Pageants 9
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The Worsley Pageant
This pageant was announced as the first event of its kind to be held in east Lancashire.24 It was a fundraiser and the idea of a local clergyman who wanted to raise some money for a church extensio... -
The Masque of Ancient Learning and Its Many Meanings
Despite the publicity which attended this pageant and the high profile of its chief proponent— Patrick Geddes—there is a great deal about it which remains stubbornly opaque. For example, although i... -
Pageant of Inverness
There have been few historical pageants in the Parkerian tradition staged in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, and the pageant of Inverness held in 1951 is by far the most significant of this sma... -
‘Faith of Our Fathers’ Anglo Catholic Pageant
Pageants were very popular with religious groups and churches during the interwar period. This is an example of one such pageant, held to commemorate the centenary of the High Church Oxford Movemen... -
Glasgow University Pageant
The obvious inspiration for this fundraising pageant was a similar event that had been held in Edinburgh earlier the same year and which had raised money very successfully for the Children’s League... -
The Synod of Whitby, 664
This pageant was staged to commemorate the one thousandth anniversary of the Synod of Whitby. An important landmark in the history of Christianity in Britain, the Synod saw King Oswiu of Northumbri... -
Arbroath Abbey Pageant, 2005
The pageant held in 2005 was the eighteenth in a long-running series that had begun with a pageant held in 1947. As it has turned out, the event was perhaps the final instalment of the Arbroath Abb... -
English Church Pageant
Originally proposed by the Rev. Walter Marshall of St. Patrick’s Church, Hove, the English Church Pageant was at first going to take place in Brighton. When, during planning, the event grew conside... -
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...