Bollington Printing Company float showing Fashion Through the Ages. Shows range of fabrics, predominantly summer dress fabrics, printed at the Oak Bank Print mill. Leaflets were given out about the history of the company. Fabric was for sale in the Industry Exhibition at the festival.
Places: Bollington
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Bollington Festival Parade
H & L Slater float showing the building of the Aqueduct as part of the Pageant of Bollington’s History. Unfortunately the date on the aqueduct was wrong! It was built between 1827 and 1831.
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Bollington Festival Parade 1964
Young Wives and Youth Club float representing the Gaskell Family and the building of White Nancy, part of the Pageant on Bollington’s History. The character with the telescope at the front is the Gaskell son, a naval officer who , it was said, would look for White nancy when coming into the Mersey Estuary on his way back to Liverpool.
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Bollington Festival Parade
Congregational Church and Sunday School Float representing Samuel Greg’s Sunday School at Lowerhouse as part of a Pageant on the History of Bollington.
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Bollington Festival Parade
Float representing Rock Bank Hospital during the First World War as part of a Pageant on the History of Bollington. The Mothers’ Union was responsible for the float.
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Float in 1974 Festival
Clifford Rathbone (editor of Macclesfield Express) with camera in background. The truck belonged to Lewis Tute, coal merchant.
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Marquee at 1964 Festival
The large marquee for the 1964 Bollington Festival (the first festival) on the Recreation Ground. Chris Wright in the foreground. Notice the complete top on Clarence mill chimney. This was later shortened.
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Marquees at 1974 Festival
Band and Exhibition Marquees on the Recreation Ground at 1974 Bollington Festival
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Mr Hipwell & St John’s Harriers
Appears to be the Junior Harriers with their award shields. Probably pictured behind St John’s school on the corner of Church Street and Vine Street.
