| Title | Carnivals |
| Date | 1920s |
| Location | Yeadon |
| Photo ID | N71 |
| Comment | A cart decorated for the Carnival which belonged to Lee & Lupton Builders. The theme for the tableau was the parable of the 10 Wise and Foolish Virgins. |
N72 – Carnivals, 1920s.
Carnivals – 1920s
Standing on a cart belonging to Lee & Lupton Builders are 5 girls.
They were taking part in a tableau which depicted the parable of the 10 Wise and Foolish Virgins or bridesmaids.
The 10 girls were invited to a wedding, the wise 5 had a good supply of oil in their lamps, the 5 foolish did not.
The bridegroom arrived after dark when the 5 wise girls were able to light his way. It is thought to warn that preparation is needed to enter Heaven.
F570 – Carnivals, c1920s.
Carnivals – 1920s
E. E. Slater took this image of a children’s fancy dress parade during the carnival.
Donated by Keith Spink.
F738 – Carnivals, c1920s.
Carnivals – c1920s
A photograph showing a carnival horse drawn float travelling along Ivegate towards the top of the Steep. The float is open sided with a side and overhead trellis bedecked in shrubs and greenery.
Seated in the middle of the float is a young woman dressed in a long white gown with long hair and whose eyes are covered with a white scarf. A young girl also dressed in white is seated behind her. It is hard to make out but there could be a further two children seated in front of the main character. What did this float represent?
At this point the procession has just passed The Crown public house and is now opposite the Taylors and Clothiers shop of N F Thomas.
Crowds of people and children line both sides of the street
Donated by Keith Spink.
F739 – Carnivals, c1920s.
Carnivals – c1920s
A photograph perhaps taken a few moments before or after the image above showing a horse drawn open topped carriage with driver with what appears to be four local dignitaries wearing bowler hats seated in the carriage. This carriage is followed by an early motorcar. What a splendid sight you can almost here the sound of the horse trotting along and the sound of the cars motor approaching.
Donated by Keith Spink.
SL024 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
A little shepherdess with a real sheep, she is wearing an entrants badge for Yeadon Hospital Carnival – the money raised at the Carnival would be donated to the local hospital, pre-NHS days. A boy to her right wears a sign “Wanted A house”.
These four photographs were originally taken onto a glass slides by E. E. Slater of Hopeville, Yeadon.
SL025 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
A woman on the left holds a collecting box marked with a cross , she is followed by someone wearing a goose costume.
SL027 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
A group of people in fancy dress, on the left are “twin babies”, next, a person wearing a placard “Precilda, Poor Miner’s Wife”.
The “miner” on the right carries a pick, his card reads “I Think We’ve Settled Darn”.
SL092 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
The Yeadon St. John Ambulance Association float for the carnival parade, two St. John volunteers and a boy are on the decorated cart.
SL065 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
In the charabanc which belonged to Ben Brown (greengrocer) of High Street are a group of St. John Ambulance volunteers.
All proceeds from the carnival would be given to the local hospital.
Four original images on a glass slides taken by E E Slater, digitally transferred by John Hobson.
SL066 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
Men dressed as Vikings and others taking part in the carnival.
SL080 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
A fancy dress band parading down the High Street, the float behind is in front of Town Hall Square, the buildings in view were demolished in the late 1920s to enlarge the Square.
The shop with the bunting was Womersley’s Central Stores, the left side was Latterley a dry cleaners and is now opening as a traditional tea shop (January 2014).
SL081 – Carnivals, 1921.
Carnivals – 1921
The carnival was held to raise funds for local hospitals prior to the foundation of the NHS.
This cart with floral decorations is on Albert Square.
SL083 – Carnivals, 1922.
Carnivals – 1922
This was the winning cart in the carnival, a family sit round a table with a fireplace behind them.
The location is the corner of Marshall Street / High Street, the Clothiers Arms is in the background.
Image originally on a glass slide taken by E E Slater, digitally transferred for us by John Hobson.
SL084 – Carnivals, 1923.
Carnivals – 1923
A float decorated by a Sunday School with a biblical theme “The Story Teller”.
Images originally on glass slides taken by E E Slater, digitally transferred for us by John Hobson.
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Re N71 & N72
allserene
There are only five. I knew they would struggle to find ten virgins in Yeadon.
02 August 2013.
