Children of Herbert and Mary Grace Corder

The most earnest man on the spot is Mr Philip Corder, of York. Tell Mr Corder there is a Roman fort underfoot and he will dig for days and be amply satisfied if he finds a couple of broken bowls and the sunken lines of a Roman ditch. I sincerely admire Mr Corder's enthusiasm. But the questions he has to answer—poor Mr Corder!

DOVER EXCAVATION COMMITTEE

An ILLUSTRATED LECTURE on

"ROMAN BRITAIN with special reference to DOVER"

will be given by

PHILIP CORDER, Esq.

(Hon. Secretary, Society of Antiquaries)

at 7.15 p.m. on Wednesday, 18th May

at the Public Library, Biggin Hall

All interested are cordially invited. Admission will be Free

Last summer, students at a summer school arranged by the Adult Education Department of Nottingham University excavated a Roman pottery kiln at Lincoln. This evening Mr. Philip Corder, assistant secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, who was in charge of the work, will give a public lecture at the University on this discovery. The lecture will start at 7 p.m.

Mr. Corder is one of the foremost authorities on Roman pottery and his lecture will show why the Lincoln excavation was so interesting and important.

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Museum Beat Experts in TV Contest

HASTINGS Museum beat the experts in the Television programme "Animal, Vegetable and Mineral" on Thursday evening.

The experts were Mr. G.H.S. Bushnell, Curator of the University Museum of Archæology and Ethnology; Mr. Philip Corder, President of the Royal Archaeological Institute; Mr Norman Cook, Curator of the Guildhall Museum.

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BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND INSTITUTE

BIRMINGHAM ARCHÆOLOGICAL SOCIETY

1958/59 Session

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

DR. PHILIP CORDER

'THE TOWNS OF ROMAN BRITAIN'

in the Small Theatre of the

MIDLAND INSTITUTE.

FRIDAY, 31st OCTOBER at 6 p.m.

ADMISSION FREE

Another Rotarian who has been ill, Mr Stephen Corder, was congratulated on his recovery.

SUNDERLAND BRIDE

MISS JOAN CORDER MARRIED AT ILKLEY

SCENE OF PARENTS' QUAKER WEDDING

The wedding took place at the Friends' Meeting House, Ilkley, to-day, of Miss Joan Corder, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Corder, of 1 Carlton Terrace, Sunderland, and Mr Kenneth R. Pumphrey, son of Mr and Mrs T.W. Pumphrey, of Preston Patrick Hall, Milnthorpe, Westmorland.

As both the bride and bridegroom's families are Quakers, the service followed the lines of the Society of Friends' ceremony.

Ilkley was chosen for the wedding by Miss Corder and Mr Pumphrey because their parents were married there, and to-day their fathers wore the ties and gloves which they used on the occasion of their marriages 40 years ago.

The Quakers' marriage solemnization is totally different from that observed in churches. It takes the form of a meeting, and there is no minister.

THE DECLARATION

Bride and bridegroom rise in front of the gathering and each makes a declaration to the effect that each takes the other as in marriage. Usually one or two of the company speak, there are prayers, but no hymns. There is, of course, the signing of forms and the register.

Miss Corder looked charming in a gown of a delicate shade of delphinium blue Liberty silk, beige hat and stockings, and light lizard shoes. Her bouquet was of varied coloured Michaelmas daisies.

She had as bridesmaids four young nieces—Miss Barbara Longstreth Thompson, the Misses Mary and Ann Longstreth Thompson (twins), and Miss Richenda Corder. They were prettily attired in Liberty design Indian silk, and carried bouquets of posies.

Mrs Corder was dressed in grey crepe-de-Chine, and the bridegroom's mother in black silk.

Mr York Mellanby, of Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees, was best man.

Members of the 8th Sunderland Grange Rangers, of which the bride is captain, formed a guard of honour outside the Meeting House. There were 130 guests at the wedding, and a reception was held at Wells House Hotel, Ilkley.

The host of handsome gifts included some from New Zealand, Holland, Austria, and Poland.

Mr and Mrs Kenneth Pumphrey are spending their honeymoon on a motoring tour.