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1970s archive City of London Vintners procession
London, England circa July 1971. The Vintners Procession, the Worshipful Company of Vintners is a London trade guild for purveyors of wine. The Company elects its new Master each year in July, and a special Installation Day service is held at the Church of St James Garlickhythe. A Procession follows the Master and Wardens in Tudor dress, from Vintners Hall the to the church; their path is swept by a wine porter using a birch broom.
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