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Tableaux – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
CRUSADERS
Wilmot Breedons CC, Bridgwater
1
THE LEGEND OF THE WILLOW PATTERN
Highbridge Bacon Factory Employees CC
2
RED RIDING HOOD
T Lansdowne & Co., Wells
3
GIPSY SERENADE
Caswell & Co., Spaxton
4


Comic Features on Foot

Title
Club
Position
Cup
SHEIK’S OF ARABY
Bull & Butcher CC, Bridgwater
1
BRIDGWATER QUAYSIDE COPS
Kings Arms CC, Bridgwater
2
THE WEDDING OF BRIDGWATER’S LITTLE PRINCESS
Crowpill Sports CC, Bridgwater
3
HAPPY WANDERERS
Pier Head CC, Minehead
4


Groups of Masqueraders – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
Golden Lion CC, Bridgwater
1
THE RED DEVILS
Hope Inn CC, Bridgwater
2
THE MODERN MINSTREL MEN – THE BANJO’S BACK IN TOWN
3
GAY PEARLIES
4
MISSISSIPPI SHOWBOAT
4
H.M.S. CARNIVAL
Roberts Bros. CC, Bridgwater
6
EASTERN FANTASIES
Cardiff Arms CC, Bridgwater
7


Feature – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
NURSERY CORNER
CW, Webber & Co., Currypool Mills, Cannington
1
THE ROADSTERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Fairford Road CC, Highbridge
2
INSIDE INFORMATION
Highbridge YFC CC, Highbridge
3
BEAUTY PARLOUR
Wells & Glastonbury YFC CC
4


Juvenile Feature – Five Or More – Mounted Or On Foot

Title
Club
Position
Cup
KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD
R Slocombe and Company, Bridgwater
1


Single Masquerader on Foot – Adult

Title
Club
Position
Cup
PARISIEN MADAME
LJ Corbett, Exeter
1
NIPPED OUT FOR THE CARNIVAL
FJ Horne, Burnham on Sea
2
AT THE END OF A PERFECT DAY
C Haddon, North Petherton
3
TRAMP
D Cox, Yeovil
4


Trade Exhibit – Open

Title
Club
Position
Cup
LONGSHIPS LIGHTHOUSE
Western National, Exeter
1
ARTISTIC THATCH
AW Rice, Broadclyst
2
ANY WEATHER – “CORONA WEATHER”
Corona Drinks, Taunton
3


Single Masquerader on Foot – Juvenile

Title
Club
Position
Cup
THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
Jean Barnett, Cannington
1
LITTLE BO PEEP
Susan Wigley, North Petherton
1
JAPANESE LADY
Denise Kelly, Bridgwater
3
GRUMPY
Laurie Kelly, Bridgwater
3
CLAIRVOYANT
Stella Kelly, Bridgwater
3


Gangs – Local

Title
Club
Position
Cup
LEGEND OF THE THREE PRINCES
Kraft CC, Bridgwater
2
BROKEN CRYSTAL
Starkey, Knight and Ford CC, Bridgwater
3
CARNIVAL REMINISCENCES
4
WOODEN HORSE OF TROY
Cryptonians CC, Bridgwater
4


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