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Rag Week 1966
During the week ending 21 May 1966, the Bedford group of colleges organised a series of events to raise money for charity. The total raised was over £1500 – doesn’t sound much today but converted to 2019 values that was £28,154 +. On the organising committee for Shuttleworth were Tony Abbott [65/67] and Bob Bowden [64/66] and they were joined by members from Mander College, Bedford College for Physical Education, Bedford College of Education (Teacher Training), and the National College for Agricultural Engineering (Silsoe). On the Saturday a procession of floats left the P.E. in Lansdown Road, led by Dave Valentine in his Healey 100/4, with the Rag Queen, Sue Marston seated on top. Excerpts from the Bedford Record and Circular of 24th May 1966 – Front page & p3. “As the procession of 15 brightly decorated floats wound its hourand-half long route though town, traffic ground to a standstill and major traffic jams were reported in most of the streets in the town centre. Most colourful of the floats taking part was the “Pajama Game” made up by the Teachers Training College – it was judged the best float by the town Mayor. The whole of the float was disguised 16
