Bury St. Edmunds - Multiple Scenes Prior to 1963. And Andrei Gromyko.

            The Postcard

A Collo Colour postcard that was published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. of Dundee and London.  The card was posted on Thursday the 19th. September 1963 to:

Rev. & Mrs. Armson,
229, Britannia Road,
Ipswich.

The postmark advertises:

'Cheap Recorded Delivery -
Effective.
6d.'

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Square House,
Bury.
19/9/63.
We are having a pleasant
restful week - renewing
old friendships.
We saw the Diocesan Cross
at close range - it is very
heavy.
Best wishes,
P.A. & E.M. Curtors".

Dr. John Armson

The Church Times dated the 24th. April 2020 contains the following obituary for Reverend Armson:

'Deaths.
ARMSON. — On 12 April, the Revd. Dr. John Moss 
Armson: Fellow and Chaplain of Downing College, 
Cambridge (1969-73); Chaplain of Westcott House, 
Cambridge (1973-76); Vice-Principal (1977-81); 
Principal of Edinburgh Theological College (1982-89); 
Canon of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh (1982-89); 
Canon Residentiary of Rochester Cathedral (1989-2001); Member of the Hengrave Ecumenical Community 
(2001-03); aged 80'.

Andrei Gromyko

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, on the 19th. September 1963, at the United Nations, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko announced that the U.S.S.R. was prepared to negotiate and sign a treaty to prohibit the orbiting of nuclear weapons platforms in outer space. 

The Outer Space Treaty was eventually signed in 1967.

The Beatles

Also on the 19th. September 1963, the Number One chart hit record was 'She Loves You' by The Beatles.
   

Taken on: August 14, 2021

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