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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On 16th June 1899, more than twenty-five years from his first visit, the celebrated humorist Mark Twain returned to the Whitefriars Club.
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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.
