Leyland May Queen, Miss Bessie Halstead

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iBase ID

240225

Reference identifier

CLE20131031044

Title

Leyland May Queen, Miss Bessie Halstead

Place

Leyland

Personal names

Miss Bessie Halstead

General notes

The Leyland Festival dates from 1889 and was originally arranged by Sunday School teachers as a children's fete. It ran annually until 1936 missing only 1901-2 and the 4 years of WWI. It was revived in 1951 to celebrate the Festival of Britain.
At the time of the photograph the Festival was held in the Mayfield, off Church Road, Leyland.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

10.5 x 16cm

Year of image

1923

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May, queen, festival, pageant.

Subjects

PEOPLE > Portraits

Place Names > Leyland

TRADITIONS > Celebrations

TRADITIONS > Traditions

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