| Description | Photograph of a scene from a pageant at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Photo is stuck onto a sheet of paper with typed text: ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS. "Money was needed to renovate St. Martin in the Fields so Dick Sheppard appealed for thousands of pounds and it was decided to have a Pageant of Religion through the ages. It was a huge undertaking with everyone taking part and with performances every evening for a week. He knew so many influential people that he had no difficulty in obtaining the best help. Laurence Housman to write theplay, Ben Webster to produce it and Gustav Holst to arrange the music. It was all tremendous fun; I was one of the peasants in the Middle Ages". - Henrietta Alice Davison born 18 November 1908 Stepney, lived New Row, St Martin's Lane 1917-1930. Henrietta Davison is 2nd from the left in the picture, which is dated 1921. |