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  1. Ramsgate Historical Pageant and Charter Jubilee Celebrations
    A number of coastal resorts such as Torquay (1924) held pageants to commemorate their histories, as well as to draw tourists during the season. The Ramsgate Historical Pageant was certainly one of ...

  2. Arundel Pageant
    The Pageant was one of hundreds held across the Festival of Britain to celebrate the 1951 Festival of Britain (see entries for Brighton and Rochester). This was the first major pageant in Arundel s...

  3. Ramsgate Pageant
    Surprisingly few people remember the Danish invasion of 1949. However, standing on the cliffs above Ramsgate on 29 July, a watching Saxon would have glimpsed a sight which had terrified his or her ...

  4. 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...