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Unveiling Livingstone Statue

An excellent article by Gordon Cook on the unveiling of the David Livingstone Statue at the Livingstone Memorial Church in 1913. Pictured are previously unseen photos of that special day.    I spent some time zooming in on things. A rainy day, no children in the audience, all confined to being outwith the walls. Women […]

1913 Livingstone Centenary

  Celebrations marking a hundred years since the birth of explorer, David Livingstone took place in 1913. These were undertaken nationally and locally throughout that year – the Rt Hon.Earl Curzon of Kedleston, as Chairman of the Geographical Society said at a meeting at Burlington House, London – “As a missionary, Livingstone was the sincere […]