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TitlePhotographs and some other documents showing the Lacock Abbey pageant, celebrating the 700th anniversary of the foundation of Lacock abbey.
Description1. Harold Brakspear's suggestions for the Lacock pageant.
2. Postcard of the flower sellers at the pageant.
3. 15 Sep 1932 Letter from Harold Brakspear to Matilda Talbot highlighting some problems with the structure of the abbey discovered during the "pouring wet morning of the Pageant".
4. Photograph of two unidentified dressed up gentlemen in the pageant.
5. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey.
6. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey coming down the stairs from the Great Hall.
7. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey coming down the stairs from the Great Hall. Caption reads "The Bishop of Southampton, deputising for the Bishop of Salisbury, leaving the Abbey to perform the ceremony of hallowing".
8. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey, with Matilda Talbot at the front.
9. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey.
10. Photograph of a woman dressed as a nun at the doorway in the cloisters.
11. Photograph of children dressed up walking through the village.
12. Photograph of women drinking ale through horns. Caption reads "Ale wives, issuing ale in ivory horns that were used as drinking vessels in the 13th century".
13. Photograph of a group of men at the feast. Caption reads "Dining in the fashion of the time".
14. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey coming down the stairs from the Great Hall. Caption reads "The Bishop of Southampton, deputising for the Bishop of Salisbury, leaving the Abbey to perform the ceremony of hallowing".
15. Photograph of Matilda Talbot dressed as Ela in the procession.
16. Photograph of the procession at Lacock Abbey coming down the stairs from the Great Hall.
17. Photograph of Matilda Talbot dressed as Ela in the procession.
18. Postcard of Matilda Talbot as Ela, Countess of Salisbury at the Lacock Abbey pageant (missing).
19. Photograph of an unidentified woman dressed as a nun at the Lacock Abbey pageant.
20. Programme for the pageant.
Date1932
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