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Northampton Carnival Parade Programme, 1954, pages 6 and 7

Parade and Entries (Not in order of Procession)

Pilot Car: John Williamson, Esq., C.B.E. (Chief Constable)

The Mayor and Mayoress, Officials Cars, Northampton New Imperial Band and Northampton Town Band, band of The Northampton Army Cadet Force, Band of The Northampton Battalion Boys' Brigade, Northampton Fire Service, Northampton Auxiliary Fire Service, St. John Ambulance Team, Amplification Van: R. L. Timms, Northampton.

Amplification Van: A.A. Boote, Banbury, Collecting Tableau: Northampton Rotary Club, Demonstration and Collecting Lorry: Northampton and County Amateur Athletic Association, Northampton Corporation: Borough Engineer's and Surveyor's Department: Kitchen Waste and Salvage Tableau, Collecting Lorry: Derngate Motor Co. Ltd., Escort Car: Arthur Mulliner Ltd., Northamptonshire County Council: Road Safety Committee Address Van.

Entries (At the time of going to press)

Class 1 Individual Walking Fancy Get-up, Comic or Characteristic. Children under 7 years of age (One Competitor only - Parent may accompany).
1st Prize £1 10s. 2nd £1. 3rd 15s.
1 Ferd'nand - Michael Miller
2 Topsy - June wood
3 Carnival "Cake" - Ann Dickens
4 Cowboy - Terry Morris
5 Bird - Merrill Clarke
6 Safety First - David A. Thoroughgood
7 Nell Gwynne - Sandra Edwards 
8 King Penguin - Ian P. Maryan

Class 2 Individual Walking Fancy Get-up, Comic or Characteristic. Children aged 8-16 years (One Competitor only)
1st Prize £2 2nd £1 10s. 3rd £1
1 Slave Girl - Maureen G. Cook
2 A Chip Off the old Block - Patricia Rayment
3 safety on the Queen's Highway - June Barford
4 China Girl - Kathleen Miller
5 Marie Antoinette of the Waxworks - Joan Wood
6 Mr. "Dice" - Keith White
7 The Pied Piper of Hamelin - Marlene Goodman
8 A Fan - Hazel J. Knibb
9 Gypsy - Patricia Morris
10 Safety First Girl - Norma Harrison
11 Bird - Vaughan Clarke
12 A Chip Off the Old Block - Anne Hickman
13 Johnnie Walker - Born 1620 - Still Going Strong - Kevin Robinson
14 Miss Marie Lloyd with her old Cock Linnet - Geraldine Robinson
15 Bo-Peep - Wendy Foster
16 Sir Walter Raleigh - William Foster
17 Time Waits for No One - Maureen Rayment
18 The Departed Spirit - Patricia Bell
19 Mexican Pete - Melvin Catton
20 Sir Francis Drake - Peter Catton
21 Red Indian Chief - Alan Lines
22 Sailor Coming Home on Leave - Beryl Langley
23 Sir Gordon Richards - John Willis
24 Spirit of Electricity - Diane K. Vaux
25 Chef - Michael Miller
26 Polly Put the Kettle On - Dinah Tysoe
27 British Railways-No More Strikes, Please - James Tysoe
28 court Jester - Leslie Robinson
29 Georgian Lady - Beryl Robinson
30 Spanish Gipsy Man - Jennifer Wiggins
31 Spanish Gipsy Women - Wendy Funnell
32 Barrow Boy - Calvin Buswell
33 Just William - Robert Wellington
34 Night - Valerie Wiggins
35 Day - Shirley Greenfield
36 Television Topper - Jacqueline Dimmer
37 Spanish Bullfighter - Rita D. Sherwin
38 The Mayor - Roger Darby
39 Civil Defence Nurse - Jennifer Fryer
40 "There's One Performance" - Pat Letts

Class 3 Individual Walking Fancy Get-up. Comic or Characteristic. Adults only. Ladies and Gentlemen.
1st Prize £2 2nd £1 10s. 3rd £1
1 Miss Sweetie - Miss R.P. Cullum
2 Welsh Lady - Mrs. G. Lowe
3 "Protecting Our Crops" - M. Caple
4 Victorian Lady - Miss M. Maltby

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