Originally Posted by
collegepudding
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I remember the Floats were stored in yards in Crown Street prior to the procession , all manner of wagons were used including coal wagons, I have a Pantosphinx mag from about the Mid sixties I think. Some of the jokes are hilarious, if I recall correctly in this mag it stated Panto Balls would be held in both the Grafton ,Liverpool and the Tower Ballroom New Brighton . ....
To show how involved the floats were, here is the winning float from 1966 made by Gladstone Hall.
IIRC it was built on a flat trailer (no power) and pulled by 50 students dressed as red indians.
My photo from the Feb 22, 1966 Guild Gazette -
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I apologize for the "picture of a picture" but the original was too large for my scanner. The final quality is not too bad though.
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