A VILLAGE festival celebrating its 80th anniversary this year will have a new format.
The crowning of the Gala Queen at Glazebury Gala will take place in All Saints’ Church – and then the new queen, her entourage and the rest of the gala will move round the corner into the playing field at Glazebury CE Primary School.
Prior to the crowning ceremony, the queen, Kate Leather, aged 12, will ride in an open carriageway along Warrington Road from the Raven Inn. A pipe band will play outside the church as she arrives.
The gala no longer features a procession because of road safety issues arising from the decision of the police to no longer control traffic during processions.
Glazebury Gala was launched in 1928. It has been held every year except the war years and a couple of years in the early 1960s.
Festival's 80th anniversary
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