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 […]
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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 […]