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Northampton Carnival Parade programme, 1956, page 12 and inside back cover

PAGE 12:

ENTRIES
15. Traders’ Decorated Advertisement Get-Up
Horse-drawn Vehicle, Car, Wan, Lorry, etc.
1st Prize £7 7s.      2nd £5 5s.     3nd £3 3s.
1. Decorated Motor Vehicle- Weetabix Ltd.
2. Warriors Attack on Milk Festival (A Fantasy)- Mrs Grace Richards for Brampton Dairies Ltd.
3. Advertisement Get-Up Staughton’s (Corn, Coal and Fertilizers) Ltd.
4. Your Salvage is still needed- Borough Engineer’s Dept.
5. Gas Appliances Advertisement- East Midlands Gas Board
6. Decorated Trade Vehicle – E. J. Richardson
7. Fashion Through the Ages- Brook Manufacturing Co. (Northampton)
8. Traders Decorated Advertisement Get-Up – W.C. Cooke, Ltd., Kettering
9. The 57 Varieties- H.J. Heinz Co., Ltd.
10. Decorated Lorry- Retail Fruit Trade Federation 
11. Traders Decorated Advertisement Get-Up – Mac Fisheries
12. Order of the Bath- Travis and Arnold, Ltd.
13. Model “T” Ford- T. Wall and Sons Ltd.
14. Decorated Lorry- A. R. and W. Cleaver. Lts
15. Happy Dog Display Unit- Spratt’s Patent. Ltd.
16. Traders Decorated Advertisement Get-Up- p. Phipps and Co. Ltd.
17. Cavalcade of Banking, 1856-1956- W. Q. and T. R. Adams, Ltd.
18. Advertisement Get-Up- Spencer Gunn Ltd.
19. “Rest Assured”- Rest Assured Upholstery and Mattress Companies
20. At Your Service- Northamptonshire Farmers, Ltd.
21. Advertisement Lorry- Rubber Improvement Ltd.
22. Display Vehicle- John Player and Sons
16. Groups of any Cycling or Motor Cycling Club
(Not less than six in group). Prizes will be awarded for the most attractive displays, the Judges taking into consideration the rider’s costume and the effect produced by the decoration of Cycles and/or Motor Cycles as well as riders.
1st Prize £7 7s.      2nd £5 5s.     3nd £3 3s.
1. Comedy- Cycle- Mr F. Higginson
2. History Up-to-Date (Farce) – Invicta Road Club

17. Nondescript Class.
For Entries not acceptable in any other class (e.g. Old Crock Cars, Decorated Prams, Farm Tractors, etc.)
1st Prize £4.      2nd £3.     3nd £2.
1. Children’s Ward- Mr A. Abbott
2.                      – Youth Hostels Association (Northampton Area)
3. Model of R.M.S. Queen Mary- Mr B. J. Haddon
4. Pitsford Reservoir, 1957- Pitsford and District Young Farmers’ Club
5. Happy Birthday to You- Mr H. L. Cooper
6. Nodescripts- The Derngate Motor Co. Ltd
7. Ye Merrie Comrades of Olde- D.F. Knight
8. Brafield Badgers- Michael Love and Martin Robinson
9, 1910 And All That- Fenland Garages (Brixworth) Ltd.
10. Past and Present- St John Ambulance Cadets

W.Q &T.R. Adams Ltd.
Northampton
We’ve been making bread for a hundred years
And it hasn’t been a day too much
We’re making bread much better than ever
Tell  this to you “Dear Old Dutch”
(With apologies to Maurice Chevalier)
Sorry Maurice, but the tale is too good to be missed)

INSIDE BACK COVER:

ENTIRES:
Special Road Safety Classes
The Prizes have been awarded by the Town and County Road Safety Committees

18. Individual Walking Get-Up
Children under 15 years of age
1st Prize £2.      2nd £1 10s.     3nd £1.
1. Motorist Beware- Joan Wood
2. This is Your Life- Patricia Barford
3. Little Turk- Paul A. Higgerson
4. Automation- Ian J Higgerson

20. Individual Walking Get-Up
Persons over 15 years of age
1st Prize £3.      2nd £2.     3nd £1.
1. “Ales” Angel – Mr Robert Berrill

21. Decorated Get-up on Cycle
Persons over 15 years of age
1st Prize £3.      2nd £2.     3nd £1.
1. “Oh my Marilyn” on Tour- David Beech
2. Young and Foolish- Leonard Moore
3. Death and Your Child – Mr. A.J. Butcher, Invicta Road Club
4. Comedy Undertaker- Mr G. Bates
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