Askrigg Pageant 1944

Askrigg Pageant 1944

Uploaded by Paul Readman

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A scene from the Askrigg Pageant of 1944. This was a pageant notable for its use of Yorkshire dialect (Askrigg being in Wensleydale, N. Yorks), and for telling its story in reverse chronological order (i.e. from the present, backwards in time).
With thanks to Karen Minnitt.