Old Photos of Witham

Coronation Pageant, ‘the Masque of Time’; ‘Spring’

Photographer: Fred Hayward, Taken: 22 June 1911, Source: Littlewood, Sue, Ref: M1862

Coronation Pageant, ‘the Masque of Time’; ‘Spring’. The four standing, left to right, are Eva Eldred (teacher, Maldon Road school), A Peake, Lizzie Wood (of Braintree Road, her mother died, her father worked on railway), Alice Ottley. Of little girls, on back row is Nancy Gibbs (second from right, under tree trunk). Front row, Emily Matthews (on left), Ethel Wager (third from left, married Ashby), possibly Clements (fourth from left). Most names from Lucy Croxall. There is a newspaper report in the Essex Weekly News for 23 June 1911, and a discussion about the Coronation fire engine in the Essex County Chronicle for 30 June 1911.

RefM1862
PhotographerFred Hayward
Date taken22 June 1911
SourceLittlewood, Sue
Posted on Full size 3447 × 2089

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