[Midlands News: 28.03.1957: Royal Visit to Staffordshire and Derbyshire]

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Date	1957
Duration	00:02:55
Film type	Black & White / Silent
Production	Professional
Genre	Television News
Company	ATV

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Story number - 562. According to The Times the Queen was met at Sudbury by H. Wallace-Copland (Lieutenant for Staffordshire) and at Repton by Colonel Sir Ian Walker Okeover (Lieutentant for Derbyshire); Geoffrey Fisher, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Chairman of the Governors of Repton); and T.L. Thomas (headmaster).

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Summary	Queen Elizabeth visits the estate of the Duchy of Lancaster at Hoar Cross near Sudbury, Tutbury Castle and Repton School.
Description	We see the arrival, by car, of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at the Needwood Estate of the Duchy of Lancaster. They meet a group of men (probably estate staff) at Hoar Cross and later we see the Queen at Tutbury Castle accompanied by Charles Hill MP (Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster). The Royal party are next seen at Repton school in Derbyshire where the Queen inspects a line of soldiers, opens the Kindersley Gateway and plants a tree.
Credits	No Credits Specified
Tags	Educational Buildings, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Political Systems

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