Flower Parade - Timeline - South Holland Heritage

Theme/Event	Year	Queen	Chairman	Video	Queen Photo	Programme	Photographs	More info
	Early 1900's
	1929			Click				Click
	1932			Click				Click
CECIL ROBINSON'S NURSERIES	1934			Click
FLOWERS OF THE FENS	1935			Click
	1940			Click
	1948			Click
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	1950	Joan Roberts		Click
	1951	Joyce Lister,
Tulip Time and first programme	1952	Beryl Patrick,				Click		Click
Tulip Time	1953	Jean Lambert				Click		Route
	1954	Pat Stacey
	1955	Janet Naylor						Click
	1956	Janice Grimwood						Click
	1957	Norma Foulsham
	1958	Janet Bray		Click				Click
	1959	Jill Whitehouse		Click		Click		Click
The Splendour of Spring	1960			Click		Click		Click
Fairy Tales in Colour	1961	Miss Norah Woods and her attendants Miss Megan Read, and Miss Davina Renoden		Click		Click	Click	Click
Melody in Flowers	1962			Click				Click
World in Flowers	1963	Rose Crunkhorn		Click Click		Click	Click	Click
Joy in Flowers	1964	Joyce Green				Click	Click	Click
Fantasy in Flowers	1965	Monica Theaker		Click		Click	Click	Click
Frolics in Flowers	1966	Dawn Stockdale				Click	Click	Click
Beauty in Flowers	1967	Ellean Flavell		Click Click		Click	Click	Click
10 Glorous Years of Flowers	1968	Elizabeth Barker		Click Click		Click		Click
Charming Spring	1969	Judith Smith		Click Click		Click		Click
Toward a New World	1970	Jane Hazeldine		Click Click		Click	Click	Click
Jewels of Spring	1971	Susan Martin		Click		Click		Click
Tulipman - Celebrating 400 years of the Tulip	1972	Audrey Spriggs		click		Click	Click	Click
The Famous Disney Flower Parade	1973	Maureen Cousins		Click		Click	Click	Click
Wildlife in Flowers	1974	Claire Parker		Click click				Click
The World about us	1975	Elaine Packard		Click		Click		Click
	1976	Kim Waters		Click Click				Click
A Celebration of the Queens Silver Jubilee	1977	Judy Beba		Click				Click
The Circus Comes to Town	1978	Liz Shotbolt				click		Click Click
21st Spalding Flower Parade	1979	Mandy Adcock		Click part 1 Click part 2		Click		Click
Past Lives Project	1980	Valerie Whitworth		Click			Click	Click
Film Titles	1981	Geraldine Davis	Rob Teeuw	Click		Click	Click	Click
Maritime England Tulip Time	1982	Doreen Murray				Click	Click ClickNews	Click
Tulip Time Let's go and grow	1983	Wendy Johnson				Click	Click	Click
Tulip Time Heritage	1984	Sharon Holmes		Click		click	Click	Click
Tulip Time British Film Time	1985	Helen Drake		Click		Click	Click	Click
Tulip Time - Funtime	1986	Helen Cave		Click		Click	Click	Click Queen Mum Visit
Party Time	1987	Lisa O Dell				Click	Click	Click
30 years to Floral Entertainment	1988	Sally Atkins				Click	Click	Click
Flower Fiesta	1989			Click				Click
Say it with Flowers	1990						Click	Click
Children’s Fiesta	1991	Vicki Wadsworth, deputy Julie Garth		Click		click	Click	Click
Flowers on Parade	1992	Sarah Crampton and deputy Joanne Higgins		Click Special Trains		Click	Click	Click
The Heart of the Fens	1993	Caroline Anning		Click		Click		Click Toni Cardillo Miss Lincolnshire Free Press
Mother Earth	1994	Joanna Green, Deputy Penny Cooper and Miss Spalding Guardian - Rachael Uffindell				Click		Click
World of Books	1995	Miss Spalding Guardian Amanda Smith, Flower Queen Tracey Markham and Deputy Rachael Murray				Click	Click	Click
Growing for Gold	1996	Michelle Clayton				Click		Click
Children's World	1997	Joanna Hiigins,				Click		Click
Celebration Time	1998	Margaret Hawkins and deputy Clare Woolley				Click		Click
20th Century Parade	1999	Sam Nelson and Emma Hibbins Deputy				Click		Click
Year 2000 The New Millenium	2000	Alison Reed				Click		Click
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Myths and Legends	2002	Clare Platt				Click		Click
Musical on Parade	2003	Vicki Gardner				Click	Jan'sPhoto	Click
TV Memories	2004	Vickie Chapman		Click		Click		click
Anything Goes	2005							Tulip Fields
A Date to Celebrate	2006	Lara Crowson		Click		Click	Click
Planet Earth	2007	Rebecca Rayner		Click		Click	Jan Entertainments	Newspaper
Thanks for the Memories	2008	Katie Morton		Click Click Click Crowning			Click
Floral Cavalcade	2009	Amy Coates		Click Partt i Click Part 2		Click		Click
Screen Heroes	2010			Click
British Icon	2011	Daisy Ivatt		Click
Food Glorious Food	2012	Amy Harrison		Click Click		Click		Click
Let's Celebrate	2013	Inca Honnor		Click Click		Click	JanPhotos	Click Click
People's Parade	2014
People's Parade	2015			Click				Click
Flower Parade Construction				Click
Flower Parade Com	1987 t0 2013			Click	The Parade started in 1959 and by 1987 was probably past the height of its popularity. I experenced it for the first time as a Spalding resident in 1989. This video shows slide show highlights and video clips from 17 of the last 26 years culminating in the last parade in 2013.
"Looking Back 1959 - 2008"	1959 to 2008			Click	A trailer of the Photo Colour SlideShow on DVD of the world-famous Spalding Flower Parade. Tthe full version contains over 250 full-colour photos from the 50 years of the Parade accompanied by music from the album 'Tulips'.
40 Floral Years	40 years begining 1959			Click
Maling a Float	2012			Click
Flower Parade Construction				Click

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