The Empress of Abyssinia and Haile Selassie arrive at Bath Spa Station 1936

Image Reference: 46061

Image Date: 1936

Measurements: 19 x 20 cm

Medium: newspaper

Collection: Bath Chronicle

Library Reference: Bath Chronicle 3 October 1936

Credit: Bath & North East Somerset Council

Library: Bath Record Office : Archives & Local Studies

Description: They lunched at Bath Spa Hotel and inspected Fairfields, their house at Newbridge Hill which they had recently purchased and intended to take up permanent residence in. Exiled to Fairfield House, Newbridge, Bath between 1936 and 1940, the Emperor of Ethiopia returned on October 1954 for a State Visit and received the Freedom of the City.
Photographed in October 1936.

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The Empress of Abyssinia and Haile Selassie arrive at Bath Spa Station 1936

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