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| The two major traditional events in Stratford are the Birthday Celebrations and the Mop, although the Regatta used to be a big day too. Not too many postcards of the Mop, but in response to our request for more images we were recently (Feb 2010) sent a couple of great postcards - see the bottom of this page. If you can help, we'd be delighted to hear from you ! |
| The stamp and date have been removed from this postcard of the Mop in Wood Street. At a guess it's just pre-WW1. (Z). |
| This appears to be the Birthday Parade leaving Henley Street in about 1910, led by the Town Band !! Many thanks to Rob and Carla Read for this one ! |
| The 1964 Parade - Shakespeare's 400th Birthday. |
| The Birthday Parade outside the Grammar School and the Alms Houses, 1907. |
| Another postcard of the 1907 Parade, presumably by the same photographer as it is from the same location. (Z) |
| This postcard was mailed from Stratford to Spain on 27 April 1913. The writer identifies herself in the picture, so we may safely assume it is the 1913 Birthday procession. It's interesting to note that this section of the parade is almost entirely women - plus a couple of small boys. Does anyone know why ? (Z) |
| Bridge Street with the flags out, presumably for the Birthday Celebrations. I don't have a date for this postcard perhaps around 1920 ? It was published by Anthony Tyler, Photographer, Stratford-on-Avon. |
| I came across this postcard amongst some old family papers. It shows some people outside the "Red Horse" on Shakespeare's Birthday 1936 - my mother is the lady under the 19 of 1936. (Z) |
| Thanks to Richard Hayden of Exeter for this superb old postcard of the Birthday Celebrations in Bridge Street in 1914. (Z) |
| Another postcard I found recently amongst family papers - this one of an ox being roasted at the Mop - no idea of the date or location, but probably in Bridge Street as the road appears to slope. |
| Another from my nephew in Canada - this one of the ox roast outside Pargetter's. The card was mailed in 1909, so probably the 1908 Mop. |
| This card was sent by my nephew in Canada. No clue to the year. However, some research has shown that the ox roaster is "Panham" Worrall, apparently a well-known roaster of his day ! |
| Someone has pencilled "1897" at the bottom of this old postcard - probably about right ! (Z) |
| Yet another Ox Roast - this postcard was mailed in November 1903, so probably the 1903 Mop. This one was outside the Fountain Hall. |
| Stratford Mop - the ox roast outside the "Garrick" on High Street about 1910. |
| A postcard which was sent from Stratford to Marlborough in Wiltshire in December 1909 - thus this is probably the 1909 Mop. Can anyone recognise the location ? |
| This card was posted in March 1909, so it may well be the 1908 Regatta. |
| An unused and undated view of the mop in Wood Street. |
| I don't have a date for this postcard, which is of the "English Folk Dance & Song Society Festival" - in the Bancroft. |
| A great old postcard of High Street, decorated probably for the Birthday celebrations. I'm not quite sure of the date, but note the "Petrol" sign on the left of the street, near where W H Smith's is now, which indicates that at least some motor vehicles are running - so maybe just before WW1. If anyone can spot any more clues, please let me know !! |
| Another from the English Folk Dance Festival - looks like the 1930s. |
| The flags in Bridge Street for the Birthday Celebrations. My mum posted this card to me in the USA on 23 April 1964, Shakespeare's 400th birthday. It has two commemorative stamps and a "first day of issue" postmark. |
| This is an interesting old postcard which has had a chunk cut off from the right side. It was written from "Alandene" in Maidenhead Road to a soldier at Shawbury Aerodrome in Shropshire on 17 September 1918 and somehow got to the USA whence it came to us. Note the date at the bottom - it appears to have been changed from 1911 to 1914 - why ? (Z) |
| Mariel Corelli presenting the prizes at the 1912 Regatta. |
| Postcards of the Past |
| A 1915 Ox Roast at the Mop. |
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| An undated postcard of a roast at the Mop. |
| An unused and undated postcard of a pig roast - can you identify the location ? |
| No date for this ox roast postcard. (Z) |
| Another undated postcard of a Pig Roast at the Mop. |
| No date for this one, but before the Old Theatre fire. |
| Yet another Ox Roast postcard. Can you identify the location ? |
| The two postcards which follow were sent to us by a former Stratford resident and KES scholar John Newton, now living in the USA. Thanks, John ! |
| An unused postcard of the Mop which has "Oct 12th 1908" written on the back. |
| This postcard of the Mop in Rother Street was mailed in 1960. |
| A pig roast at the 1914 Mop. |
| The Plymouth Arms pig roast in 1924. (Z) |
