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ELLEN TERRY’S FUNERAL (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.l (Australian Press Assn.—-United Service, i LONDON, July 24. In compliance with Dame Ellen Terry’s wish the funeral service at the little parish church at Smallhythe was without pomp and of the simplest description. Everyone wore their workaday clothes. The coffin was covered with a golden pall fashioned by her daughter, Edith Craig, from her mother’s stage gown. Similarly at the requiem service at All Saints, West End, the womenfolk wore their brightest summer frocks.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16706, 25 July 1928, Page 2
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84WITHOUT POMP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16706, 25 July 1928, Page 2
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