BRIDGE AND PATRIXBOURNE

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The villages of Bridge and Patrix-
bourne will long remember the
Jubilee. -For, under .a cloudless blue
sky, a brilliant -carnival procession
proved a fitting prelude to nearly I2
hours of joyous celebration at  Highland Court
—festivities on such a scale‘
’made“possible only by the generosity
ot'_Mr. W. K. Whigham and _the ener-
getic efforts of a ‘Committee,.of which
Mr. J. Friend was the Chairman. After
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MR ’W.  K WHIGHAM

-the - -‘mile-long, _ carnival procession had
made its way from Bridge up the hill
and through the gatesl of Hi-ghland
Court, it was esthnated that some 1,000
villagers had entered the spacious
grounds to take part .in__f,t_he_ service of
thanksgiving, conducted by the Rev. H.
"Knight, "whi'cl1"'foll'owed"~the"' "crowgnin-g¢
of the Jubilee Queen, ' Mrs. Whigham
performing ‘the ceremony. Followed
laughs, and -not a few thrills, when
Capt. Mas1in’s" Riding School gave an
appreciated musical riding display. One
of the high peaks of the 'afternoon’s
entertainment was a display by- the
Bridge Fire Brigade, whose members
extinguished a burning house in a very ,
work  like manner, quelling the
flame  a few moments. It was not
without its humorous aspect, however,‘
and many laughs were provided by the }
clever fooling of Mr. L. J. Williams and
a certain “‘ female *” in a startling, if
old-fashioned, negligée, who was seen
to emerge from the smoking building,
while the efforts of several members of l
the Brigade to rescue a dummy in the
face of two pow.erful jets from the
hoses proved most enjoyable—to the
spectators! .  »
Still more amusement was occasioned
by the staging -of a comic football
match, the game being characterised
by the “friendly ” spirit in which it
fanciful costumes, and the referee was‘
knocked out and finally borne away» by
the ambulance squad. The fun in-
creased as the day wore on, and itwas‘
a large gathering which sat. down to
tea and supper. Dur-ing the afternoon,
members of the Bridge Boys’ Club gave
an_ exhibition of boxing, including a
blindfolded and simultaneous bout be- l
tween two pairs, while the band of the j
Church Lads’ Brigade, who had headed
the ~:I”’"""1_ival procession, gave a number
of s _.':tions. "Girls of the Bridge
Schools provided a delightful contrast
with their country dances, and the tug-
of-War was rousingly, V and whole-
hea'rt_edly~pulled.  _" _.  ' p 
‘ All those residents ,»Who=- -were _ too -
infirm to follow the -process-ionpon footf
were conveyed from the village ‘to "
Highland C0.L_1I_ft, in =~a,,-special. ’bus- and
‘during _ the B evening '_ the  speechl‘
was boadcast