Photographs of Ash Wednesday Ceremony and Procession. Rearranged by date, some changes within previous order
Orders of service for the annual Company Ash Wednesday service, founded by Master John Norton on his death in 1612; service sheets date from 1930-1940, 1943-1944, 1947-1958, 1960, 1962, 1967-1968, 1970, 1972-1981, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1995-1996, 1998-2006, 2010, 2012, 2014-2016, 2018,, 2019, 2023-2026.
Box also includes:
Sermons preached to the Company, 1920 and 1923.
Photographs of plaques commemorating John Norton, sermons preached at the Ash Wednesday service, 1920 and 1923.
Invitation to cakes and ale and the service, 3 Mar 1965 and 18 Feb 2015-10 Feb 2016, and entry ticket to cakes and ale, 13 Feb 2013.
Invitation to the service to unveil a plaque commemorating John Norton, 14 Dec 1948.
Invitation to a livery dinner held 17 Feb 1965.
B/W photographs. Ash Wednesday, 3 March 1965. Procession to St Paul’s, led by G St P Wells (Clerk).
B/W photographs. Ash Wednesday, 3 March 1965. Rear of procession to St Paul’s, at steps of St. Paul's with new building and scaffolding in background. All unknown.
B/W photograph. Ash Wednesday, 8 February 1967. Procession to St Paul’s, led by G St P Wells (Clerk), passing by the Queen Anne statue.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 28 February 1968. Procession to St Paul’s, leaving forecourt of Stationers’ Hall, led by S Osborne (Beadle).
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 28 February 1968. The procession is led by S Osborne (Beadle) up the steps of St. Paul's.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 19 February 1969. Procession leading up steps to St. Paul's, led by S Osborne (Beadle); D Wyndham-Smith; N Lovett-Derby; and Court Assistants.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. Procession to St Paul’s, led by Major J Noon, leaves Stationers' Hall.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. Procession to St Paul’s, led by Dudley Ward (Beadle), leaves Stationers' Hall.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. In the forecourt of Stationers' Hall, J Langford (L) and P G King lead the Court Assistants in procession to St Paul’s.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. In the forecourt of Stationers' Hall, the Court Assistants walk in procession to St Paul’s. L-R: Sir Denis H. Truscott (Past Master); J G Hooper (Treasurer); Philip Unwin (Past Master); T C Avery; D R P P Cox; H O White.
Colour photograph. Ash Wednesday, 20 February 1980. In the forecourt of Stationers' Hall, members of the court walk in procession to St Paul’s. L-R: Unknown (Renter Warden); Col R A Rubens (Clerk); Wilfrid B Hodgson (Master 1979-80); Kenneth Robinson (Upper Warden); D Wyndham-Smith (Under Warden); J G H