Hellesdon Pageant of Thanksgiving for the Past
Pageant type
Performances
Place: Hellesdon (Hellesdon, Norwich) (Hellesdon, Norwich, Norfolk, England)
Year: 1951
Indoors/outdoors: Unknown
Number of performances: 3
Notes
7–9 June 1951 at 8pm
Name of pageant master and other named staff
Writer and Pageant Master [Pageant Master]: Shiner, L.M.
Names of executive committee or equivalent
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Names of script-writer(s) and other credited author(s)
- Shiner, L.M.
Names of composers
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Numbers of performers
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Financial information
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Object of any funds raised
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Linked occasion
Festival of Britain
Audience information
Prices of admission and seats: highest–lowest
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Associated events
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Pageant outline
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Haylesdon – is built to the Glory of God.
The Paston Family Troubles in the 15th Century – when attacked by the Duke of Suffolk
The Open Bible comes to Hellesdon Church – and the English Prayer Book.
The Stuarts
Nelson’s Victories
Victorians
‘Patriotism is Not Enough’
1939-1945
A.D. 1950 – Renovation of St. Mary’s Church and Dedication of St. Paul’s
A.D. 1951. Thanksgiving
National Anthem and Blessing
Key historical figures mentioned
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Musical production
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Newspaper coverage of pageant
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Book of words
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Other primary published materials
- Hellesdon Pageant of Thanksgiving for the Past: Souvenir Programme. Np, 1951. [Price 6d.]
References in secondary literature
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Archival holdings connected to pageant
- Copy of Programmme in Norfolk Record Office, Norwich, Reference PD 700/132.
Sources used in preparation of pageant
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Summary
This is an example of one of the many small village-level historical pageants held in connection with the 1951 Festival of Britain. Hellesdon held a subsequent pageant in 1971.
Footnotes
How to cite this entry
Angela Bartie, Linda Fleming, Mark Freeman, Tom Hulme, Alex Hutton, Paul Readman, ‘Hellesdon Pageant of Thanksgiving for the Past’, The Redress of the Past, http://www.historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1356/