Date:1938
Description:Episode I of the Pageant, the Prologue, was ‘designed to illustrate the drift of history through many centuries’ and included ‘comic relief’ from a family of three gigantic prehistoric monsters of the Stone Age, named Egbert, Ogbert and Little Sidney. Egbert was described by the Pageant Master, Gwen Lally, as being sixty feet long, almost as tall as a church, with great motor lamps for eyes and the ability to waggle his head. He could also roar and emit yellow smoke from his nostrils. The Birmingham Mail revealed that the monster was made from 3,000 plywood strips, a ton of paint, 200 yards of canvas, motive power supplied by twelve men, and was mounted on a chassis incorporating the axles and wheels of a light car.
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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 (101/2037)
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