BIRMINGHAM
ST PATRICK'S DAY PARADE 2019
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Pauline Roche
Ted Ryan
March 2019
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The Birmingham St Patrick's Day Parade started setting up at Camp Hill in Birmingham, as usual, on the morning of Sunday 17th March 2019...
...ready to head down to Digbeth
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr. Yvonne Mosquito and her consort, Winston Mosquito, came to say hello...
The Lord Mayor rode the Parade route, as the guest of honour, on the top of the bus at the front of the route
Before the Parade sets off
The Birmingham Irish Pipes and Drums warm up, musically.
St Patrick himself puts in an appearance
Flags
There are flags
Bands
There are bands and musicians...
...who carry on playing even when the hail storm starts...
Walking groups
Colourful groups of walkers...
...some gathering together during the hail storm...
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| almost a white Digbeth |
Birmingham Irish Heritage Group
Birmingham Irish Heritage group carrying their seven flags of Ireland, from 13th - 20th centuries.
Banners, groups and counties
People walked proudly behind their banners, groups and counties.
Sports groups
Some traditional sports groups walked, and some played...
...others rode on floats...
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| Safely sheltered from the hail storm |
...or on the back of a tractor...
...or sat in vintage cars.
Willie Finnegan's Day
A long time supporter of the Birmingham St Patrick's Day Parade, Willie Finnegan catches up with friends before the start - all is well
Driving an open tractor in a hail storm is not the most comfortable thing to be doing on a Sunday in Birmingham...
...and Willie agrees...
...cold, wet - a whole Parade ahead of him...
...but he makes it to the end, and now Willie and Digbeth are all sunshine and smiles.
Peaky Blinders
The Peaky Blinders turned up (and they let us take photographs of them in all their finery)
Watching the Parade
Some people just came to watch the Parade go by.
Transport on Parade
There were floats, trucks, scooters, tractors, vintage cars and horses, albeit a small one.
Support your Festival
If you want to help ensure the future of Birmingham St Patrick's Festival, visit the donations page or the get involved page.
You can also contact the Festival organisers.
Previous Parades
For our coverage from previous year's Parades, visit our website.
Contact RnR Organisation
Email us at RnR.Organisation@gmail.com
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