School, businesses, parishes, families, and other groups put hours of effort into creating a cavalcade of floats that delighted thousands of people on Liberation Day.

In total there were 40 floats – • 27 made by ‘community groups’ (including families etc), nine parish floats, and two commercial floats.

They travelled in a convoy from Longue Hougue to Town, before turning at the Slaughterhouse and making their way back along the Quay during the afternoon of 9 May 2025.

They featured in the cavalcade as part of the island’s 80th Liberation Day celebrations.

The floats featured a range of themes including commemorating evacuated school pupils and those who escaped from the island on small boats as the German occupying forces approached.

Other floats carried a vintage theme including ‘Call the Midwife’.

A man riding a penny farthing, children dressed as spitfires and Red Cross Boxes, and parents pushing young infants all took part in the historic event.

In total the separate elements of the ‘Liberation 80’ cavalcade included more than 170 military vehicles, nearly 60 vintage cars, and 35 tractors.

Hundreds of people were walking alongside the floats, along with more than 250 people in the pedestrian cavalcade with started from Salerie Corner.

The entire cavalcade was organised by Cavalcade Director Jeff Vidamour with Floats Co-ordinator Denise Fawcett.

They said this was the “largest cavalcade” held in Guernsey to date.

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All pictures by Laura Clayton.