1987
The Court:
King - Colin Dewar
Queen - Shirley Walker
Chief Lord and King's Escort - Gary lrvine;
Chief Maid and Queen's Escort - Pauline Davies;
Herald - Keith Chalmers;
Maids of Honour - Anne Marie Meek, Kerry McCormick, Nicola
Williams, Lynda Mitchell;
Crown and Sceptre Bearers - Dawad Masood, Bruce McCulloch
Bower Girls - Anne Mitchell, Lorraine Quinn, Carol Docherty,
Barbara Szatylowicz;
Halberdiers - John Burnett, Robert Hunter, Andrew Hickie,
David Moffat;
Flower Girls - Paula Braid, Deanne Turner, Stacey Webb, Vicky
Houston, Donna Sullivan, Claire Ann McCallum,
Helen Milliken, Stacey Hannah;
Page Boys and Court Attendants - Robert Chalmers, David Dodds,
Madood Masood, Martin Thomas, Kenneth Wilson, Robert McKay, David Markham,
Keith Evans, Andrew Thomson, Robert Sullivan.
Gala Entertainment: With the help of local sponsors the RAF Falcons parachute display team, who are based at RAF Brize Norton, appeared at the gala. The team of 10 parachutists exited from a Hercules aeroplane which then circled Newtongrange a number of times. Sponsors were Grange Estates; Morris Club; Royal Bank of Scotland; Alex Trench Jnr; Margaret and Alex Trench.
Also appearing at the Gala: STV Promotions Vehicle; Lady Victoria
Folk Club; Lothians and Borders Mounted Police in Parade; Music by Scottish
Brewers (Newtongrange) Silver Band and Newtongrange & Bilston Colliery
Pipe Band.