Friday 22 July 1988

Greetings From Warminster, U.S.A.

GREETINGS FROM WARMINSTER, U.S.A.
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Children from William Tennant's School, Warminster, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), visited Dewey House, Warminster, Wiltshire (England) on Monday (18 July 1988) bearing gifts and greetings for the town council.
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England's Warminster Mayor, Peter Gough, took the American visitors to the town's library where they were welcomed by local historian, Danny Howell, who gave them a conducted tour of the museum.
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The group then returned to Dewey House, where Mr. Gough gave thema letter of greeting to take back, and Tony Duke presented the young ambassadors with a print of Warminster, England, and Mr. Howell's book "The Inns And Taverns Of Warminster".
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Town Clerk Joan Withey gave the group a local Warminster mug each and a large book containing pictures of the town. The visitors also received a copy each of Mr. Howell's book "Postcards Of Warminster" from the author.
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For their part, the children presented Mr. Gough with a medallion inscribed with the name of their school and coat of arms together with a letter of greetings from the chairman, Christopher Staub, another letter in the same tone from the principal, Kenneth D. Kastle, a certificate from the American county of Buckinghamshire, and a mug inscribed "Warminster Pennsylvania".
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