Peace Day, Greengate Street, Stafford

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Date:19th of July 1919

Description:This postcard picture is thought to have been taken during the Peace Day celebrations which took part in Stafford on 19 July 1919.

In this scene there are crowds of people mostly moving south along Greengate Street, which has been decorated with flags of several nations and Venetian style poles supporting bunting over the street and nearby in Market Square. During the day’s events, the Mayor of Stafford, Cllr Joseph Rushton, and the Corporation watched a march past in front of the Shire Hall in Market Square, by the 3rd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment.

This postcard view was photographed by C E Fowke.