Main Performers | YWCA members
HRH Princess Elizabeth - speaker |
Set List | Speech (HRH Princess Elizabeth), Pageant - 'Women of Britain: Dranatic Scenes from Agincourt to the Present Day', dir. Diana Caroll, YWCA Drama Adviser, Collection of Purses by Princess Elizabeth |
Performance Notes | HRH Princess Elizabeth was attended by Mrs Vicary Gibbs.
"90 YEARS OF WORK BY Y.W.C.A. PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S CONGRATULATIONS Princess Elizabeth attended the ninetieth birthday celebrations of the Y.W.C.A. of Great Britain at the Albert Hall on Saturday. More than 5,000 members attended... Princess Elizabeth received purses for the Y.W.C.A. War and National Service Fund amounting to more than £45,000. She was welcomed by the Mayor of Westminster, Lady Proctor, vice-president, YW.C.A. of Great Britain and chairman of the Appeal Committee, and Mrs Churchill, president, Y.W.C.A. War and National Service Fund." (The Times, 3 December 1945, page 7 (picture on page 6)) |