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PRINCESSES RODE IN THE PROCESSION ON A CAR.

THESE TIGERS REPRESENTED A TIGER IN YOUR TANK FOR POOLMAN'S GARAGE. THEY WOULD WALK BESIDE A CAR AND PRETEND TO BE TIGERS IN THE PROCESSION.

AT THE RECREATION GROUND AT THE END OF THE PROCESSION, THE QUEEN WAS CROWNED (ON THE BACK OF A TRAY TRUCK), WITH A CROWN AND A ROBE. ELLEN WILTSHIRE AT THE FRONT

BUSINESSES AND ORGANISATIONS WERE REPRESENTED WITH A FLOAT THAT THEY MADE THEMSELVES. IT WAS ALWAYS EXCITING AS WE ALL KNEW MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THE FLOATS.

AT NIGHT, THE FUN ALL HAPPENED AT THE AMBULANCE STATION. THE CHOCOLATE WHEEL WAS ALWAYS ON THE FOOTPATH OUTSIDE THE DOOR. INSIDE WERE LONG TABLES WITH OUR BINGO CARD, STEEL PLATES WITH NUMBERS PUNCHED INTO THEM INSIDE EACH INDIVIDUAL SQUARE WITH A HANDLE AT THE TOP AND WITH BOTTLE TOPS TO COVER THE NUMBERS.

EVERY YEAR THE OLEANDER CARNIVAL CAME THROUGH TOWN FROM MAIN BEACH TO THE RECREATION GROUND.

RAISING MONEY FOR THE SWIMMING POOL AT MAIN BEACH WAS THE GOAL OF THE CARNIVAL. THIS IS A FASHION PARADE, DENISE CAMPBELL IS THE MODEL AND KERRY McDONALD WAS THE PRINCESS RAISING THE MONEY. (WELL, HER MOTHER BETTY McDONALD DID ALL OF THE WORK) KERRY JUST HAD TO SHOW UP AT THE FUNCTIONS.