Date:1938
Description:A series of floats pass by representing the different groups and industries important in the life of Birmingham. For example the motor car industry, gun production, the electrical trades and Button manufacture are represented. As are the British Red Cross, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, The Girl Guides’ Association and the Disabled Ex-servicemen's Association. They make their way to their appointed positions to allow the entrance of all the performers from the pageant’s earlier episodes who form around a centre piece symbolising the place of Birmingham in modern society. The Hub of Industrial Britian
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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 (101/2011)
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