LANARK LANIMER DAY
An ancient celebration held within the Royal Burgh of Lanark on the Thursday between the Sixth and Twelfth days of June annually since the year 1140.
 

The Producers - The Procession, Sports and Transport Conveners

	Charles McKeane, Endfield, Waterloo Road, brother of the lady crowning the Queen, a local tomato grower, is joint procession and reception convener with particular responsibility for the organisation of the tableau and pageant procession. He has served the Lanimer Committee for some 30 years and became joint convener in 1965.
	Fergus Robertson, Shoolbraids, Bonnington Avenue, Haulage Contractor, has been a committee member for over 30 years, transport convener for the past 20 years and is now one of the few emeritus members of the Lanimer Committee. He has the arduous task of obtaining and allocating vehicles and co-ordinating entries for the procession.
	Thomas Harvey, Bonnington Avenue, Lanark, an English teacher in Lanark Grammar School is joint procession and reception convener responsible for the organisation of the procession and the reception with particular reference to all matters pertaining to the Lanimer Queen's Court. He became a member of the Lanimer Committee in 1951, Assistant convener to the late Charles Wells in 1962, official commentator covering the details of the crowning ceremony in 1964, and joint procession and reception convener in 1965.
	William Smith Wilson, Sunnybrae, joined the committee in the immediate post war years, having been an athletics competitor prior to the war winning both the Edinburgh and Glasgow cups. He became assistant sports convener and rose to the convenership some 17 years ago. He also plays an active part in connection with the morning procession and the reception.