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"Lord Derby attends Charter Day celebrations".

Silent film clip
Produced by Pathe News, 1922.
Duration: 1.46 mins

The two towns were united to form the Borough of Lytham St.Annes on May 1st 1922. "Charter Day"

It poured down most of the day.

Scenes include:

• Crowds with umbrellas outside Lytham Council Offices (Lytham  Assembly Rooms).
• Lord Derby, Councillors from Lytham and St.Annes and Thomas Bradley, Town Clerk, in the doorway of the Council Offices, Clifton Drive, St.Annes.
• Leaving the newly opened War Memorial Hospital, St.annes Road East.