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Thursday, May 10, 2012
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Sevenoaks Chronicle

CELEBRATIONS for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee went swimmingly over the weekend as the village of Shoreham enjoyed a quackers event.

Hundred turned out for the famous annual duck race, with a huge gaggle of rubber ducks taking to the River Darent.

  1. CORONATION DUCK:  One of the "royal" contestants TWLD20120507D-001_C

    CORONATION DUCK: One of the "royal" contestants TWLD20120507D-001_C

  2. Anne-Louise Crocker

    Anne-Louise Crocker

This year, organisers gave the event a Jubilee and Olympics theme and the entrants came in all shapes, sizes and styles.

Anne-Louise Crocker and her daughters Nell and Tilly Lyle, 11 and nine, created a royal-themed duck.

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They have always lived in Shoreham and Ms Crocker said: "I made the costume for our Coronation Duck as I'm a costume maker. I used to work in the theatre in London. The girls very much enjoy attending the race every year."

Feathers flew as the competition hotted up.

Full report pages 12&13

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