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John Meads 2010
Carnival Parades in the 1970s and 1980s



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.


1975 Princess Claire Clifton with Gail Chester and ??
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
Claire Clifton, Gala Princess 1975. Her attendant on the left is Gail
Chester the one on the right of the picture is not known.


1984 Pricess Nicola Ellerby with Graham Bell and attendants Julia Nicholls and Caroline Arthurs 1985 Princess Caroline Arthurs and attendants Katie Smith and Nicola Page
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

1986 Pricess Dawn Woolmer 1987 Princess Tania Theobald being crowned by Megan White. The attendants are Louisa Haynes and Laura Newcombe
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


1988 Princess Sarah Ellerby with attendants Francine Miller and Lisa Hull 1989 Princess Rebecca Jempson being crowned by Cllr Joan Griffiths. The attendants are Emma Grant and Debbie Swinburn
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


Press cutting in which Jack Addis pleads for more volunteers to help with the parade
This press cutting, thought to have been dated 1988, foretold
the end of a long tradition of carnivals and galas in Burton Latimer.
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