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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

11895

Title

LOWER WITHINGTON ROSE QUEEN FESTIVAL 7TH JULY 1973

Producer

Bill Moston

Date

1973

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

14 mins 40 secs

Description

The festival parade begins with a marching band, a girls' dance troupe, men in fancy dress collecting money for charity and decorated floats pulled by tractors. The Rose Queen and her retinue arriving at the show ground in a horse-drawn carriage followed by the coronation ceremony. Prizes are awarded by the Rose Queen to the best fancy dress and decorated float.

 

 



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