1,000 in Procession at Denaby Main

ALMOST 1,000 people took part in Denaby St. Alban’s Church May Procession on Sunday and many onlookers thronged Wadworth Street, Tickhill Square, Tickhill Street, Doncaster Road and Loversall Street, to watch this, the 32nd procession, which lasted over one and a half hours,

Those taking principal parts in the procession were:

May Queen, Helen Fitzwilliam (11), of Wadworth Street, Denaby, attended by Jimmy Fitzwilliam (6), Christopher hill (6), David Dimley (6), and Michael Rush (6), (page boys), and Ian Hall (6) (cushion bearer) and Kathleen Jennings (6), Maureen Burton, ,(6), Josephine Bret t (6). Angela Martin (6), Linda Harbison (6), and Christopher Robinson (6) (Maids of honour) Roy King, Dennis Harrison (9), of Morley Place, attended by Christopher Farrell (6). Andrew Bucknell (6), David Fisher (6), Peter Sheridan (6), (lew O’Neil Michael Ryan (6). (Page boys’ and Stephen Mannion, Cushion bearer);

Rosary Queen, Helen Haigh (11) of Denaby, attended by Eileen Cooke (11), Tessa McCabe (11), Ann Madison (111, Moira Mahon (it) and Maids of Honour Margaret Henshaw (6). Patricia Hughes (6), Christine Noonan (6), and Angela Burke (6)

The Queen of violets. Veronica Welling’s (11). of Conisbrough attended by Albert Butcher (6) and Peter Harrison (6) (train bearers), and Barbara Maddison and Kathleen 0’connor (maids of honour)

The Queen of Roses, Patsy Carmody (11), of Conisborough, attended by Tony Higgins (6) and Michael Davis (5) (page boys) and Bernadette Keely (5) and Anne Kewood (5) (maids of honour)

The Queen of Lilies. Pat Colclough of Denaby, and her attendants, John Carnody (6) and Raymond Gillott (5)(Page boy’s) and Maria Boyle (5) and Shirley McMurray (5) (maids of honour) ; with High Davey (17), M. Hilton (15) and John Doran (14) and Mexborough Queen, Margaret Axe

The procession was organised by Father A. G. O’Kane and the chief marshal was Mr. G. Williamson

A Special Feature

One of the most delightful sections of the procession was that of the Rosary Queen and her attendants. This is a new introduction as a special feature to celebrate the Lourdes Centenary. The Rosary Pageant represented the 15 mysteries of the Rosary.

The procession concluded when members assembled in the church school yard. While hymns were being sung the May Queen crowned the Statue of Our Lady with a w row h of white flowers and the

Boy King placed a wreath of gold at her feet. After the crowning ceremony a service in church conducted by Father O’Kane followed.

Many onlookers must have admired the beautiful Statue of Our Lady. This and the statue portraying the Sacred Heart, are exquisitely carved and were ordered specially from the Continent in 1S98, when the St. Alban’s Church was built.