Blossom Festival Throne, 1979. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Big Time Town float, 1971. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

An event at 1983's Blossom Festival with a Scottish flavour was haggis hurling and about to throw his haggis is Mr Graeme Anderson representing Alexandra Lions. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Alexandra Blossom Festival Clowns, 1989. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

The Swimming Club "New Baths" float in the annual Blossom festival held in Alexandra, 1959, shows a model of Alexandra's new Centenniel Pool. Seated at top is 'princess' Kaylene Smith. Photo published ODT Sept 28 1959. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Hundreds of people lined Centennial Avenue in 1977 to watch the Coming of Age Blossom Festival procession. 21 floats, four bands, marching teams and the vintage car club took part in the procession. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

" The Good Ship Lollipop" was the winning float in the Alexandra Blossom Festival procession in 1979. With peppermint stick masts, candy floss sails and a rock candy hull, the ship sailed its princess, Cindy Oliver, to the festival queen's throne. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Windmill land . . . A float in the parade in the second annual Alexandra Blossom Festival, in 1958, celebrates the local Dutch community. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

In 1984, the Alexandra Plunket Mothers float, Strawberry Shortcake, gained first place by popular vote. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Underground, overground . . . No parade in the mid-'70s would be complete without an appearance by the Wombles, pictured in 1976. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

The Alexandra Lions Club's float Dresden China was awarded the prize for the most artistic float at the twenty - second Blossom Festival in Alexandra over the weekend. The float's princess, Julie Taylor, was later crowned Blossom Festival Queen for 1978. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

It was standing room only in 1987 as hundreds of people attended the side-shows operating next to Molyneux Park. Alexandra Blossom Festival. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

May the force be with you . . . Festival princess Susan Hams is in character as "Princess Leia" with R2D2, C3PO and a Stormtrooper escort on the Alexandra Contract Bridge Club's float "Star Wars" in 1978. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival

Blossom Festival Maypole, 1983. : #FromTheArchives: Alexandra Blossom Festival