Spalding Flower Parade
1961

The 1961 Spalding Flower Parade theme was 'Fairy Tales in Flowers'

The Tulip Queen was Nora Woods. Deputies were Megan Reed and Davina Renoden

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The parade consisted of:

1. Police escort

2. Civil Defence Wireless van

3. Peterborough Highland Band

4. Glen Garage

5. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Show entered by Snowdrop Nursery

6. Snow White entered by Stassens Ltd

7. Fish & Chips entered by the Potato Marketing Board

8. Guinness entered by Guinness & Son

9. Swineshead Silver Band

10. The Snow Goose entered by Smedleys Ltd

11. Humpty Dumpty entered by P van Emmerick

12. The Coal man entered by National Coal Board

13. Cinderella entered by P.Buschman Ltd

14. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary entered by Spalding Young Farmers

15. Sleeping Beauty entered by Elsoms

16. Flowers Speak from the Heart entered by Interflora

17. Bradford Victoria Band

18. The Geisha Girl entered by Spalding Judo Club

19. The Tulip Queen, Miss Nora Woods

20.  Civil Defence

21. Daisy Belle entered by Spalding Cycle Club

22. Ding Dong Bell entered by Groom Brothers Ltd

23. Spalding Vespa Club

24. Tomato & Cucumber Marketing Board

25. H Leverton & Co Ltd

26. Old King Cole entered by Lowland Bulb Company

27. Grimethorpe Colliery Band

28. National Savings entered by Spalding Savings Committee

29. Madame Butterfly entered by Adrian Geomans Ltd

30. Jesus Bids Us Shine entered by Spalding Sunday School Union

31. Peter the Piper entered by Farrow & Sons Ltd

32. The Butterfly entered by Holbeach Young Farmers

33. Ride a Cock Horse entered by Machin's Transport

34. The Land Princess entered by National Union of Agricultural Workers

35. The Cosy House entered by Coal Utilization Council

36. Arabian Nights entered by Geest Industries

37. Civil Defence

38. Breakdown vehicle