Pat, 17 year old third daughter of Mr and Mrs Lambert Dennis, of Berry Farm, Hartland, has won this year’s local carnival queen title as her sisters did in 1967 and 1969 respectively.

Secretary in a Bideford agricultural firm, Pat qualified by selling a record 8,064 tickets to raise a total of £201.60 for carnival funds. It brought the sum raised by her sisters, Christine (Mrs David Powell) and Rosemary and herself to around £400.
Pat’s rivals for the title, who became her attendants are 16 year old Christine Hobbs, of Beckland, and 15 year old Wendy Daniel, of Parkham. The trio raised a record sum of £403.
A capacity crowd at the Church Hall on Monday saw Pat crowned by Miss Elizabeth Cottle, last year’s queen, who had herself been crowned by Pat’s sister Rosemary.
Pat’s first duty as queen was to crown the fairy queen who was chosen by a visitor from among the children of Hartland Primary School. She is Alison Pengilly, of St Clare’s Farm, Hartland. Her attendants are Lisa Manley and Ann Ferguson.