A POPULAR gala was back with a bang after being cancelled last year due to poor weather.
The 86th Ravensknowle Children’s Gala attracted thousands.
Click below for our pictures from the day.
And organisers were delighted with the turnout at Ravensknowle Park in Moldgreen.
Publicity secretary David Smith said: “It was absolutely brilliant, the sun came out just as the procession was starting so the timing couldn’t have been better.
“When you miss a year you do wonder whether people will come back but it’s been absolutely jam-packed with around three thousand people.
“It was good to get everybody back and see so many smiling faces – the gala has come back with a vengeance!”
The day kicked off with a grand procession featuring this year’s gala Queen, 11-year-old Olivia Botchway-Clarke.
Olivia, who lives in Dalton, also helped officially open the event together with the deputy Mayor of Kirklees, Clr Ken Smith.
The programme included a fancy dress competition, a talent show, cheerleaders, and crowd-pleasing stunts from 3Sixty cycle display team.
