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1975
"American Roadshow"
So 1975 was to see the club attempting a hat trick of wins at the Bridgwater, which was something of a rare achievement at the time, even on the past performances from other clubs. An extra incentive was that the cash prize had been increased to £75 for the first place in the local gangs and features section Enthusiasm within the club had never run so high. Cabarets where to be introduced at the Blake hall to boost club funds, together with the continuation of the now established forty-week competitions. Work on the theme entitled American Roadshow was to start early in the year for with such things as guns and spurs to make, no time could be wasted Even the U.S. Embassy in London had taken a keen interest in the theme. That very important thing know as the carnival licence allowed the club to design cowboy outfits with the style and colour that was needed to succeed in the carnival. This also applied to the Indian costumes. These were to be presented with brightly coloured head-dressed made from various types of coloured feathers. The cart was to be of an abstract design featuring such things as shooting stars, totem poles; a large model of a cowboy situated in the centre an Indians head surrounding the front of the float. 1975
Stage 4th position
Stage The stage show entitled Way out west had all the ingredients of a real "Gidee up Tha" cowboy show, featuring an exhibition of gun slinging by Mike "Roy Rogers" Biddiscombe. It should e pointed out that at one stage 
The Cart
5th position
An all time record of 132 entries too part in the procession,  and
together with an estimated crowd of around 80,000 people, a little
over £2,600 was put into the collection boxes. As the float entitled
American Roadshow passed the market house, a large U.S. flag could
be seen flying proudly outside the pub. All the members must have
felt as proud as they passed there headquarter. However the hat
trick was not to be. Technical errors in the constuction of the
float, mainly in being overcrowded, resulted in the club being placed
5th. Mr. & Mrs p. Taylor M Butt C Mockridge Officials of
the Club 1975 Road Results
1st Gremlins CC, The World of Hans Christian
Anderson
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) |