Lydney, Cavalcade of Transport

Courtesy of David Dunn: "This video shows the celebration of John Hilton Watt's 80th birthday with a cavalcade of transport as it passes the Bridge Hotel. The Nass Jazz Band was run by Tom Blake and his young son leads the parade. Also to be seen is the Lydney RFC wagon. This was a major event in Lydney's history and there was a lot more vehicles than seen here. The cavalcade made its way through Lydney ending up on the recreation field. If my memory serves me right, they somehow got there from Church Road by way of a specially constructed road across the railway. The night ended with a great firework show on the recreation ground. I am told that a professional film was made of this by Melville Watts, it would be interesting to see it if it exists".