More Info →Floral Parade - Palmerston North Outdoor Skating Club Float

Description

The Floral Festival was a weeklong series of events organised by the Palmerston North Public Relations Organisation between the 17th and 22nd of February 1958. The events were well attended, and many businesses got into the spirit of the occasion with floral themed window displays, quizzes, fashion shows and film festival showings. The event was topped off by the parade, attended by hundreds of people along the route.

This image from the 1958 Floral Festival likely depicts the Palmerston North Outdoor Roller Skating Club's float in the parade. (The Manawatu Indoor Roller Skating Club also entered a float.)

The Manawatu Evening Standard (on 24 February 1958) reported "Another aspect of graceful art is roller skating, and many title-holders demonstrated their skill to an enthusiastic audience."

After the festival, The Standard reported (25 February 1958) "Many people have congratulated Mr Beckett [Public Relations Officer] and his assistant Miss B. Norman, on the success of the Floral Festival which brought to the city visitors from over a wide area. With the influx of these visitors trade in the local retail stores automatically quickened in tempo, and it would appear that the festival did much for Palmerston North."

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

2014-26

Date

February 22, 1958

Digitisation ID

2022S_2014-26_038780

Format

Slide