Another Rochester Crowd
The crowd scene of the first Dickens Festival
pictured in the last issue of the Newsletter prompted a show of
one-upmanship from our archivist who produced this postcard from the Amy
Butler scrapbook.
The picture, produced by L.A. Morris of 24 High Street, and no
doubt taken by him, shows just some of the huge crowd which came to
witness the opening of the present Rochester Bridge on Thursday 14 May
1914.. Only a few people have noticed the camera as an early troop of Boy
Scouts makes its way through the crush, carrying the staves that were then
part of the Scout uniform. And not a bare head to be seen anywhere!