POGMOOR Feast was popular with old and young.
Held in midsummer just off Intake Lane (now developed) there was something for everybody.
It was promoted by the Pogmoor branch of the Royal British Legion in aid of the branch's benevolent fund and festivities included a fairground, bonnie bairns competition, open air sing, a display by Woolley Colliery physical culture club, band concerts and children and men’s and women’s races.
On the opening day residents lined the streets to watch a procession, headed by the carnival queen and her retinue and other local dignitaries, parade through Summer Lane into Pogmoor.
But what got the biggest cheer was when the fictional Tom Treddlehoyle (played by a local) rode by sitting backwards on a donkey.
The ‘feast’ took place over three days — Saturday, Sunday and Monday — and attracted thousands from far and wide.
The Chronicle has come into the possession of a Pogmoor Feast programme. It relates to the feast on July 8, 9 and 10, 1950. It was the first feast for 40 years and was aptly named ‘the revival feast’.
