Rose Queens, Furness Vale and a clue to a date

Now this I reckon will open up a debate.

We are at the Furness Vale Rose Queen event sometime before 1968, and the pictures and story are from the Furness Vale Local History Society.*

I always enjoy their newsletter and when I can I try to get up there for the meetings.

This month the edition contains a fascinating account of Ollerenshaw farm which is an ongoing research project** and that account of the Rose Queen Procession.***

And it was the pictures of the old lorries that drew me into the Rose Queen story.

These celebrations pop up all over the place and the regularly turn up here on the blog. ****

But today I want to concentrate on the Furness procession, because here is a wonderful bit of local history.

It starts with the lorries which for me take me back fifty years.

And then it is the names on the sides of the vehicles which bring back lost businesses and one at least is a clue to the date of the event.

But that I will leave you to find out by following the link and reading the story.

Of course in the interests of historical debate it would be fun to see how many people come in with a suggestion of a date for the event based on those lorries.

We shall see.

Pictures; courtesy of Furness vale Local History Society

*Furness vale Local History Society, http://furnesshistory.blogspot.co.uk/

**Ollerneshaw Farm, http://furnesshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/ollerenshaw-farm.html


***Furness Vale Rose Queen,
http://furnesshistory.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/furness-vale-rose-queen.html

****The Rose Queen, http://chorltonhistory.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/The%20Rose%20Queen