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Cotton Queen celebrations
2/11/2006
THIS week's picture shows the Cotton Queen celebrations on Edward Street, Glossop, and was taken on 27 September, 1930.
According to history website www.spinningtheweb.org.uk, a national Cotton Queen competition was started in 1930 to promote in the cotton industry.
This annual three-week event was held in Blackpool and the winner would then spend a year travelling around the country promoting cotton to businesses and the public.
The first winner was a woman from Glossop named Frances Lockett who worked at a mill in Hyde. She was 19 when she won the Cotton Crown.
Courtesy of Derbyshire Local Studies and www.picturethepast.org.uk
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