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09/04/1958

Some very solemn girls in home-made hats take part in an Easter bonnet competition - whilst the boys take on the annual Easter Monday walking race in Steyning. (1958)

This edition of Children's Newsreel features some very solemn little girls in home-made hats taking part in an Easter bonnet competition. The focus then shifts to a large number of boys taking part in the annual Easter Monday walking race in Steyning, a picture-book pretty village in Sussex. To find out exactly what the news reporter said about this event, click here for a transcript of the missing commentary. (1958)

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Wed 9 Apr 1958 17:45
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Elsie and Doris Waters, the two glamorous ladies holding the finishing-line tape in this news item, were long-time Steyning residents but were better known as 'Gert and Daisy', a popular comedy double act who entertained troops during the war and featured prominently on several radio shows.

Norman Read (also a Steyning resident), who starts the race, was an Olympic gold medallist who won the 50km road-walking race in 1956.

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