Amusing sports events
Scenes from the “Strawberry Fete” held at Torquay in Devon in the United Kingdom on Alexandra Day, Wednesday 27 June 1917. Promoted by the Four Allied Trades: Dairymen, Fruiterers, Grocers and Bakers, the fete was both a fundraiser and a morale booster.
Pictured here are New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) personnel, nurses and locals participating in games and novelty races, including blindfolded races, crawling races, wheelbarrow races and apple-eating competitions. Soldiers, too injured to participate, look on.
Amusing sports events
Scenes from the “Strawberry Fete” held at Torquay in Devon in the United Kingdom on Alexandra Day, Wednesday 27 June 1917. Promoted by the Four Allied Trades: Dairymen, Fruiterers, Grocers and Bakers, the fete was both a fundraiser and a morale booster.
Pictured here are New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) personnel, nurses and locals participating in games and novelty races, including blindfolded races, crawling races, wheelbarrow races and apple-eating competitions. Soldiers, too injured to participate, look on.
Year: 1917
Length: 2:53
Source: Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision
Catalogue Reference: "Strawberry Fete". Promoted by the Four Allied Trades: Diarymen, Fruiterers, Grocers and Bakers, Held at Torquay on Alexandra Day, 27 June 1917
Location: Torquay, Devon
Tags: Alexander Rose Day, Fetes, Fundraising
Subject: World War 1914-1916, New Zealand, Fundrasing, Alexander Rose Day, Fetes
Alexander Rose Day is a charitable fundraising event held annually in the UK since 1912 by Alexander Rose Day Charities. The charity was launched on the 50th anniversary of Queen Alexandra, the consort of King Edward VII, from her native Denmark to the UK. The Queen requested that the anniversary be marked by the sale of roses in London to raise funds for her favourite charities. The charity is still active today.