One Fine Day - the bicentenary of Lord's

St John's Wood Church with bicentenary banners

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Father Anders Berquist and Father Owen Dobson greeting the congregation after the magnificent combined service for the parish and the MCC

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Statue of St John by Hans Feibusch decorated for the occasion

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Part of the church gardens, previously the cemetery

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MCC flag flying on the church next to the tower

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Opposite the church, at the bottom of Wellington Road, sculpture by Gilbert Bayes

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Inside Lord's cricket ground: 200 photo montage

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Members of the public were allowed to sit on the turf at Lord's for this special occasion

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The public, not just MCC members were allowed into the Long Room in the Pavilion

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MCC vs Hertfordshire, a replay of the original match 200 years on, seen from the Pavilion

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Entertainment round the ground: listening to a guitarist

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Mark Newton, Marstons cooper, teaching people how to make a barrel - for a free pint!

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Family fun on the Nursery Ground

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The High Street, closed to traffic for the car pageant

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The popular Ferris wheel, with the trees of the church gardens behind it

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Lunching in the High Street

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Old

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New

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1814 – 2014

This year 2014 sees the bicentenary of both St John’s Wood Church and Lord’s Cricket ground. The church was built as a chapel for St Marylebone to begin with, before becoming a parish church at a later date. Lord’s was the third and final ground that Thomas Lord had used for his cricket pitch. The two institutions celebrated their openings together two hundred years ago, and on 22 June they celebrated again. On the same day the High Street was closed and a classic car pageant and children’s funfair was staged. And the St John’s Wood Society held its summer party at the almshouses. Altogether a wonderful day for St John’s Wood!