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AddBy: Brian J. Pearce5th Mar 2014 9:51PMReading the proclamation is Town Clerk Gordon Cross. Seated at front nearest camera is Mayor Percy Henry Kinsman and his wife Lydia Caroline Kinsman.
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Army charter march 4; Maidstone Park; proclamation being read.
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DescriptionNZ Army March Past; Maidstone Park.
The Army had been granted the freedom of the city, and regularly exercised its right to parade, carrying arms and accompanied by music; it is possible that this right was granted when the borough became a city in 1966, but the gathering here is too small for the day of celebrations.
Information provided by Brian Pearce: reading the proclamation is Town Clerk Gordon Cross. Seated at front nearest camera are Mayor Percy Henry Kinsman and his wife Lydia Caroline Kinsman.
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Date Taken1968 or earlier.
The Army had been granted the freedom of the city, and regularly exercised its right to parade, carrying arms and accompanied by music; it is possible that this right was granted when the borough became a city in 1966, but the gathering here is too small for the day of celebrations.
Information provided by Brian Pearce: reading the proclamation is Town Clerk Gordon Cross. Seated at front nearest camera are Mayor Percy Henry Kinsman and his wife Lydia Caroline Kinsman.
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Date Taken1968 or earlier.Depicts or relates to
PlaceMaidstone Park
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