The Museum and Cafe will be closed from 24 to 26 December. The Gardens will be closed on 25 December.
Press cutting reporting about the reception held at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill for “the Master and members of the Worshipful Company of Bakers, and the Worshipful Master and brethren of the London Lodge (No. 107) and of the Alliance Lodge (No. 1827). The article notes that there were around one hundred guests. Mr Smyth of the London-road provide a “very good band”. The rest of the article details the programme of the evening.
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