History Corner
The Bittersweet Pilgrimage to Hindhead of 7th July 1906The July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.
Read moreThe July 1906 Pilgrimage to Tennyson country was one of the most anticipated events of the year.
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In July 1890, Oscar Wilde called at the Whitefriars Club’s rooms at Anderton’s Hotel and had a long talk about Dorian Gray with Friar Sidney Low, then editor of the St James’s Gazette.
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Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of adventure books set in exotic locations, the most famous of which are King Solomon’s Mines and She.
H. Rider Haggard spoke at the Whitefriars Club on the topic of ‘The Rush to the Towns’ on 24th April 1903.
