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• ANTONIA Muir as Angelina Ballerina. Ref: GS04 (wk37)

• TERRY Bailey as Dr Who, with daughter Rachel as a Cyber Man and granddaughter Sophie as one of the infamous Daleks. Pic ref: GS03 (wk37)

Bideford Carnival Parade

PICTURES BY GEOFF STADDON
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THOUSANDS of people turned out to see Bideford’s carnival parade and the sight and sounds of massed pipes and drums representing 11 different bands.

One of the biggest crowds of recent years lined the quayside and the town’s streets as the colourful procession passed by. Many stayed on after the carnival was over for a performance by the massed bands of well over 100 musicians from across the country.

The evening of entertainment, which raised funds for a breast cancer charity, ended with a fireworks display.

Carnival honours went to East-the-Water Primary School with a depiction of Planet Earth in which children dressed as a variety of creatures in jungle, desert, sea and arctic settings. It took both the overall trophy and the children’s section award.

Overall runners-up and winners of the carnival’s special television theme were Bideford St John Ambulance Brigade and its look at the children’s television programme CBeebies.

Other colourful, comical and topical entries made it one of the best parades in recent years, with a welter of walking characters supporting the main floats.

Carnival organiser Mike Harper said: “It was a brilliant day, the weather was kind to us, thousands of people turned out to support the carnival and the massed bands.

“I would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who took part, and I hope they’ll all take part again next year. It was an amazing feeling having so many pipers there and we are already expecting to have more next year.

“To the pipe bands of the region, Bideford has become the big annual meeting place. The people give them such a warm welcome and they seem to enjoy coming”

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	• Leroy Muir is Superman. Ref: GS19 (wk37)	• MARISA Littlejohns as Zebedee. Pic ref: GS05
• Klingon warrior Christine Southern Pic Ref: GS18 (wk37)	• CAITLIN Gubb as Andy Pandy. Pic ref: GS01 (wk37)	• ANDREW Heywood as Ozzy Osbourne. Pic Ref: GS18(wk37)
• ALICE and Zach McMurray as Postman pat and Jess. Pic ref: GS15 (wk37)	• THE FLINTSTONES – Patricia Cook, Libby and Hettie Gifford and Andrew Shaddick. Pic ref: GS09 (wk37)	• GREASE is the word: so say Buckland Brewer Young Farmers’ Club. Pic ref: GS17 (wk37)
• Christmas comes early! Ref: xmas-tree (wk37)	• Teddy Bears Picnic. Ref: Teddy-Bears (wk37)	• SUZANNE De Winter as TV character Stephanie of Lazytown. Pic ref: GS10 (wk37)
• Abbotsham School pupils Jack Daniel, Jenny Brookes, Amelia-Rose Daniel, Sophie Gibbet and Shannon Howell, winners of the children’s walking competition. Pic Ref: GS22 (wk37)	• Penguins, seals and polar bears make up an arctic theme from East-The-Water school. Ref: East-Water-arctic (wk37)	• OVERALL CHAMPIONS: East-The-Water school, who depicted Planet Earth on their float. Pic ref: GS08 (wk37)
• Ref: gardener (wk37)	• Lewis Pillman, Branden Slade and Corey Pillman promote recycling. Ref: Recycle (wk37)	• Ref: Spanish (wk37)

• Battle of Britain by Bideford ATC. Ref: Aeroplanes (wk37)	• Ref: Sea-cadets (wk37)

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