From The Archives – The Spalding Flower Parade

Posted on May 2, 2022 | 21 Comments

The history of the Spalding Flower Parade stretches back to the 1920s when the acreage and variety of tulip bulbs grown throughout the area surrounding the market town became an annual feast of colour.

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21 responses to “From The Archives – The Spalding Flower Parade”

beth | May 2, 2022 at 12:08 pm | Reply

Beautiful

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- Andrew Petcher | May 2, 2022 at 12:20 pm | Reply
  
  Thank you.
  
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paolsoren | May 2, 2022 at 12:43 pm | Reply

I know they are beautiful but for some reason I feel that they drop their petals rather quickly; I haven’t ever been a real fan.

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- Andrew Petcher | May 2, 2022 at 2:04 pm | Reply
  
  The annual Australian Tessllaar Tulip Festival is held in Silvan in Victoria in September.
  
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  - paolsoren | May 2, 2022 at 2:17 pm |
    
    I used to live in the Dandenongs . My sister had a holiday job at the tulip farm. She is still a tulip fan.
    
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Sue | May 2, 2022 at 1:05 pm | Reply

Bright and cheerful!

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- Andrew Petcher | May 2, 2022 at 2:04 pm | Reply
  
  From my garden.
  
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  - Sue | May 2, 2022 at 2:59 pm |
    
    Cool
    
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margaret21 | May 2, 2022 at 3:05 pm | Reply

Lovely, but I couldn’t seem to open the link to the full story this time …

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- Andrew Petcher | May 2, 2022 at 3:14 pm | Reply
  
  A broken link. Fixed now. Thank you.
  
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  - margaret21 | May 2, 2022 at 4:38 pm |
    
    I’ll be along in a minute …
    
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wetanddustyroads | May 2, 2022 at 4:12 pm | Reply

Well, the good news is … I didn’t get bored looking at your lovely flower photo’s 😉.

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- Andrew Petcher | May 2, 2022 at 4:15 pm | Reply
  
  Thank you so much.
  
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restlessjo | May 2, 2022 at 10:47 pm | Reply

Never been to Spalding!

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- Andrew Petcher | May 3, 2022 at 6:32 am | Reply
  
  When I moved there in 2000 it was a delightful little town in the Fens almost 25 years behind the times but it has changed a great deal with a lot of food distribution companies and a lot of traffic.
  
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  - restlessjo | May 3, 2022 at 8:07 am |
    
    25 years behind the times sounds ideal, Andrew.
    
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  - Andrew Petcher | May 3, 2022 at 12:20 pm |
    
    It was Jo, it was the sort of place that if there were 10 cars in a queue then it was called a traffic jam.
    In 2005 a new store opened in town and the headline in the local paper was “Spalding gets its first escalator”
    
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  - restlessjo | May 3, 2022 at 1:53 pm |
    
    🤣💗
    
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Heyjude | May 3, 2022 at 1:57 pm | Reply

Lovely tulips Andrew, my favourite spring bulb and you must be a fan if these are from your garden.

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- Andrew Petcher | May 3, 2022 at 2:35 pm | Reply
  
  When you have worked with tulips for 10 years and been to a World Tulip Summit then you have no real option.
  
  Here are some more tulip facts…
  
  World Tulip Summit
  
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  - Heyjude | May 3, 2022 at 6:19 pm |
    
    As a child I remember going out for a family Sunday drive to look at the bulb fields around Spalding.
    
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