Warminster Lunatic Fringe, Sponsored Gnome Walk, Sunday 30th October 1983.
As the 28 gnomes gathered in the Central Car Park, Warminster, for the start of their sponsored walk, to raise funds for the Warminster Gateway Club for Mentally Handicapped Young Adults, the Chairman of the Gateway Club, Charles Murby, was given the unenviable task of choosing who was the ‘best-dressed gnome’.
After quite a time deliberating, Mr. Murby picked out 18-year-old Helena Addley, from Woodcock Road, Warminster. Helena was presented with a prize by Mr. Murby. The prize was a splendid hardback book, all about gnomes, which had been purchased especially for the occasion by Gnome Walk Co-Organiser Danny Howell.
The two photographs, above and below, taken by Danny Howell, show Helen after she was presented with the book.
Flanking her are Brigid O’Neil and Ann Barham, who were not only neighbours of Helen’s at Woodcock Road, but entered fully into the spirit of the fund-raising event by dressing up as wizened old lady gnomes.
The book, called Gnomes, featured text by Wil Huygen, and fabulous illustrations by Rien Poortvliet.
Above: The front cover of the book.
