Spalding Flower Parade
1966

The 1966 Spalding Flower Parade took the theme 'Frolics in Flowers' and Dawn Stockdale was Miss Tulipland

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The parade left the Sir Halley Stewart Field at 3.00pm

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The parade consisted of:

1. Police Escort

2. Breakdown vehicle

3. Parade Control Vehicle

4. Band of the Royal Marines, H.M.S Ganges

5. The Tulip Queen and her two attendants

6. Springtime entered by Messrs. Stassen Ltd

7. Diamond Jubilee entered by the National Union of Agricultural Workers

8. Leisure and Pleasure entered by Garden News

9. Beauty and Elegance entered by Margaret of Broad Street

10. The Kibworth Band, Leicestershire

11. Parade Control Vehicle

12. No4 regional Band of the Royal Air Force

13. Adam's Showboat entered by Geo. Adams & Sons

14. Swan Lake entered by the Lowland Bulb Co

15. Flamingo entered by the British Sugar Corporation

16. Gleed Frolics entered by the Spalding Gleed Girls School

17. 50 Years of Cubbing entered by Spalding & District Cubs

18. Noddy in Tulipland entered by Spalding Young Farmers

19. Fisherman's Desire entered by A.Oliver & Sons

20. The Peterborough Highland Band

21. Parade control vehicle

22. Spalding British Legion Band

23. M.V.Geestcape entered by Geest Industries

24. British Pork & Bacon entered by The Pig Industry

25. A Coach Fantasy entered by West Pinchbeck Village

26. Spalding Salvation Army Citadel band

27. Wheels of Time entered by Ground's Transport Services Ltd

28. Celebrating 100 Years of Wedded Bliss entered by the Potato Marketing Board

29. Times Change entered by the Savings Committee

30. Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd Recreational Club Pipe Band from Corby

31. Breakdown vehicle