Special Occasions, Part III , Blisworth, Northamptonshire, UK.

All pictures are presented at relatively low resolution.  Printed below each image is the photographer's name, if known.

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23-37  Feast Parade marching down the Stoke Road towards the Royal Oak.  Date c.1947.

 

 

 

 

Picture kindly provided by the Paxton family

 

 

 

 

 

23-38  Part of the Feast parade at the Cross.  The house on the left housed Mrs Huggett's sweet shop.  The Royal Oak is obscured by that building.

 

 

 

 

 

Picture kindly provided by the Paxton family
23-40   A parade c. 1950, further details required.
23-41   In tune with one of George Freeston exhibitions, the Post Office issued a stamp set which featured six of paintings commissioned from Peter Newcombe.  Postcards such as this were avidly collected in the village.