Groupwent to Russia

TIRED Vicar,
a~r1es Har-
gton, has just
Irned from a
ce trip to Rus-
with the Chap-
of the Univer-

, the Rev Alan-

e, and Univer-
lecturer, Dr
id Ormrod.
3 three visitors
to Russia with the
West Reach
), which aims to
gthen relations
een East and

:y spent a fort-
there with other
sentatives of the

 ‘

group and had a unique

opportunity get a

look at the pe..ple and

places.

_ “Alan Race and I

were the only priests,"

said Mr Harrington».

who lives in Bridge and ‘

is a guide at Canter-
bury Cathedral. -

“We went out with
mixed feelings about
Russia,” he said. “But
my first impresssion
was that of a most
beautiful country. I
think Kiev is the most
beautiful city I have
ever seen.

“It was an eye-open-
ing experience. The
visit was an attempt to
build bridges of ‘under-
standing between East
and West by reaching
out beyond govern-
xments to people."

The group included a
cross-section of people
but all share com-
mon interest — a con-
cern for world peace.

/ “The purpose of East
West Reach is to make
it possible for people
from East and West to
meet each other,"
added Mr Harrington,
who was a Vicar in
Oxford.

Closed book

Libraries and County
Council offices will be
closed on Monday and
Tuesday. Public rub-'
bish tips will be shut on
Monday only.

Backgfrom Russia. Left to right: Dr David Ormrod, the Rev
Harrington and the Rev Alan Race.

with much lov

  

Charles

 

 HlSTORlC PAGESC .
ARE AUCTIONED

A BOOK written 182
years ago by the then
Rector of Kingston was
sold at a London auc-
tion for £220 on Mon-
day.

A Voyage Up the
Mediterranean in the
Swiftsure by the Rev

Cooper Willyams
contained “the first,
the most particular.

and the most authentic

account” of the Battle
of the Nile.

Willyams, who was
educated at the King's
School, was chaplain of
the Swiftsure, one of
the vessels under Nel-
son's command.

At the battle, Nelson
almost destroyed the
whole French fleet.

Willyams was an
accomplished‘ artist

and his book contains
40 aquatint views,
including coastal
scenes of Italy, Egypt,
Palestine, Syria,
Rhodes. the Ba.learics

_,and Gibraltar, as well

as a folding map.

Willyams died in 1816
and no doubt "would

V have been amazed at

today’s value of his
book, which was sold

‘!’.§"’J" OEHUJH

—‘-—’—-M A

by Sotheby’s.

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