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Coronation Day Float - Wingate (wing0101)

Partridge (Haulage Contractors Wagon) In Coronation Day Celebration
Doggarts Department Store During Coronation Celebrations

Photograph showing the side of the cab of a lorry and its back dressed as a float; on the side of the cab are Union Jacks, bunting and a crown; on the back of the lorry are a decorated cloth and five girls and two women dressed in light-coloured robes with flowers on them; a model of Britannia is also on the float; two girls are sitting on the top of the cab and a woman is standing on the ground watching; the occasion has been identified as the Coronation of George VI and the place Wingate

Coronation Day Float - Wingate

Photograph showing the side of the cab of a lorry and its back dressed as a float; on the side of the cab are Union Jacks, bunting and a crown; on the back of the lorry are a decorated cloth and five girls and two women dressed in light-coloured robes with flowers on them; a model of Britannia is also on the float; two girls are sitting on the top of the cab and a woman is standing on the ground watching; the occasion has been identified as the Coronation of George VI and the place Wingate

Date: 1937

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