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1st Yarnfield Guides and Brownies, Stone

The Captain was Miss Dorothy Stanley, The Lieutenant was Mrs Joan Clarke, and Brown Owl was Mrs Clarissa Gairns. The guide holding the trophy on the back row centre is Daphne Tribe. Second from right ...

A float from Alders Paper Mill seen in the Tamworth Carnival

Alders Paper Mill staff are here seen with their float containing the 7 mile roll of paper, ready for the Tamworth Carnival. Alders Paper Mill was founded by Quakers and was in production for about ...

'A.T. with bicycle'

Very little is known about this interesting photograph. It is inscribed 'A.T. with bicycle'. The gentleman's outfit, probably a festival costume, is covered with small decorated squares of fabric which ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn Dance outside Crofts in the Market Place Abbots Bromley. The Crofts at the time this photograph was taken was a boarding house for the School of St Mary and St Anne. The horn dance is an annual ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn dancers performing in Abbots Bromley. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition is believed to date ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn Dance taking place in the garden of the Vicarage, Market Place, Abbots Bromley. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

This colour-tinted postcard view shows the Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers posing for the camera in their new costumes on 12 September 1904 in the garden of the Vicarage in Abbots Bromley. On the reverse ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn Dancers performing on the lawn at the Vicarage, Abbots Bromley. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

This postcard view shows the Horn Dancers performing their dance by the Butter Cross in the centre of Abbots Bromley, while the two cameramen (on the left) are also pictured as they film this famous annual ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn dancers performing by the Butter Cross. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition is believed to ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

A postcard view of the Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers posing for the camera. The Horn Dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

Horn dancers performing by the Butter Cross, Abbots Bromley. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

The description on the front of this postcard view is ‘Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers Established 400 Hundred Years’. In this scene the Horn Dancers are pictured in Abbots Bromley by the west door of St. ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers standing by the Butter Cross. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance

The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after the 4th of September. The tradition is believed to date back to 1226 when it was part of a three day ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Admaston

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers performing in Admaston village. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday after 4th September. The tradition is ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers

Two of the characters from the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, the Hobby Horse and the cross-bow bearer. The dance procession usually starts at 8.30 am on the vicarage lawn and between 8.30-9am the dancers ...

Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers

Three horn dancers stand with a melodeon player in front of St. Nicholas' Church doorway, Abbots Bromley. The horn dance is an annual event which takes place on the first Monday after the first Sunday ...