THE RIPLEY BONFIRE KING AND ATTENDANTS
Again, this year the Committee decided to chose a person who was willing to endure the short journey through the village. The 2023 Bonfire King and attendants were chosen by the Committee. The King in the middle is Vernon Wood, our ex-Chairman, with his two daughters, Tracey on the left and on the right is Heather. Photo © Charlie Cocks – Mitcham Camera Club
RIPLEY BONFIRE QUEENS, AND NOW KINGS, THROUGH THE YEARS
| 1938 | Betty Cox | 1949 | Pip Roberts | 1950 | Audrey Bashall |
| 1951 | Shelagh Carter | 1952 | Audrey Strudgwick | 1953 | Jaqueline Strudgwick |
| 1954 | Elsie Haines | 1955 | Mary Pullinger | 1956 | Jill Mussell |
| 1957 | Susan Wilkinson | 1958 | Betty Lamb | 1959 | Joan Hyde |
| 1960 | Vivian Forehead | 1961 | Lena Smith | 1962 | Jill Brown |
| 1963 | Avril Bibby | 1964 | Shirley Chandler | 1965 | Rita Beauchamp |
| 1966 | Cathy Weller | 1967 | Susan Fry | 1968 | Carol Reynolds |
| 1969 | Sara Smith | 1970 | Pat Treadwell | 1971 | Allison Harman |
| 1972 | Ruth Sapsford | 1973 | Susan Sayers | 1974 | Karen Winstanley |
| 1975 | Jackie Parsons | 1976 | Dawn Gibbs | 1977 | Sharon Sapsford |
| 1978 | Tania Whittern | 1979 | Susan Clarke | 1980 | Susanne Wernham |
| 1981 | Joanna Hughes | 1982 | Nicola Wernham | 1983 | Helen Porter |
| 1984 | Alexis Bowler | 1985 | Debbie Shoesmith | 1986 | Angela Marshall |
| 1987 | Nicola Marshall | 1988 | Haley Irvine | 1989 | Kerrianne Parsons |
| 1990 | Lucy Fairbrass | 1991 | Vicky Shoesmith | 1992 | Amanda Milne |
| 1993 | Kim Biard | 1994 | Nicola Jones | 1995 | Lisa Churchill |
| 1996 | Holly Puttock | 1997 | Beverly Griffin | 1998 | Hazel Phillips |
| 1999 | Abigail Brown | 2000 | Amy Cornwall | 2001 | Amy Goodman |
| 2002 | Rose Ayears | 2003 | Jordan Styles | 2004 | Georgia Meek |
| 2005 | Demi Gunner | 2006 | Robyn Dean | 2007 | Verity Ayears |
| 2008 | Charlotte Gallacher | 2009 | Kendel Styles | 2010 | Tilly Grimes |
| 2011 | Sophie Baker | 2012 | Helen Masters | 2013 | Maddie Hart |
| 2014 | Emily Williamson | 2015 | Zoe Zapp | 2016 | Lexie Hyde |
| 2017 | Lily-Mae Hardy | 2018 | Emma Doughty | 2019 | Phillipa Bimson |
| 2020 | Covid Year – No Event | 2021 | Covid Year – No Event | 2022 | Diane Dean |
| 2023 | Vernon Wood |