NEWS FROM 100 YEARS AGO : 19 April 1923

19 APRIL 1923

A debate took place in the House of Lords on the controversial plans to demolish the historic Whitgift Hospital in Croydon to allow for traffic improvements to be made.

The parliamentary Labour party went to visit the French occupied Ruhr Valley in Germany, saying that it was essential that France and Germany submit their requests and demands to an International Tribunal.

Details of the wedding arrangements of Prince Albert and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon were announced, with the event taking place at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923.