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WEDDING, RALEIGH PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, BRIXTON HILL

WEDDING, RALEIGH PARK BAPTIST CHURCH, BRIXTON HILL

Wedding photograph showing a young Jamaican couple, married at Raleigh Park Baptist Church on 24th June 1961. The bride worked as a nurse in a London hospital, and the groom, who had arrived in England in 1955, was employed as a bus conductor at the time and later worked for the G.P.O., following which he started a successful career in journalism and teaching. The best man, seen in the background, was Roy Henry, a distinguished bass baritone. Wedding Album photograph, 24th June 1961. Copyright with donor.
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Collection:
Image type:Copy Print
Artist:Lloyd Squires
Ref:20251
Identifier:SP3402
Date:1961

#1951 - 1975  #Black  #BRIXTON HILL  #CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS  #Copy Print  #FESTIVALS  #People  #RELIGION