Townsfolk and visitors alike lined the streets of the town in their thousands to watch the procession of Tenby?Firemen’s annual carnival. A larger than usual number of entrants assembled at the Station Yard before moving off on the traditional tour of Tenby’s streets. Traffic was held up and drivers abandoned their cars in the excitement to get a better viewpoint. Led by the smartly-dressed girls of Swansea East?Carnival?Display Band, the procession wound its way down the South Parade to cheers and laughter from great ranks of parents and children. With pavements thronged, many sought higher ground, perching on walls, window-sills and the like. One jubilant spectator was seen to be seated, somewhat precariously, astride the face of an ancient weighing machine. Following the pedestrian contestants to Castle Square were a dozen beautifully decorated floats embracing a number of original themes. The most topical among these were tableaux entitles God bless the Prince of Wales and Jungle Book, but that old theme Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was depicted so refreshingly by one float that it seemed to draw the most attention from the crowd. This year’s carnival queen, Miss Helen English, sat atop the leading fire engine, together with her charming attendants, Miss Patricia Merrison and Miss Karina Horner.

Tenby Congregational Church, which, as one minister aptly put it has stood ‘in the midst of life’ in the town centre for 100 years celebrated its centenary with a series of three services.

A record entry of 100 was received for the famous Gold Cup, main award at Tenby’s bowling tournament at the Sutton Street green. Ninety-six players were competing for the Percy Howells Silver Bowl. The tournament, 45th in the annual series, got away to an informal start with the playing of the early rounds involving local club members. Four who made a very early exit from the Gold Cup were Alwyn?Adams, Bill Jones (a former Silver Bowl winner),?Arthur Thomas and John?Nicholl. Among competitors in the Gold Cup were eight former winners, including the holder, Charlie Brookman, of Victoria Park, Cardiff, and the two Kidwelly brothers, Gwyn and Vincent Griffiths. Gwyn is one of only two players ever to have won the Gold Cup and Silver Bowl in the same year. He scored his double two years previously, emulating the feat first achieved by Crofton?Johns in 1954.

Mr. Bertie Reed, of Trevayne Farm, Twy Cross, won the champion hunter award in the breeding classes at Tenby Horse Show.

Miss Marich Kraus was selected as Miss St.?Florence 1968.

Showing at the South Beach: The Jungle Book. At the Royal Playhouse:?Thoroughly Modern Millie.