Helston's famous Cornish Floral Dance, immortalised in song , took place in brilliant sunshine through the old streets of the town. Crinolined ladies danced with their top-hatted escorts "in and out of the houses" and down the beflagged streets where thousands of sightseers had gathered to witness this quaint old Cornish custom. Picture shows: The Floral Dance in progress yesterday at Helston, Cornwall . - - 9 May 1948.
Helston's famous Cornish Floral Dance, immortalised in song , took place in brilliant sunshine through the old streets of the town. Crinolined ladies danced with their top-hatted escorts "in and out of the houses" and down the beflagged streets where thousands of sightseers had gathered to witness this quaint old Cornish custom. Picture shows: The Floral Dance in progress yesterday at Helston, Cornwall . - - 9 May 1948