"ALFRED THE KING."
A party of Boy Scouts has recently v been making a tour of places associated with King Alfred. Among the places visited was Winchester, whicu was the scene of much of King Alfred's life—the place where he settle i and where he died and lies buried.
The scouts were, received at Wicchester by the director of education for the city. During tjieir visit the boys laid a laurel wreath, tied with black, and white ribbons, at the foot of the - statue of King Alfred, which was erected in 1901, on the thousandth anniversary of the King's death. The wreath bore the inscription "Alfred the Kiifc*^, from the latest of big fon^e?fc;^>V^. [ . ■ : ■ '■'-}'
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 3282, 18 December 1928, Page 5
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