Isobel Mary Bradbury in Dreibeck Farm, Cottardale, North Yorkshire - 22 June, 1911

from My end is my beginning, pages 51-52:

During my second year at ‘High’ school, I returned for a quick visit to Dreibeck for the 1911 coronation [of George V on 22 June]. It was quite a journey is those days, by train, then bus, and the last five miles by horse and trap with friends. I found that a huge marquee had been erected on a large piece of flat land just beyond the Cottar bridge in one of father’s pastures. Here a most sumptuous feast …   more >>

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Isobel Mary Bradbury, My end is my beginning. In Brunel University Burnett Archive of Working Class Autobiographies, number 2:871, p. 51-52. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1530284187227 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Dreibeck Farm, Cottardale, North Yorkshire

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band music to celebrate a coronation performed by The Norgarth Band

Experience Information

Date/Time 22 June, 1911
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, in private, outdoors

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:56:27 +0100
Approved on Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:20:17 +0100