Topical Budget: In The Merry Month Of May, Hayes Common (1928)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute 1928 0:58
Summary: Coronation of London's May Queen 1928, Bobbie Hastings, at Hayes
Title number: 19795
LSA ID: LSA/26238
Description: A great favourite of the Topical Budget cameras, this film shows the 1928 May Queen ceremony, with Bobbie Hastings, wearing one hell of a tutu, awarded the top prize. After having a crown screwed rather unceremoniously on her head, she addresses her subjects before being carried on a litter through crowds of white-clad children. Ends with some horn blowing and a dance round the maypole.
Cast: Bobbie Hastings
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Keywords: May Queen Ceremony; Kent, Bobbie Hastings; Maypole
Locations: UK, London, Bromley, Kent
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