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No 235 : January 30, 1974

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It's Daddy Christmas

Thousands of children (BIG and small) crowded Gladstone Road for the Christmas Parade of 1973. The many and varied floats brought oohs and aahs of appreciation, but Father Christmas got the biggest response of the lot!

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Father Christmas greeting the crowds.

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And then there was this mermaid you see. Mermaid?!!

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All sorts of expressions!

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M.P. Trevor Davey gave the order for the parade to start. (How many people in this part of the crowd? No prizes!)

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And the band played on.

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Of course no parade would be complete without some bikini clad beauties

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Marching girls

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Big Mickey also put in an appearance

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This really is Hugh Kelly

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And this is urn, um . . .

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Is this the Eye In The Sky?

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Well this is Goldie Locks and the three bears, that's for sure!

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Note the delicate balance achieved bv these riders on this tandem for four

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Two of the colourful decorated bikes.

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Saving fuel the hard way.

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Now this does call for precision balancing.

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"Howdy folks! Greetings from Clowniand!"

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"The old grey mare, she ain't wot she used to be! So we got a bay instead"

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"Weel, weel, weel!" (Trying to keep up a tartan accent, ye see!)

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Jack and Jiff never did take that tumble

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