Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration of the Interior of Hadleigh Church, 1858. 'The inhabitants of the place have lately been awakened to a sense of the value and beauty of the legacy which the piety and munificence of them forefathers have bequeathed to them. The exterior of their venerable church has already been restored, at the cost of upwards of £1100, raised altogether in voluntary contributions; and now a general desire is arising to render the interior worthy of the the view of commencing a fund for this desirable
Fancy Bazaar recently held in the Townhall, Hadleigh, Suffolk, in aid of the Restoration of the Interior of Hadleigh Church, 1858. 'The inhabitants of the place have lately been awakened to a sense of the value and beauty of the legacy which the piety and munificence of them forefathers have bequeathed to them. The exterior of their venerable church has already been restored, at the cost of upwards of £1100, raised altogether in voluntary contributions; and now a general desire is arising to render the interior worthy of the the view of commencing a fund for this desirable object the ladies of Hadleigh agreed a few months ago to have a bazaar; and on the 6th and 7th of October the work which they had accumulated was offered for sale in the new Townhall. The display was really very beautiful, and showed, to the amazement of most of the visitors, how great had been the zeal, liberality, and industry of the persons visited the Bazaar on the first day; and on the second from 150 to 200 more were attracted to the the close of the Bazaar it was ascertained that the toil and anxieties of the ladies had been rewarded by gross receipts amounting to nearly £350'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.
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