall 1955
Date
Spring 1955
Level
Item
Description
Illustrated journal of St Edmund's College, Ware. Vol XXIV, No 164. The Editorial notes include a tribute, with photograph, of Dr Alan Wigfield, Medical Officer to St Edmund's. There is an article marking the last game of Rugby Fives played at College in 1953, after it was first instituted in 1928, prior to the demolition of the two Fives Courts. The issue also includes the celebrations for St Edmund's Day 1954 including the sermon by Mgr John E Howell, Vicar General of the Diocese of Brentwood. There are also obituaries for Rt Rev Mgr George Telford, Fr Frederick Lyngnane, Fr John P Valentin, Fr Nicholas Sullivan, and Edward Tippetts, who died in a fire while on army manoeuvres with the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regt in Mattighofen in March 1954. There is a review of performances of 'Charley's Aunt' by Brandon Thomas, and 'Iolanthe' by Gilbert and Sullivan
Format
Printed document
Language
English
Album amicorum of George Strachan
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