1890
A Marble Clock
A four day music festival, as part of a run of triennial events.
Long-serving tenor David J. Clabburn was presented by his fellow festival chorus singers with a marble clock as a token of their esteem. Clabburn began singing in the Festival chorus in the 1860s and would continue every year until 1924 by which time he was known as the ‘Father of the Chorus’ or sometimes just ‘Old Dave’!
Francis Hay Gurney
Francis Hay Gurney was chairman of the Festival between 1876 and 1890. He had succeeded Dr Copeman as Chairman in 1876, but passed away in December 1890. Hay Gurney was one of the famous Gurney family of bankers, and he was also a Justice of the Peace for Norfolk. His obituary stated “Mr Hay Gurney will be best remembered for his kindly disposition, social qualities, and gentlemanly bearing.”
Image taken from the Norfolk & Norwich Festival Archive