Images of the procession of friendly societies in the Italian Quarter of Hatton Garden in London in July 1931. The procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel – held on the Sunday after 16 July – was Little Italy’s most important cultural event. Except during wartime, it has taken place annually since at least 1896. The procession was one of the first public manifestations of Catholicism given legal sanction since the Reformation in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria was said to have granted special permission to the local police in Holborn to allow the parade to take place.
An image showing a religious procession in Holloway, Borough of Islington, London. A typescript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'Religious procession through Holloway / A large crowd witnessed a Roman Catholic procession through the streets of Holloway this afternoon, which started from the Church of the Sacred Heart, Eden Grove. Girls in white carried a statue of the Virgin Mary, in whose honour as Queen of Peace the procession was held'. The image is credited to the Keystone Company, 12 Wine Office Court, London.
A religious sister (probably from the Sisters of the Holy Cross) with children, probably from a parish school or orphanage in Cape Province, South Africa.
Religious sisters perusing flowers from a cart on a Belfast street. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'October flowers at the Belfast Market'.
An image of religious sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady outside St. Francis Hospital in Monroe in North Louisiana in the United States. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘Group taken in 1919 at St. Francis / Monroe’. An index is given for the names and nationalities of the sisters. At least nine of the group are Irish.
