3-046-960 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Prince Arthur at Leeds: procession at the junction of Chapeltown and Roundhay Park Roads, 1872. The procession to Roundhay Park was '...led by the Oddfellows and other benefit societies...Then came a military escort and the borough officials, followed by the members of Parliament, the justices, the Bishop, the Lord Mayor of York and other Mayors, the Envoy from the King of Burmah, and the members of the Corporation, the High Sheriff, and the Mayor [John Barran]...when his Royal Highness appeared in sight there was an outburst of long and vehement cheering. Along the first part of the route, through the town, there was a splendid display of decorations...Every street that abutted on the road through which the procession passed was blockaded by a dense crowd of spectators...at intervals of from ten to fifteen yards, were lines of roses spanning the street, and the effect was heightened by the countless devices suspended there. Mottoes and inscriptions were in great variety. "God Bless the Prince!" "Long Live the Queen!" "Well done, Barran!" were inscribed there to attest the loyalty of the people and the satisfaction generally felt in the object of the day's ceremony. The three triumphal arches...had a very pleasing effect'. From "Illustrated London News", 1872.