One of our reporters was on hand on Halmer Gate and Queens Road to see the Spalding Flower Parade.
Reporter Jenny Beake looked through the Free Press archives to pick out some memories from the 1985 flower parade.
Spalding Flower Parade is hours away and essential volunteers are finishing off the final touches.
A tribute singer is looking forward to performing at a town’s flower parade.
A worried resident describes a town’s alleyway as a ‘slum’ and is worried it will give visitors a negative image.
2 
A volunteer who lends her craft skills to a town’s flower parade says she is ‘doing my little bit’.
An MP is keen to secure funding to ensure the future of a town’s annual flower parade is not at risk.
Crocheted characters from kids’ show The Magic Roundabout make up a display at a church’s flower festival.
Volunteers have been picking fresh tulips ahead of a town’s major event which is now only days away.
A couple will be tying the knot on the same day that thousands of visitors are excepted to visit a town’s flower parade.
A widower recalls the moment his late wife met a legendary rock star by chance in a loo at a party — and paid tribute to her ‘incredible personality’.
Forty years on a woman recalls the day her dream came true when she got to ride on a flower parade float in 1985.
A music group has lived up to its name bringing together all ages and where love blossomed on the dancefloor for two pensioners.
A glitzy election evening in which judges will choose the new Spalding Flower Parade Queen and Deputy is taking place tonight (Saturday April 26).
Readers responded to an appeal to send cards to a care home resident who has celebrated her 100th birthday.
A retired midwife who is no stranger to a bun in the oven is opening a cake shop.
A committee is appealing for help from volunteers in the final push before a major event.
A fibreglass boat has been added to a traffic island to improve the gateway to Lincolnshire.
A blood donor has been thanked in person by a woman whose life was saved following an accident.
New owners are taking over a dental practice in a town.
