Yarmouth Carnival Brownie Float ‘ Christmas Crackers’:1950

The Brownie Floats

I did enjoy the carnivals. Every year we had to think of something different. ‘ Christmas Crackers’ was an early one.  We did ‘Pansy Faces’ another year, and a ‘Flower Garden’; we made the base look like a basket. We’d collect everything together, all the bits and pieces, and make the costumes all ourselves. We didn’t tell the parents what our float was going to be, so it was always a surprise. Effie Pitman b 1921 Brown Owl for 40 years

Yarmouth Carnival Brownie Float 1965 after the visit of Qheen Elizabeth II

Effie Pitman, Bown Owl, stands on float waiting to join parade from Green. 1985 was the year before she retired as Brown Owl.