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Torchlit victory parades in Barnstaple

I am told that there are photograhs of torchlit victory parades in Barnstaple at the Cross Street headquarters of the North Devon Lb Dems.  I understand that the original was taken in 1959 on the first occasion that Jeremy Thorpe was elected.  The second was taken on the return to North Devon of Nick Harvey, the newly elected North Devon MP in 1992.  I shall see if these can be scanned and posted here.   

Kayleigh_M's picture

This sounds fascinating, would love to see the photos. I’ve heard of the Liberal Party holding torchlit parades in South East Cornwall in the 1950/60s. Nice to know that political traditions live on across Cornwall and Devon. Would be great to hear more peoples’ memories of torchlit victory parades in Devon. Did other parties do the same, or was it a Liberal/LibDem tradition I wonder?
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