WITH the world having celebrated one Royal event recently these images from four decades ago recall another.

Prolific Brightlingsea photographer Alf Jefferies captured these while watching the 1977 Colchester Carnival, which appears to have taken the theme of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee - also celebrated that same year.

Alf’s daughter Lynn, who is busy cataloguing his vast collection, says she has only just discovered the collection of pictures from the day, which jogged some memories for her.

Lynn was among a large number of people who frequented the Brooklands Youth Club, which had its own float that year.

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