Victory Street Party |
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NOTE: there is now some doubt about the date of this party - it has been suggested that it might be around 1926. |
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| The end of World War 1 - The "Great War" - was
celebrated throughout the country with street parties. Dover was no exception, and
the pictures on this page show one such party taking place in Dover's Clarendon Street.
The quality of the pictures, which were found in an old album belonging to my great
aunt, is not very good. Can anyone put names to the faces?
Please contact webmaster<AT>eastkent.freeuk.com if you can give us any information.
Note the shadow of the photographer, in his flat cap, at the bottom of every picture - the golden rule of photography in those days was that the sun must be behind the camera! The celebrations were marred for many of these people by the loss of loved ones - my own grandfather was one of those who did not return from Ypres, leaving his wife and five children to struggle on without husband and father. |
Children were dressed up for the party in all kinds of fancy dress.
Adults joined in the fun and fancy dress, too. |
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Someone forgot to say "Watch the Birdie"! |
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