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1970 Procession

Tableaux Cart – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
LANCERS OF INDIA
Town Council Employees CC, Bridgwater
1
IOLANTHE
Coates Fencing CC, Bridgwater
3
STINGRAY
Hinkley Point CC, Bridgwater
4
JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
Devonshire CC, Bridgwater
5


Tableaux Cart – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
CLEOPATRA’S BARGE
Express Dairy Social Club, Frome
1
FLORIAL PAGEANTRY
King William CC, Glastonbury
2
THE ROYAL ELIZABETHAN BARGE
Unigate CC, Wells
3
REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE OF HENRY VIII
Mendip Hospital Social Club, Wells
4
U.S.S. ENTERPRISE
Revellers CC, North Petherrton
4


Feature Cart – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI
Commercial CC, Bridgwater
3
CIRCUS EXTRAVAGANZA
4
GNOMES OF THE GARDEN – ANNUAL OUTING
5
PRADO IL PALLIO – PARADE OF THE BANNERS
Pig & Whistle CC, Bridgwater
6
OLIVER TWIST
7
TRIBUTE TO WALT DISNEY
Hope Inn CC, Bridgwater
8
NOAH’S ARK
Wellworthy CC, Bridgwater
9
JOLLY JESTERS
Golden Lion CC, Bridgwater
10
CALL OF THE TARTAN
Suffragettes CC, Bridgwater
11
OCEANS HEROES
Black Horse CC, Bridgwater
12
SUMMERTIME
Fairfax CC, Bridgwater
13


Feature – (Five Or More On Foot)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
BRIDGWATER COWS
Shellsparks CC, Bridgwater
1
THE PIED PIPER VISITS DUMPTY LAND
2
WERZ U BYN
J Baker & Co.,
3
THE WAR BETWEEN THE MINI AND THE MAXI
J Woodrow & Co., Bridgwater
4


Feature Cart – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
Wick YFCC, Glastonbury
2
ALICE’S DREAM
Walton CC, Street
3


Trade Exhibit – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
HOLIDAYS IN SPAIN
Ken Richards Coaches, Bridgwater
1
COATES GARDEN CENTRE
Bridgwater
2
AT YOUR SERVICE
Bridgwater Motor Co. Ltd
3


Trade Exhibit – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
AN ANTIQUE PRINT WORKS
H & J Stephens & Co., North Petherton
1
LEISURE LIVING
John Snow & Co., Glastonbury
2
INTERPLANETARY HIGHWAYS
Phoenix Engineering Co., Chard
3


Comic Feature Mounted

Title
Club
Position
Cup
JUMBO JET JUNGLE TERMINUS
R Salter, Watchfield
1
SNOW WHITE’S MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Middlezoy CC, Middlezoy
2
THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE
Bishop’s Lydeard Amateur Dramatic Society
3


Masquerader on Foot – Adult

Title
Club
Position
Cup
ENGLAND FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS, OR NO HIJACK HERE
Ken Bailey, Bournemouth
1
ZULU CHIEF
E Harris, Wells
2
THE ROYAL EGYPT REGIMENT E.R.
Jack White, Bridgwater
3
THE CHARIOT RACE OF BEN HUR
H Richards, Bridgwater
4


Feature – Juvenile (Mounted or on Foot)

Title
Club
Position
Cup
LADIES’ OF TV
M Bell, Bridgwater
1
BRING ‘EM BACK
Dale & Carlton Williams, Bridgwater
2
CHIP MONKS
Stephen & Paul Warren
3
SPANISH GIPSIES
S Pratt & Co.
4


Masquerader on Foot – Juvenile

Title
Club
Position
Cup
THE WONDER BIRD
Mark Broomfield, Colyton
1
MY LORD MAYOR
Andrew Thorne, Pawlett
2
ANDY PANDY
Andrew Watts, North Petherton
3
KING ALFRED THE GREAT
Mark Whittle, Shepton Mallet
4


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