Pictures of the Jersey Battle of Flowers 1951-

Jersey Battle of Flowers 1951-

We have not been able to identify the source of all these photographs but believe that the majority are Evening Post/Jersey Evening Post pictures

1951-1960

A giant candle was erected for the 1951 Battle

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  1955 programme
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  1956 programme

The crowd joins in the post-parade 'battle', a practice which was stopped when the poor behaviour of young men made it dangerous

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  Said to be 1950, but the Battle of Flowers was not revived until 1951. And it must be later because the 1951 arch was a different design. The date on the arch probably reads 1959
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  The Women's Institute won the top prize of the Prix d'Honneur when the event resumed in 1951
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  Visiting personality Petula Clark in 1951
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  1951
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  A German newspaper agency photograph from 1951
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  Florence Bechelet made her first of many appearances as an exhibitor in 1951
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  1951
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  The 1950s
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  Back to the Avenue in 1951
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  Back to the Avenue in 1951
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  Back to the Avenue in 1951
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  The arch at the entrance to the Avenue under construction in 1951
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  The finished 1951 arch
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  Battle personality Petula Clark in 1951
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Prix d'Honneur winning float in 1956

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  Another photograph of Petula Clark
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  Back to the Avenue in 1951
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  1951
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  St Saviour's parish float in 1951
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  Women's Institute float in 1951
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  1952
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  1952:'Miss Junior Battle of Flowers' Gillian Le Marquand in the back of the coach, driver Jill Le Caudy, and Mary Le Marquand was leading the pony, little Shirley.
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  Telephones Department float in 1953
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  1953
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  1957
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  Margaret O'Brien in a floral shell in 1958
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  1958
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  Majorettes in 1952
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  A float in the 1950s
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  Breton folk dancers in a 1950s event

The Young Farmers Club won the top award in 1954

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  1952
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  The 1952 Battle of Flowers
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  A float entered in 1953 by the Aberfeldy Hotel
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  1953
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  1954
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  Young farmers win the top award in the Battle of Flowers in 1954
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  Anthony Steele, Mr Battle in 1954
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  The 1954 Battle of Flowers
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  The 1954 Battle of Flowers
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  The 1955 Battle of Flowers
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  1955
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  1955

The Italian town of San Remo entered a 'Happy Gardeners' float in 1959

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  1955
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  1955
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  1955
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  1955
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  A winning float in 1955
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  Anna Neagle, visiting personality in 1956
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  1956 programme
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  Jersey Swimming Club 1956 entry
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  Telephones staff entry in 1956
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  1956
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  1956
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  1956
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  1956
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  Queuing for tickets at Noel and Porter in King Street in 1957
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  The 1957 Battle of Flowers
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  1957
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  Jersey Swimming Club entry in 1957
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  1958
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  1958
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  1959

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  Evening Post photograph of the arena in 1955 ...
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  ... and, thanks to AI, what it looked like on the day in colour

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  Diving Belles, a 1952 float
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  1950s
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  Another picture from 1960
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  Birds of Paradise
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  A spaceship
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  An elephant
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  Marshals on their way to the arena
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  1950s
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  Bigheads in 1960
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  The crowd in 1958
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  1958
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  1957 - picture courtesy of Falles Garages
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  1957
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  1958
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  1958
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1961-1970

Cinderella, 1969

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  1959
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  1960
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  The arena in the 1960s
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  1960s
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  The 1960 Battle of Flowers
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  A float in 1961
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  1961
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  St Brelade float in 1961 from Illustrated London News
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  Chamber of Commerce float in 1961 from Illustrated London News
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  1962
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  1963
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  Petals from Heaven brought the 1964 Battle to a close - Picture Evening Post
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  Another picture of a 1960s finale
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  Trinity float in 1965
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  1965
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  1966
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  1966
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  1966 bikini girl
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  Jersey Evening Post picture of 1967
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  Melody Time, a colourful float
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  1967
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  1968
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  1968
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  A 1968 float
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  A funfair in the 1960s
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  In the 1960s
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  1960s
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  Petals from Heaven finale
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  Harlequin Scooter Club, 1964
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  A 1964 float
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  A float celebrating Manchester United's European Cup triumph in 1968
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  1965
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  1968
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  1960s
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  1967
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  1967
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  A float parked at La Rocque in 1967
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  The 'bigheads' were a popular feature of the Battle parade in the 1960s
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  1960s
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  1964

1964 pictures from Pathe newsreel

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1971-1980

Petals from Heaven climax to a 1970s Battle

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  Erecting a grandstand in the 1970s
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  1971 floats: Left, St Martin with Vanessa Le Blond; right, Grouville with Sue Goodridge
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  St Clement float in 1971
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  A commercial float in 1971
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  The 1972 Battle of Flowers
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  1970s
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  The 1979 Battle of Flowers
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  1974
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  1974
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  1977
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  1978
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  1978
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  1978
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  Preparing the arena in 1977
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  Tickets go on sale in King Street in 1977
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  1970s float
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  'Petals from Heaven' were dropped from an overflying aircraft in the '70s, until a sack failed to open, narrowly missing spectators
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  1978
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  1980 programme
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  1980 entry
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  1973
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  1975
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  1975

1981-1990

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  The 1984 Battle of Flowers
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  A postcard of a Battle float in the 1980s
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  Good Companions Club members in 1982
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  1982
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  A Grouville parish float parked at La Rocque after the event
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  1985

1983

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1991-2000

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  The 1991 Battle on a phonecard
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  The 1992 Battle on a phonecard
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  The 2000 Battle of Flowers
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  1991 float

2001-

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  The 2002 Battle of Flowers
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  The 2004 Battle of Flowers
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  The 2006 Battle of Flowers
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  The 2006 Battle
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  The 2007 Battle of Flowers moonlight parade
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  Red Arrows, 2008
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  2010
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  2010
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  2010
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  2012
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  2012
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  2014
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  2014
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  2024
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  2024
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  2024

Preparations

Eight Jersey Evening Post photographs of Battle eve preparation work

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  1977
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  1978
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  1978
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  1978 - with Coronation Street actor William Roach (Ken Barlow)
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  1980

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