Chichester Photographic Gallery

Joan Plowright being greeted by the Mayoress of Chichester, 25 June 1962

At a Garden Party hosted by the mayor of Chichester in honour of the opening of Chichester Festival Theatre. Laurence Olivier and the Mayor in the photograph
Chichester Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1290/19

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1960s, Celebrities, Cft, Dignitaries, Oaklands Park

Advertising Santas Grotto

Father Christmas and guests in a 1920s car on Chichester's West Street (outside the main Post Office). Advertising the grotto at Morant's Department Store. 1 November 1962
Chichester Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1485/6

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1960s, Advertising, Balloon, Chichester, Christmas, Classic Cars, Department Store, Father Christmas, Santa Claus, Sussex, Tinsel, Vintage Cars, West Sussex, Winter

Making torches for Guy Fawkes celebrations

Portfield Bonfire Society, Chichester, 27th October 1956. 200 people, members of Bonfire Societies from Beeding and Bramber, Shoreham, Littlehampton, Patching and Chichester, formed a procession at the Cattle Market, which passed through Market Avenue, South Street, East Street, the Hornet and Oving Road to Florence Road playing field, where they threw their torches onto a bonfire and danced around it.
Chichester Photographic Collection
West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 730/1

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