A Day At The Seaside: It was Saturday 14th August 2004 and a day on the seaside appeared applicable, and the place higher than Hastings the place the Previous City Carnival was going down.
Reasonably than mine my ageing and possibly false recollections, I’ll right here resurrect the textual content hidden away on the August 2004 web page of My London Diary, with a number of minor corrections. Since then I’ve determined that it is smart and significantly improves legibility to make applicable use of the Shift key and higher case characters. So right here it’s, together with only a few of the images I made that day.
OK, so Hastings isn’t London, however it’s only a brief day journey all the way down to the coast, and lots of the individuals down there with me to observe the carnival have been from London. Hastings Previous City Carnival was as soon as a standard English Carnival, however now’s extra eclectic, although nonetheless with comparatively little enter from our extra lately arrived ethnic teams.
Being Hastings there have been a number of references to the occasions of 1066 (although not within the photos I placed on line.)
There was a well-supported float for the Hastings/Sierra Leone Friendship Group, however we additionally had King Henry VIII, Noahs Ark, Pirates, a Tropical Island, Fairy Tales, Chicago-Fashion Gangsters and extra.
I’m not a terrific fan of majorettes, however there was definitely some virtuoso baton twirling on show, together with one girl who wanted a lorry to hold her prizes.
Judging from the images of earlier years there was maybe rather less zany invention this yr than earlier than, but it surely was a good-natured occasion, and the centre of the Previous City was crowded to observe it.
Reasonably than battle it out by way of the streets I adjourned to the Kings Head for a few pints, solely to seek out the carnival was nonetheless making its means spherical as I made mine to the station.
I wasn’t solely proud of the images I made that day; too many have been of individuals posing for the digital camera and I’d have appreciated extra spontaneity. However the sort of issues I used to be looking for simply didn’t occur.
The next day I photographed one other very totally different carnival in London, the Carnaval Del Pueblo billed as the most important Latin-American competition in Europe, going down across the Elephant and Fort in south London. Now we have few conventional English carnivals left in London, however others have taken their place, reflecting the altering inhabitants, including color and spice to our metropolis. You possibly can see extra photos right here.
Extra photos from Hastings
Extra from the Carnaval Del Pueblo
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