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Granny Smith Festival, 1992

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Collection SummaryA selection of photos & records from the 1992 festivalDescription

1992 marked a significant change in the Granny Smith Festival. There was no longer a Family Gala Day centred on Top Ryde and for the first year, the street procession, entertainment and fireworks were held at Eastwood, at the conclusion of the festival.

It began on Sunday 18 October with a service at St Anne’s Church, followed by a Ryde Bicentenary Garden Party. 1992 was the 200^th anniversary of the first land grants in what would later become the Ryde Local Government Area and there were many activities around this commemoration.

Saturday 24 October was the conclusion of the festival and included the street procession which travelled from Eastwood Oval, Glen Street, Shaftsbury Road and Rowe Street. There were three stages set up: in the plaza, Trelawney Street and in Rowe Street, outside Eastwood Public School.

There were over 160 market stalls, apple baking competitions and many activities associated with the Ryde Bicentenary. A family entertainment evening held in the night at Eastwood Oval featured high school and the NSW Railway Band. The night concluded with fireworks.

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Granny Smith Festival queen in a horse and carriage

Crowds at the Granny Smith Festival

Granny Smith Festival queen entrant being driven in the parade

Ryde City Council stall

Group of horse and carriages in the Granny Smith Festival parade

Apple pie winners

Mayor with Granny Smith Festival queen entrants

Santa Claus at the Granny Smith Festival

NSW Fire Service truck in Granny Smith Festival parade

Ronald McDonald parade float

Church of the Good Shepherd parade float

Red double decker bus in the festival parade

Stalls located in the Eastwood Plaza

Pair of clowns in the Granny Smith Festival parade

Pair of clydesdale horses pulling a cart in the festival parade

Granny Smith Festival parade & crowds

Hotpot food wagon and clowns in the Granny Smith Parade

Clydesdale horse pulling a cart in the Granny Smith Parade

Batlow float, Granny Smith Parade

Granny Smith apple parade float with scouts

Granny Smith Festival parade

Granny Smith apple parade float

Toyworld mascot in the Granny Smith Festival parade

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Granny Smith poster colouring competition from newspaper

Granny Smith program of events

Granny Smith Festival Flyer

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Date24 October 1992OccurrenceAnnual

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Suburb Eastwood

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Organising EntityRyde CouncilParent EventGranny Smith Festival

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KeywordFestivals, celebrations etc.SubjectsFestivals--New South Wales--Eastwood

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