West End School Queen Carnival
Production date
1927
Description
Children dressed in costumes for the 1927 West End School Queen Carnival, held to raise funds for a new school playground after the school was relocated to its current site on Bonithon Avenue in 1926. The young girl in the centre wearing a crown and long cloak is Raeburne Jones (later Barclay) who was crowned queen of the carnival after raising the most money. She and three other girls are holding bouquets. From left to right these three girls have been identified as Elsie Royce, Pat Durcle and Leta Rayner. One child sitting in the front is dressed as a jester and several other children are wearing wigs, hats and capes.
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Public comments
The female standing on the left as one looks at the photo is Dorothy Brown later Mrs Crone of Wanganui.
- Raeburne Bourke posted 6 months ago.
The two page boys to the Queen's right are her twin sisters, Audrey(Pepper) and Bernice (Bailey)Jones
- Raeburne Bourke posted 6 months ago.