The Halifax Evening Courier [24th November 1920] reported a Coral Caves Bazaar at King Cross, Halifax
The decorations which give a realistic impression of the Caves in the Coral islands of the Southern Pacific, have been carried out entirely by the friends of the Church."On a very elaborate scale and alone are well worth a visit of inspection."
Total receipts over 3 days were £292 4s 2d
The decorations were sold afterwards for £20 to a Wesleyan Church at Barrow and sent by road (cost £10, split between the churches) [Halifax Courier 26th November 1920]
Presumably the organisers bought in the market package which re-appears around the country over the decade. Many examples were found in the 1890s from Rothesay to Rhyl, and Northampton to Belfast, by chapels and many others raising funds for various purposes.
Todmorden held a successful one in aid of church funds in 1892, well covered by local press.
The Todmorden Advertiser & Hebden Bridge Newsletter [22nd April 1892] notes that
Messrs Reach's resourceful establishment affords abundant choice and bewildering variety, but we do not think a happier selection could have been made. The idea of a subaqueous market, with coral caves as stalls, is capital
Another local bazaar was held by United Methodist Free Church, Elland 23-27th October 1894 at Elland Town Hall.
By 1899, these events had pretty well disappeared from the archive,
but the theme sporadically resurfaces in later years, as at King
Cross.
This & associated entries use material contributed by Ruth Bourne & Luke Groves
Page Ref: X566
|
||
| site search by freefind |