Leith bakers

Category

Library Item

Item no

38135

Title

Leith bakers

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1985

Size

10.7 x 14.3 cm

Type

Reproduction

Leith bakers leaving the Bakers' Rooms, North Fort Street c. 1931, to join the Leith Hospital Pageant.

The Leith Hospital Pageant started in the 1890s. Local firms decorated horses and carts to raise money for the hospital. The pageant took place annually in June between the First and Second World Wars and most of Leith's factories, shops and organisations supported the event. There were also collecting boxes in the hospital itself for patients to make donations. Financing the hospital had always been a problem in a community in which deprivation, poor housing and industrial accidents were common, and was even more difficult as improved medical technology became available. The NHS took over Leith Hospital in 1948.

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Business > Service industry > Bakeries

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Caps

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Sash

Clothing and dress > Garments > Uniforms

Communication > Written > Banners

Communication > Written > Emblems

Events > Celebrations > Parades and Processions

People > Adults > Groups

People > Adults > Men

People > Industry > Bakers

Places > Edinburgh areas > Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh