Carnival Parades in the 1970s and 1980s
John Meads 2010
Gala Days and Carnivals in the 1970s and 1980s are not very well documented and information about them
is scarce. In fact, we have no names after 1968 until 1975. The few photographs that exist are shown below and we would welcome any additions (or corrections) to the list.
Claire Clifton, Gala Princess 1975. Her attendant on the left is Gail Chester the one on the right of the picture is not known.
After this photograph, we have no pictures until 1984.
The Princesses in the intervening years were:
1976 Karen Osborne, Attendants: Yvette Skippen and Donna Elmore. 1977: Not known.
1978: Sharon Fordham, Attendants: Samantha Smith and Elizabeth ………? 1979/80: Not known
1981: Joanne Allebone, attendants not known.
1982/83 Not known
The 1984 Carnival Princess Nicola Ellerby with Anglia TV presenter Graham Bell. Her attendants are Julia Nicholls and Caroline Arthurs
The 1985 Carnival Princess is Caroline Arthurs and her two attendants Katie Smith and Nicola Page
The 1986 Princess was Dawn Woolmer,
her attendants were Lucy Hullett and
Anthea Smith but we don’t have their
photographs
The 1987 Princess Tania Theobald is crowned by Burton Latimer’s first Queen,then Miss Megan White. Tania’s attendants are Louisa Haynes
and Laura Newcombe
The 1988 Princess Sarah Ellerby is seen here flanked by her attendants Francine Miller and
Lisa Hull
The last known Carnival Princess crowning ceremony, performed here in 1989 by Cllr. Joan Griffiths, Town Council Chairman. The Princess is Rebecca Jempson and her attendants are Emma Grant and Debbie Swinburn
This press cutting, thought to have been dated 1988, foretold
the end of a long tradition of carnivals and galas in Burton Latimer.
