Date:19th of July 1919
Description:This 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 Soldiers marching towards Market Square and crowds of people moving 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 view was photographed by C E Fowke.
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This postcard picture is thought to have been taken during the Peace Day celebrations which took part ...
This picture is thought to have been taken during the Peace Day celebrations which took part in Stafford ...
Part of the Peace Day celebrations in Stafford on 19 July 1919. The Mayor of Stafford, Cllr J. Rushton, ...
Peace Day on Victoria Park, celebrating the end of the First World War and commemorating those who had ...
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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library
Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 21A, img: 616 (18/1142)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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