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Haile Selassie is shown the tower of Bath Abbey by the Archdeacon Venerable E.A. Cook 1954

Haile Selassie is shown the tower of Bath Abbey by the Archdeacon Venerable E.A. Cook 1954

Image Reference: 25841
Image Date: 1954
Measurements: 7.2 x 10 cm
Medium: photo
Collection: Bath Chronicle
Library Reference: Chronicle P8020 2676
Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council
Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: Following the renovations to the tower. Exiled to Fairfield House, Newbridge, Bath between 1936 and 1940, the Emperor of Ethiopia returned in October 1954 for a State Visit and received the Freedom of the City.
Photographed on 18th October 1954.

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