Tuesday, 4 December 2012

The Christmas Ball

The evening is cold and bright with a starry sky, a layer of snow is on the ground and music can be heard coming from Huntingdon Hall as the guests arrive.

The maids are in the entrance hall taking coats, hats and ladies wraps, the butler is standing in the main doorway to the ballroom announcing the arrival of each guest, then they go on to greet their hosts Lord Edwin and Lady Esther.

A waiter is on hand to offer them a glass of mulled or rose hip wine then on to greet friends and old aquaintances, while the band on a raised dias at the front of the hall plays on.

The arrival of The Lord Mayor with his wife and daughter
 


Clarence is next, greeting old friends as he enters the hall.

 


The festivities have begun.

 

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