THE RIPLEY BONFIRE QUEEN AND ATTENDANTS
Again, this year the Committee decided to chose a person who was willing to endure the short journey through the village. The 2025 Bonfire Queen and attendants were chosen by the Committee. The Queen in the middle is Elizabeth Berman (neé Field), daughter of Margaret Field, who supported the Committee with numerous duties over so many years. With her, on her left, is her brother Christian and on her right is her daughter, India.
RIPLEY BONFIRE QUEENS/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 | 2024 | Zelda Whittern | 2025 | Margaret Field’s Family |