Croydon Cavalcade of Women
Other names
- The lives of women from medieval times to the present day.
Pageant type
Performances
Place: Croydon (Croydon) (Croydon, Surrey, England)
Year: 1951
Indoors/outdoors: Outdoors
Number of performances: 2
Notes
24–25 May, 1951, at 7.30pm
Name of pageant master and other named staff
- Pageant Master: Toogood, Jean
- Music Directed by: C.G. Kettle
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
Names of composers
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Numbers of performers
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Financial information
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Object of any funds raised
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Linked occasion
Festival of Britain
Audience information
Prices of admission and seats: highest–lowest
2s
Associated events
Part of the Borough Festival of Britain Celebrations
Pageant outline
Key historical figures mentioned
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Musical production
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Newspaper coverage of pageant
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Book of words
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Other primary published materials
- County Borough of Croydon Festival of Britain Souvenir Programme. Np, 1951. [Price 6d.]
References in secondary literature
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- British Library: Copy of the Programme.
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
Croydon’s pageant was one of hundreds held to celebrate the Festival of Britain in 1951, in spite of its proximity to the Festival’s home in Battersea Pleasure Gardens. Croydon held a subsequent pageant to celebrate its nominal millennium in 1960.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘Croydon Cavalcade of Women’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1359/