Spalding Flower Parade
1985

The theme for the 1985 Spalding Flower Parade was 'British film year'

Helen Drake (19) was Miss Tulipland.

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The 27th Spalding Flower Parade was held on Saturday 4th May and the floats left the Sir Halley Stewart Field at 1.30pm.

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The parade consisted of:

1. Belvoir Castle Jousters

2. Romsey Old Cadets Association

3. Miss Tulipland

4. Super Ted Cares entered by East Midlands Electricity Board

5. Marching and Concert Band of Braintree

6. Peter pan entered by CIS Pilkington

7. Popeye entered by National Farmers Union

8. 13th City of Coventry Scout Group Marching Band

9. Eastwood Arcadians Band

10. Mary Poppins entered by British Sugar Corporation

11. Breakdown vehicle

12. Long Sutton & District Veteran Cycle Club

13. Melton Mowbray Tally-Ho Band

14. The Greatest Show on Earth entered by the Leeds Permanent Building Society

15. Romford Royal British Legion Boys Band & Corps of drums

16. Anthony & Cleopatra entered by George Adamas

17. Chariots of Fire entered by British Rail

18. Hasland Drum Corps

19. Dumbo entered by Lingarden

20. Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang entered by Young Farmers

21. Breakdown vehicle

22. Ely City Military band

23. Follow the Yellow Brick Road entered by the Halifax Building Society

24. The Jungle Book entered by Geest Industries

25. Derby Serenaders Show band

26. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs entered by the Midland Bank

27. E.T entered by British Telecom

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