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1972
"On the Mississippi"
1972 was to see the club change headquarters to the Market House Inn for what turned out to be the six move in the first 12 years. It was then necessary for the new club title to be excepted at the Annual General Meeting of the carnival committee thus finalizing our present name (it should be pointed out that the carnival club still had to enter in the 1972 Carnival as the commercial club). Difficulties were also encountered in finding a sight to build the float, but the club finally ended up at the Council Yard in All Saints terrace. The idea this year was to design and build a scaled down version of that famous Mississippi Showboat "The St. Louis Bell". Communication was made with Alan Lawrence Bates of Kentucky USA, who was considered to be the world's leading experts on Showboats. Even when scaled down to suit the size of the cart, the funnels towering above the top of the boat made the total height around 33 feet with a total length to the float of about 60 feet. Again some two thousand bulbs were to be used, creating a very bright and colorful float. 1972
stage 5th position
The stage setting for "On the Mississippi" was centered around the bridge of the  "St.
Louis Bell". Without a doubt, the keynote of the show was
the superb chorusing throughout the non- stop Medley the
contrasting colors of the crew assisted in making this a
very bright colored setting. The dance routines were very
slick as the club sang their way through such numbers as
"Swanee", "Waiting for the Robert E Lee", "The Yellow Rose
of Texas", and then into a States Medley including "Dixieland".
The
cart 3rd position
Marketeers would like to thank the CARNIVAL CHRONICLE WEBSITE GROUP for leting us use photos from the Bill Puddy  An
estimated 70 thousand people were to watch the  procession,
making up a record Street collection of £888. This was also
the year that H. T. V. Made a documentary based
on the Carnival entitled "The night the all electric road
show came to town". The two tear version of the "St. Louis
Bell" really took the procession by storm. It's splash of
color and the almost military position of the members really
warmed the crowd on that cold November evening, and for
the Third time the club was awarded the Walter hooper cup
and third place. Officials
of the club
Presidents Mr. and Mrs. P Taylor Chairman B Evett Treasure C Hocking Secretary R Stoodley Captain G Dunster 1972
Road Results
Bridgwater 1st Ramblers club "Showband" 2nd Gremlins club "From the Underworld" 3rd Commercial club "On the Mississippi" North Petherton 1st Commercial club "On the Mississippi" 2nd Ramblers club "Showband" 3rd Vagabonds club "The conquistadors" Burnham and Highbridge 1st Ramblers club "Showband" 2nd Gremlins club "From the Underworld" 3rd Commercial club "On the Mississippi" Shepton Mallet 1st Ramblers club "Showband" 2nd Commercial club "On the Mississippi" 3rd Gremlins club "From the Underworld" Wells 1st Gremlins club "From the Underworld" 2nd Ramblers club "Showband" 3rd Burnham Aces club "life in the Netherlands" Glastonbury 1st Commercial club "On the Mississippi" 2nd Gremlins club "From the Underworld" 3rd Ramblers club "Showband" Weston Super Mare 1st Ramblers club "Showband" 2nd Gremlins club "From the Underworld" 3rd Commercial club "On the Mississippi" Footnote Decimalisation
had now been introduced and a 1/4 lb. Of tea was now 7p.
With a1/2 l b. Of butter at 101/2 P.
Marketeers would like to thank the CARNIVAL CHRONICLE WEBSITE GROUP for leting us use photos from the Bill Puddy on this page Taken from the book
THE HISTORY OF MARKETEERS CARNIVAL CLUB 1960 - 1980 WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY DAVE STONE With grateful thanks to Bob Chidgey, Lyn Gore, Andy Bawden, John Williams, Malcolm Wills, Chris Hocking and Gerrard Dunster Without whom this book would not have been possible Transferred to the web By David Kirk Jnr (Jones) |