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Military Ball at Whittington Barracks - 1887

The details are very full indeed - down to the floral decorations!

Whittington Flower Show - 1890s

"A cottage gardeners' show of flowers, fruit and vegetables"

reads the newspaper article.

London to Manchester Air Race
April 1910

Claude Grahame-White landed at Hademore twice during his attempts to win the £10,000 prize offered by the Daily Mail.

 THREE PLATELAYERS MUTILATED BY TRAIN
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What Whittington did to celebrate the coronation of Elizabeth I

A Pancake Race on Shrove Tuesday - the old custom was revived in Whittington in 1954