Photograph of the Duke's visit to open the new Festival Gallery and Club. About 150 people fill the street, many of them members of the general public, several in military and police uniform, and in the centre a group of lifeboat men led by George Fisher and 'Smoky' Sharland. The Duke in right foreground addresses two unidentified women, Britten second from right front talks with the Mayor, and Pears walks behind him with Lady Cranbrook. Forward from centre stand Imogen Holst (in white bonnet), a bewigged dignitary in front of the Prince of Hesse and behind the Princess. Close beside them is Marion Harewood in a light straw hat. Lord Cranbrook (known as Jock) walks behind the Prince with hands in pockets.
Photographer: B.W.Allen
1 photograph
black and white; 13 x 8 cm
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