Cotton Queen at Blackpool

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

39/52

Date Released

29 Jun 1939

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prime Minister in Cardiff
2. 2Mile of the Century
3. 3Fatal Fire in London
4. 4Another City Blaze
5. 5Belgian Canal Bursts Its Banks
6. 6Pigeon Race at Berwick on Tweed
7. 7Big Blast at Westmorland
8. 8Cotton Queen at Blackpool
9. 9Leeds Children’s Day
10. 10Irish Bomb Outrage
11. 11Old Crocks Run
12. 12Floating Dock for Egypt Leaves Portsmouth
13. 13Coolee Dam

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 13

Summary

18 year old Elsie Kerseley, a weaver in a mill, is the new Cotton Queen.

Keywords

Customs and traditions

Length of story (in feet)

44

Story extras:

Film clip

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Notes

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