The carnival was all about this community

Lisa Coad talks about the Carnival; the dress she wore as a Princess, and how the carnival was just for the community of Longridge and Shaw Heath.

Jade Allen, Carnival 1993

Jade Allen outside her house before the parade

Jade Allen (right, in white) on a float, with Katy Barratt (centre, in white)

Jade Allen as a flower girl in the 1993 carnival. The second photo shows Jade with Katy Barratt (centre, in white dress); but the name of the girl in pink is unknown.

Photos courtesy of Mrs McCreanor.

Flower girls, 1992

Flower girls on Mobberley Road at the carnival in about 1992.

Left to right:
Rachel Copestick;
Michelle Reed (adult);
Melanie Reed.
The name of the smallest girl, nearest to the camera, is unknown.

Photo courtesy of Mrs McCreanor.

Queen of Hearts costume, 1992

 

L to R: Carly Barrow; Jade Allen; Mel Reed (as Queen of Hearts); another girl just visible behind Mel, name unknown. Adult at the back:Joan Edwards

L to R: Carly Barrow; Mel Reed; Jade Allen.

On Mobberley Road in the 1992 Carnival parade, Carly Barrow; Jade Allen; Mel Reed (as Queen of Hearts), and Joan Edwards.

Photos courtesy of Mrs McCreanor.

Flower girls at the Birkin, 1991

Bernadette Owen (left) and Emma Hoskins (right) at the Birkin Centre at the end of the carnival parade in about 1991.

Photo courtesy of Mrs McCreanor.

At the Birkin, Carnival 1990

Helen Gilbert (centre, with short hair). Other names unknown.

Photo courtesy of Mrs McCreanor.

Carnival float 1985

Amanda West (left, in blue dress) as a flower girl on a Carnival float in about 1985. Other children, names unknown.

Photo courtesy of Elenor McAndrew.

Carnival costumes, 1984

Phyllis Short, Joan Jacobs, and Ethel Curran, as Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Robin Hood

Derek Short as a bridegroom

Worzel Gummidge and Aunt Sally carnival costumes.

Some of the costumes from the 1984 Carnival. Adults as well as children used to dress up, as hown tby the first picture, with Phyllis Short, Joan Jacobs and Ethel Curran in Robin Hood-themed costumes.

Each year, there were several themes that people could choose from – here, Worzel Gummidge characters and Robin Hood characters were among the chosen themes. In other years, themes have included pirates, clowns, boxers, Mexicans, Flamenco dancers, fairies, Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”, Pearly Kings/Queens, and sailors.

But there were also costumes that appeared every year, such as brides and bridgegrooms, or traditional flower-girls and page-boys.