South Yorkshire Times, July 28th 1933
Darfield’s Rose Queen
Pretty Ceremony At Snape Hill
About three hundred mothers and friends assembled at the Snape Hill Council Infants’ School to witness the annual crowning of the Rose Queen.
This year the Queen was Florence Greenhow, a pretty child of six, chosen by the school vote. She made a charming picture in her satin dress of wild rose pink satin, with green satin hem and long flowing train of pale green satin, underlined with pink and attached to her shoulders by necklet of roses. Carrying a bouquet of pink ramblers, she walked up the centre of the school hall preceded by the herald, Raymond Shaw. Holding her train were Cuthbert Walker and Johnny Shepherd. Her maids of honour, Nancy Gillis, Nellie Guest, Grace West, Dorothy Camplejohn and Betty Vizard, wore white dresses and carried crooks decorated with posies.
The Queen mounted a platform to the throne which was draped in green and adorned with flowers. She was crowned by the ex-Queen, Hazel Goldthorpe, who, after kissing her, presented her with a doll, the gift of Miss Soden (headmistress).
Following this ceremony the scholars delighted their parents with songs, dances, recitations and playlets. Miss W. Rooke, Miss E. Green and Miss H. Scargill accompanied. The performance reflected great credit on the children and on Miss Soden and her staff.