KNOTTINGLEY CARNIVAL NOTES
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  1. ibid
  2. loc cit 17-7-1931 p5 & 31-7-1931 p10. For details of local efforts to secure the purchase of the Greenhouse Fields as a town playing field c.f. Spencer T. 'Knottingley Playing Fields', (2002) pp6-7
  3. The winner was Mr. F. Backhouse; second Mr. C. Elliott and in the third place was Mr. A. Burns with a horse belonging to Messrs Bagley & Co., Ltd.
  4. Pontefract & Castleford Express 17-7-1931 p5.
  5. The second prize was awarded to Murial Brook for 'Eat More Fruit' and third was Mary Perkins, 'Japanese Maid'.
  6. Pontefract & Castleford Express 1-7-1932 p10.
  7. loc cit 15-7-1932 p10.
  8. loc cit 1-7-1932 p11 for public notice re Carnival and programme details.
  9. loc cit 10-9-1932 p10. Also Pontefract Advertiser 17-9-1923 p2.
  10. Pontefract & Castleford Express 27-7-1934 p11.
  11. loc cit 6-7-1933 p8.
  12. ibid
  13. Knottingley Carnival Programme 1935 p4. I am indebted to Mr R. Gosney for drawing my attention to this source and providing me with access to the same.
  14. loc cit 1936 passim
  15. I am indebted to Mr. P. Greenwood for this information which was conveyed to him by Mrs D. Tucker (nee Doreen Hutchinson).
  16. Pontefract & Castleford Express 19-7-1934 p2.
  17. ibid