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Bedale Festival Pageant
After the abject—and costly—failure of the 1947 Bradford Centenary Pageant, the tradition was suppressed across Yorkshire, with Wakefield cancelling its own centenary pageant. Despite Leeds being o... -
‘Truth on the March’: A Pageant of the Press in the Struggle for Peace
Whilst Popular Front Pageants (largely organised and written by members of the Communist Party of Great Britain) had been significant before the Second World War, with the Wembley Co-operative Page... -
The Pageant of Bedford
This pageant was staged to commemorate the eight hundredth year of the granting of a charter by Henry II in 1166. It aimed to show in dramatic form the history of Bedford from the year 921. Prepara... -
Barrow Pageant of History
This was an example of the many relatively small-scale historical pageants held to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (see entries for Sandy and Benfleet). In this case the driving fo... -
Croydon Millenary Pageant
The Pageant Master of the Croydon Pageant was Christopher Ede, who had distinguished himself at the Pageant of Boston (1951) and Pageant of Guildford (1957). Croydon had previously held a pageant a... -
The Acts of Saint Richard
The narrative of religious history in twentieth-century Britain has fixated on the roles of secularization and declining church attendance, often at the risk of all else.[1] Callum Brown and S.J.D.... -
Northamptonshire Women’s Institutes’ Fete and Pageant
Women’s Institute Pageants, often organised at a county level, were highly popular during the 1920s and early 1930s. The WI already possessed many of the organisational skills which made for succes... -
A Church, A Town; Illuminated Pageant of Dartford and its Parish Church
The Pageant repeated one held three years earlier with a number of additional or edited scenes, such as one featuring the 1968 Flood. Dartford had previously held pageants in 1932 and 1951. -
Northampton's Historical Pageant
The Northampton Pageant was the first significant pageant in the county (there had been a previous pageant of Northamptonshire Nonconformity in 1910). The Pageant was a classic example of what Tom ... -
King’s Lynn Charter Pageant 1204-1954
King’s Lynn had attempted, and failed, to hold a pageant in 1908 due to general lack of interest. This prompted Holcombe Ingelby to produce and privately print Shade of a Pageant: King’s Lynn (1908... -
Saxlingham Pageant
This is an example of a small-scale village pageant. It was probably performed twice on a single day. Held in 1948, it illustrates the post-war persistence of rural parish-level pageants, which had... -
Meldreth 900th Anniversary Pageant
The Pageant was a revival of the text of one first performed in the 1950s in the village of Meldreth, which lies on the Cambridge to London railway line. The Pageant was common of more modern produ... -
Pembury School Centenary Fete and Pageant
Historical pageants were popular with institutions such as political parties, churches, youth groups, and the Women’s Institute. They were also popular with schools. From the early days of the move... -
A Pageant of Border Ballads
Warkworth Castle was something of an historical pageant hotspot in the 1930s: during this decade, at least four pageants were held there at the behest different local organisations (see Warkworth 1... -
Pageant of Scottish History; 'The Roadmakers'
The rally of Scouts that took place at Ibrox Park in Glasgow in early June 1938 was described as the largest ever gathering of youth seen in Scotland to date.[1] The occasion that prompted this was... -
Historical Pageant of Littleham-cum-Exmouth
This seems to have been quite a small-scale pageant about which very little information survives. It illustrates the persistence of the pageant movement into the 1980s. -
Shute Historical Pageant
This is an example of a pageant put on by a school. Staged at Shute School, Devon, in July 1936, the pageant seems to have been devised as well as performed by the pupils themselves (though one mus... -
A Chapter of the Ancient History of Tonge
Billed as a ‘miniature pageant’ this was a very small-scale affair. It was likely performed just once, on 12 May 1937, and seems to have been connected to the 1937 Coronation Celebrations (Herne Ba... -
Jubilee pageant at Dudwick
This was a village pageant held to mark the Silver Jubilee of king George V. Perhaps appropriately, given this context, the pageant paid considerable attention to royalty, featuring kings Alfred th... -
History of Yarm
Many pageants were held in association with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; this is one example (see entries for Sandy and Warwickshire). It was staged by the Yarm branch of the Women’s Insti...