KNOTTINGLEY CARNIVAL NOTES
FOR PAGE TWO

  1. loc cit 2-8-1883 p4; 2-8-1884 p8; 3-8-1901 p5 & 9-8-1902 p4.
  2. loc cit 4-8-1912 p8 & 1-8-1913 p8.
  3. loc cit 5-8-1893 & 4-8-1900 p8
  4. loc cit 2-8-1880 p5 & 6-8-1882 p5.
  5. loc cit 3-3-1934 p10.
  6. loc cit 8-8-1930 p5 & 5-8-1932 p7.
  7. loc cit 3-8-1923 p6 & 3-8-1924 p7.
  8. loc cit 31-7-1925
  9. loc cit 1-9-1916 p2 & ibid p4.
  10. loc cit 3-8-1924 p7 & 21-8-1925 p5.
  11. loc cit 14-5-1926 p6.
  12. Pontefract Advertiser 20-7-1878 p4.
  13. Pontefract & Castleford Express 25-7-1919 p8. I am indebted to Mr. R. Gosney for drawing my attention to this source.
  14. loc cit 8-7-1927 p10 & 16-7-1927 p4.
  15. loc cit 13-7-1928 p10.
  16. loc cit 12-7-1927 p5.
  17. ibid p7.
  18. So intense was the pride attached to any particular comic band that on one occasion a legal action arose concerning the right to the title following a schism by members of a particular band who wished to reform under the original name c.f. Pontefract Advertiser 11-9-1926 p4 & 25-9-1926 p2.
  19. Pontefract & Castleford Express 12-7-1929 p5 & 11-7-1930 p1.