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Wesleyan Chapel, Rose Queen Procession, Mid 1950s

A second view of the Rose Queen Procession (the first is on the ‘Local History’ page), as it prepares to leave the Wesleyan Chapel on West End, 1955. As well as having more people in shot, this also gives a better view of how this part of West End looked before the ‘unfortunate’ demolition of the old cottages in the right foreground.

Jane Bell is the young girl whose legs can be seen under the horses head, with her mother whose head is visible immediately to the left of the driver. To the right of the doorway is Bet Burkitt, talking to Harold Ogg, and just in shot on the right is Harold Ogg’s son - father of Elaine Harrison. (Information from Jane Harry (nee Bell) and Elaine Harrison (nee Ogg)

If you know any of the other people in this photograph, we would be pleased to hear from you.

The Annual Chapel Event was not a May Queen procession but a Rose Queen event usually in July and the 'queen' was crowned at the Annual Garden party. For a number of years during my childhood this event was held in the ground of 'Granny Smith's' cottage on Silver Street but by the time I was crowned as Rose Queen (probably about 1959) the garden party was held in the grounds of Mrs Cawrey's home. The only other duty I performed during my year was to go to the event at the Baths Hall in Scunthorpe to hand over the money the Sunday School had raised to Barnados. The Sunday School still has a 'queen' but she is no longer known as the Rose Queen. I think that I am correct in saying that this year it is Tara Sullivan.

Christine Hammond