The celebration of everything that was good about Britain was marked by a national event in 1951 and Glossop was playing its part.
Our country had just come out of six years of war and it was slowly beginning to re-build.
The government wanted to show the world that Great Britain was great again.
So it held a ‘Festival of Britain’.
Glossop’s contribution ran from April 28 to July 24.
It opened with a ceremony on Norfolk Square, followed by a festival dance in the Victoria Hall.
It closed with a pageant by Kingsmoor School called ‘Wisdom to Immortality’.
In between was a whole range of events for Glossopdale people to enjoy.
Glossop Chamber of Trade and Glossop and District Co-operative Society held a ‘Shopping Week’ which saw competitions for prizes.
The long-gone Bank Street Methodist Church on Hadfield staged a drama festival.
Wesley Methodist Church, another huge building in Glossop town centre, held a ‘Youth Eisteddfod’.
Sports clubs and churches, schools and organisations all played a part.
Next week we will reveal just what.
Historic Glossop bank gets new life
Swizzles grant to transform Macmillan unit garden into sanctuary
Council gift free parking for festive season
Hadfield man is buzzing with sweet success!
