Spalding Flower Parade
1963

The 1963 Spalding Flower parade consisted of:

1. Police Escort

2. Breakdown vehicle

3. Parade control vehicle

4. The Regimental Band of the 1st Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards

5. The Tulip Queen

6. Veteran Cars

7. The Riddings, Somercotes and Leabrooks Silver band

8. The World of Beauty entered by Margaret

9. The World of Thrift entered by the Spalding Savings Committee

10. Guinness Around the World entered by Messrs. Arthur Guinness

11. Around the World in the SS. Gleedian entered by the Gleed Boys School

12. The World of Music entered by Grounds Transport Services

13. The World Under the Sea entered by the Lowland Bulb Company

14. Parade control vehicle

15. Spalding & District British Legion Band

16. St.John's Ambulance Brigade Band

17. The World of the Romany entered by the Young Farmers

18. The World of Happy Workers entered by the National Union of Agricultural Workers

19. Go to Work on a British Egg entered by the Egg Marketing Board

20. Pigs on Parade entered by the the Pig Industry

21. The Milky Bar Kid entered by Mr. Pell, confectionery Wholesaler

22. The Potato Queen and her Court entered by the Potato Marketing Board

23. The World of Grace and Elegance entered by the British Sugar Corporation

24. Parade control vehicle

25. Salvation Army Band of Spalding

26. Salvation Army Band of Peterborough

27. The World of Motoring entered by the Spalding Car Club

28. In the World of Air Cooling entered by A & W Elsey Ltd

29. Flowers Around the World entered by Messrs. Elsoms

30. Long Sutton & District Veteran Cycle Club

31. The World in Space entered by the Spalding Judo Club

32. The World in Dreams entered by a Syndicate of Growers from Long Sutton

33. The World of Fiesta entered by Machins Transport

34. Spalding Cycling Club

35. Peterborough Highland Band

36. Stewarts and Lloyds Recreation Club Pipe Band

37. Secrets of the Sea entered by the Grason Beauty Clinic

38. The World of Wonderland entered by Geest Industries

39. The World of the Book entered by the Sunday School Union, Spalding

40. Springtime entered by Messrs. Stassen Ltd

41. Breakdown vehicle