This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of a fancy dress procession in Preston and Hedon, in East Riding, possibly celebrating the Queen’s Coronation in 1953. The film begins with some children looking at the camera, followed by a large group of women and then a group of men, each lined up in front of a large marquee, posing for the camera.  A carnival procession, with people in fancy dress, passes through the village, past the shop of T Midgley and Sons.  One float has a jazz band...

This is a film made by Vaughan and Co. of Hull of a fancy dress procession in Preston and Hedon, in East Riding, possibly celebrating the Queen’s Coronation in 1953. The film begins with some children looking at the camera, followed by a large group of women and then a group of men, each lined up in front of a large marquee, posing for the camera.  A carnival procession, with people in fancy dress, passes through the village, past the shop of T Midgley and Sons.  One float has a jazz band playing, being pulled by a tractor.  Children and adults emerge from the village hall all in fancy dress and line up in the street outside and set off, with two girls holding a banner which states, ‘Play up for E. R.’.  The procession arrives in a field, where there are boys sprint races.