1988 Dover Pageant

 

write Up Dover Express Friday 6th  May 1988

 

Connaught Park was alive on Bank Holiday Monday with the Dover Castle Pageant, attracting about 5,000 people. Special emphasis was put on the 4OOth anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada, so the event was opened by Sir Francis Drake (Mr Terry Richardson) lighting a beacon in the attendance of Lady Drake (Mrs Anne McFarnell).