Ruth Cox in Dukinfield - 1897
from White Knob Row, page 3:
During my sixth year 1897, Queen Victoria was celebrating her Golden Jubilee year. Her Majesty visited Ashton and we all saw her. She was riding in a landau, dressed in black and white. We stood on Stamford Street, Ashton and crowds of people stood on either side and as she passed she waved and we waved our flags. We wore red white and blue rosettes. We had been given a holiday to go and see the Queen. The day after when we went back to school we were taken to the Old Hall Chapel and we sang “Rule Brittannia” [sic] and God Save the Queen and various hymns.
Ruth Cox, White Knob Row. In Brunel university, The Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 1:184, p. 3. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1527960482152 accessed: 19 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 'God Save the Queen' | performed by Children |
'Rule Britannia'
written by Thomas Arne |
performed by Children |
| hymns | performed by Children |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1897 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |