Blossom Parade’s ‘glory days’ return

• Published date: 28 September 2022

“It was an incredible parade for three reasons,” Cr Kevin Watkins said of the colourful parade, which attracted thousands of spectators on Saturday

“Number one was the weather played its part and came right for the parade, and we got all the floats home before it started to rain again.

“Secondly, it was the biggest crowd I have seen in probably 40 years ... it was reminiscent of the glory days of the parade in the 1960s.

“And thirdly, the number of participants and the floats, there was great variation...