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Sunday School Treat, July 1939

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Media Archive for Central England
MACE is the strategic lead organisation for screen heritage for the East and West Midlands regions. An independent charity based at University of Lincoln, MACE preserves and makes accessible a collection of more than 100,000 historic moving images representative of the diverse cultures and histories of communities throughout the heart of England from the Lincolnshire coast to the Welsh border.

Sunday School Treat, July 1939

Marching bands and a floral pram parade mark the highlight of Hinckley's Sunday School calendar.

Walking past the Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company offices on Upper Bond Street in the Leicestershire town of Hinckley we see a group of Sunday School children. It's July 1939 so the homemade banners calling for 'Joy Through Peace' have an added poignancy two months before the outbreak of war. Decorated prams and marching bands feature in this charming snapshot of pre-war life filmed by Hinckley resident Miss Lovis Toone.

Walking past the Leicestershire and Warwickshire Electric Power Company offices on Upper Bond Street in the Leicestershire town of Hinckley we see a group of Sunday School children. It's July 1939 so the homemade banners calling for 'Joy Through Peace' have an added poignancy two months before the outbreak of war. Decorated prams and marching bands feature in this charming snapshot of pre-war life filmed by Hinckley resident Miss Lovis Toone.

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