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A man on horseback reading from a manuscript. Another man stands in front of him with a trumpet. The caption reads: 'The Herald reading the proclamation of the Mystery Plays at the Mansion House, York, last night.Æ

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Photographs : Herald announces Mystery Plays, 1950s

Item type: Photographs
Archive reference: YMP/A/1/4
Date/year: 1951
Description: A black and white Yorkshire Evening Press photo showing a costumed man on horseback reading from a manuscript. Another man stands in front of him with a trumpet. The caption reads: 'The Herald reading the proclamation of the Mystery Plays, In St Helen's Square outside the Mansion House, York, last night'.
Filed as YMP/A/1/4; it is thought it is a 1951 photo, in which case the herald was a mounted policeman.

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