Date:1938
Description:Other carriages of the ladies and gentlemen in her retinue follow behind and the crowds cheer wildly. The royal party alight and the mayor and the notables are present to the queen. The loyal addresses are then read and the mayor, Mr Ratcliff, is Knighted by the Queen. The whole party then forms into a single procession and they make their way slowly towards the balcony along an avenue lined by cheering onlookers. Taking her place on the Balcony the Queen pronounces the Park open, She leaves, to the national anthem given voice by local school children and the cheers and hurrahs of a grateful audience.
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In 1938 Birmingham celebrated the 100th anniversary of the city’s Borough Charter. A pageant was the ...
Discussions between the Town Clerk and Gwen Lally about the Birmingham Pageant began in January 1938. ...
The eight episodes of the Pageant were as follows: the Prologue, showing prehistoric Birmingham to 1066 ...
Gwen Lally and the pageant committee worked hard in the preceding months to whip up enthusiasm amongst ...
Although a success with the press and public, the Pageant went vastly over-budget; after the last performance ...
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Donor ref:BA&H: Misc Photographs/Pageant of Birmingham (101/2007)
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