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The Let's Help London Challenge has, since its inception in 1997, become one
of the event's most successful initiatives. It promotes London as a wonderfully
diverse and multicultural society, raises substantial funds for charity and also
enhances the parade content. It is a genuine "win win win" scheme that continues
to grow and develop. There have been many winners over the past seven years, with
several awards on offer each year. A summary of the winners and their entries is
presented below:
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The Internationally judged competition: |
| 1st The City Of Westminster carrying off the £7,000 First Prize. |
| 2nd Ealing, £6,000. |
| 3rd Merton, £5,000 |
| 4th Sutton fourth place, £4,000 |
| 5th Havering were fifth picking up £3,000 and |
| 6th Barking & Dagenham sixth securing £2,0000. |
| Winners of Special Prizes each received £1,000
Richmond,
Hammersmith & Fulham,
Southwark,
Hounslow,
Redbridge and Newham.
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This year we are bringing the magic of Covent Garden to the streets of Westminster, in association with the new owners of the Covent Garden Estate, Capital & Counties. Charles the Second and Nell Gwynne will lead our entry which will include the Sylvia Young Theatre School singing the songs from My Fair Lady and throughout you will be enthralled by stilt walkers, jugglers and other entertainers.
This year’s entry supports the Lord Mayor’s charity, Westminster MIND, looking after local vulnerable people suffering from forms of mental illness and helping those who wish to return to work.
Westminster wishes to thank all those who have contributed towards this year's Parade entry
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The Internationally judged competition: |
| 1st London Borough of Merton |
| 2nd City of Westminster |
| 3rd London Borough of Newham |
| Winners of Special Prizes London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Brent, Hammersmith and Fulham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark. |
| Special Organisers prize to the London Borough of Hillingdon |
| The ‘People’s Prize’ chosen by BBC London text message voters: |
| 1st City of Westminister |
| 2nd London Borough of Newham |
| 3rd London Borough of Sutton |
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The London Borough of Merton was 2006's top prize winning Parade entry. The
entry was themed on the Pleasures of Merton, paying particular attention to
Merton Abbey Mills - a vibrant cultural and entertainment centre and a
bustling weekend market.
The inspiring market is held on the banks of the river Wandle, which is home
to London's only working waterwheel, the Medieval Colour House and a host of
pretty stalls that are carrying on the traditions of the William Morris's
Arts and Craft movement that flourished there.
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The Internationally judged competition: |
| 1st City of Westminster |
| 2nd London Borough of Redbridge |
| 3rd London Borough of Lambeth |
| 4th London Borough of Merton |
| 5th London Borough of Newham |
| Joint 6th Special Prizes London Boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Bromley, Ealing, Hounslow and Southwark. |
| The ‘People’s Prize’ chosen by BBC London text message voters: |
| 1st London Borough of Newham |
| 2nd London Borough of Sutton |
| 3rd London Borough of Harrow |
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The City of Westminster’s West End at War Showcase pays tribute to the West End spirit which thrived even during the hardest of times. The peacetime celebrations are brought to life, on this 60th anniversary of WWII, with a recreation of a buzzing dance hall complete with jitterbuggers from the London Swing Dance Society and a sing-a-longa Vera Lynn medley with compliments of the Sylvia Young Theatre School. The floats are escorted by a cavalcade of period jeeps and vehicles from the War and Peace Show with the Real Dad's Army look-a-likes meeting and greeting the crowds.
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1st London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham |
| 2nd City of Westminster |
| 3rd London Borough of Bexley |
| Special Prize London Borough of Brent |
| Special Prize London Borough of Ealing |
| Special Prize London Borough of Lambeth |
| Special Prize London Borough of Merton |
| Special Prize London Borough of Southwark |
| Special Prize London Borough of Sutton |
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Hammersmith & Fulham's 2004 presentation had a genuine entertainment theme. Albert and Friends Instant Circus and the Rough Puppet Theatre Company joined forces to provide a dynamic and colourful display of acrobatics, stilt walking, puppetry and other circus skills. Their performers are ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham.
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1st London Borough of Southwark |
| 2nd London Borough of Lambeth |
| 3rd London Borough of Redbridge |
| 4th London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| 5th London Borough of Barnet |
| Special Prize London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Special Prize London Borough of Sutton |
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‘Southwark Summers’ are the most vivid and vibrant in the whole of London. Music, dancing and singing fill the streets as festivals, carnivals, concerts and parades celebrate the cultural mix of London’s most historic borough. With local groups and musicians representing their community we show the rest of London how bright, exciting and alive ‘Southwark Summers’ are.
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1st London Borough of Redbridge |
| 2nd London Borough of Lambeth |
| 3rd London Borough of Merton |
| 4th London Borough of Southwark |
| 5th London Borough of Camden |
| Special Prize London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| Special Prize London Borough of Hamersmith & Fulham |
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‘Nursery Rhyme Memories’ united Youth and Young at Heart, the Multiple Sclerosis Society (the Mayor’s Appeal) and Pre-Schooling Learning Alliance in a celebration of Nursery Rhymes. Favourite characters came to life to brighten the start of Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee year.
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1st London Borough of Sutton |
| 2nd London Borough of Merton |
| 3rd London Borough of Ealing |
| 4th London Borough of Southwark |
| 5th London Borough of Redbridge |
| Special Prize London Borough of Barking & Dagenham |
| Special Prize London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
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Sutton has a national reputation for recycling, so this was chosen as the
theme for their winning entry. The recycling machine on the float showed plastic bottles
being converted into fleece material. Local schoolgirls from Sutton accompanied the
float performing a recycling fashion show wearing garments made from recycled materials.
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1st London Borough of Southwark |
| 2nd London Borough of Sutton |
| 3rd City of Westminster |
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Southwark presented a view of the ‘Southwark World Village 2000’ which took place on June 16th that year in Burgess Park SE5. It was a celebration of Southwark’s multi-cultural society and included representations from 120 countries.
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1st London Borough of Redbridge |
| 2nd City of Westminster |
| 3rd London Borough of Sutton |
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Redbridge scooped first prize with an entry entitled ‘Hold The Front Page’. It depicted all aspects of the borough, including a wartime Winston Churchill.
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1st London Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisham (joint first) |
| 2nd London Borough of Southwark |
| 3rd London Borough of Havering |
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An innovative joint entry from Greenwich and Lewisham saw a Dockland Light Railway Train powered by rollerbladers – it really added to the fun and excitement of the Parade.
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1st London Borough of Havering |
| 2nd London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
| 3rd London Borough of Sutton |
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The very first winning Borough of the Let’s Help London Challenge entered with a float that depicted the 750th Anniversary of Romford Market.
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