Images Dated 2014 July

Continuing the week-long International Folk Dance Festival and rally being held by Scouts

Continuing the week-long International Folk Dance Festival and rally being held by Scouts and guides from nine nations, representatives from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, France, Holland, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland, the United States and Wales held at open-air performances of singing and dancing in the cockpit, Hyde Park, London. The team stress in their national costume, after proceeding in procession from Hyde Park Corner accompanied by decorated courts, gave displays of dancing before Lady Baden Powell - World Chief Guide, who afterwards made a speech.
Picture shows: representatives from Belgium, dressed in their colourful national costume of the 14th century, ride on one of the gaily decorated cards in the procession through Hyde Park. 1940s 40s
14 July 1947 dance / dancing / party season / celebration / happy vintage news archive

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The freedom of the Royal Borough of Windsor was conferred on her Royal Highness Princess

The freedom of the Royal Borough of Windsor was conferred on her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth at a ceremony held in the open air in Home Park, Windsor Castle, this afternoon. Princess Elizabeth who is the first woman to receive this honour, drove through Windsor to the park along a route decorated and lined with troops, and on arriving at the dais in the centre of the park, was greeted with the massed bands of the Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards. The mayor, Ald. F. Fuzzens, conferred the freedom and handed the Princess and eliminated scroll in an oak casket made from Windsor Forest.
Picture shows: Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth wearing a platinum fox fur cape over a beige dress, reading the declaration at the ceremony.
5 July 1947

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