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Photograph showing approximately fifteen women standing on a stage wearing costumes as Welsh women, Scots in kilts, and a man wearing at top hat and frock coat; five of the women are wearing light-coloured dresses with sashes and flowers pinned to their frocks; in the centre is a woman dressed as Britannia, with a trident and a shield with a Union Jack on it, and woman wearing a helmet and holding the symbol of the Festival of Britain in 1951; they have been identified as members of the Women’s Institute in Easington Village

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CategoryEvents,
Clubs and Societies,
Informal Portraits
CreatorStuart Brisley (Collector)
Date1951
Era20th Century (1901 to 2000),
Mid 20th Century (1933 to 1966)
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PlacesBritannia,
Easington Village
OrganisationsWomens Institute
EventsW I Pageant,
Festival Of Britain
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