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Pageant of the History of Hayling
Pageants on islands, such as the Isle of Wight (1907), generally present their relationship to the rest of the country in a different way from a mainland town or city, even if that island is in nam... -
The York Pageant
Louis Napoleon Parker, the acknowledged inventor of modern historical pageantry, chose to end his career as a pageant master in 1909. His final performance as a director of a large-scale pageant wa... -
Kettering Pageant
The Kettering Pageant was one of hundreds held to commemorate the Festival of Britain. Other Pageants in Northamptonshire included Rushden and Wollaston. The Pageant, which was deemed by the Northa... -
Sir Walter Scott Centenary Perth Pageant
Described as a 'red letter day in the city' and as 'a striking climax' to a weeklong anniversary celebration, there can be no doubt, that for a city the size of Perth this was an extremely successf... -
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 ... -
Rochester Dickens Festival Pageant
The 1951 Festival of Britain saw something of a revival of historical pageantry. Although based on the Southbank of London, home of the famous ‘Skylon’, the Festival also supported many local exhib... -
Ipswich High School 1878-1928
The Pageant was written by the Staff and performed by Members of the Staff and School. This was one of the first pageants held in the town of Ipswich. Others included the Wolsey Pageant (1930), and... -
Melton Mowbray Pageant, 1971
A previous pageant had been held in Melton Mowbray in 1949 to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the charter (depicted, in passing, in Scene III). There is very little information about ... -
Sutton Coldfield Pageant
The small town of Sutton Coldfield was fiercely proud of its history, as only a town on the outskirts of Birmingham could be. The Sutton Coldfield Pageant of 1928 commemorated the granting of the t... -
Morecambe and Heysham Pageant
Nearby to Morecambe is the city of Lancaster which held two major civic pageants: first in 1913 and then in 1930, and on both occasions, Morecambe's tourists had been encouraged to hop on a tram or... -
Reigate Pilgrim’s Pageant 1913
Society launched a ‘shilling fund’ with the aim of preserving Colley Hill, an open space near Reigate in Surrey. This pageant was part of the society’s fundraising effort, which was ultimately succ... -
Battle of Lewes Pageant
Like the nearby Battle of Hastings Pageant (1966), this was a historical re-enactment of a battle and not strictly a historical pageant, consisting of episodes dominated by dramatic performance. It... -
Needham Market Pageant
Although there is very little information on this pageant, an unspecified local newspaper made the following comments on the event: it was impossible to judge the quality of the dramatic dialogue ... -
Hatfield Pageant
The Hatfield Pageant was one of many in the interwar period which focused heavily on the Tudors, managing as it did to feature four out of five of the monarchs in a single scene. Henry VIII acquire... -
‘The Land Around Us’: a Pageant of the Isle of Ely
This indoor pageant - one of several held in and around Ely (see 1951 and 2000) was performed just once, on 25 July 1956. Held in the hall of the county Secondary School in Witchford, near Ely, it ... -
Athelstan Millenary Pageant
Kingston Upon Thames is the oldest of England's four Royal Boroughs and has long had a close association with the monarchy. Indeed, no fewer than seven Anglo-Saxon kings were crowned at Kingston. O... -
Tenterden Homewood School Pageant
Historical pageants were popular with schools; this is an postwar example. While many such pageants commemorated anniversaries in the history of the school in question, this one was staged in assoc... -
Arbroath pageant, 1954
In July 1954, the Aberdeen Evening Express carried an advertisement placed by the city's branch of the Scottish Covenant Association; this promoted a bus tour to the Arbroath Pageant to be held the... -
Arbroath Abbey Pageant, 1970
The celebration of the 650th anniversary of the coming into being of the Declaration of Scottish Independence occurred in 1970. This anniversary date ensured that planning to hold the pageant had l... -
Ashton Centenary
This early post-war pageant was an element of the larger revival of historical pageantry in the years after 1945. It was staged indoors, alongside a large outdoor procession – watched by 50,000 peo...