- Southport Carnival 2004
- Photographs
by Patrick Trollope
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WHAT a day, not only the high
winds made it hard to get into the spirit of things, but the rain
looked as if it would dampen the spirit. That was not to be though
as the show must go on and Southport's brave took to the streets and
put on want was the best Southport Carnival yet. For the fist year
running, the Champion ran it and editor Martin Hovden told us "It
was just a fantastic, sorry champion. The parade was fantastic and
so much effort had gone into the building of the floats that it was
nice to see Southport turn out to support the participants despite
the horrid weather." Southport Reporter editor Patrick
Trollope was behind the senses with the Association for Children
with Hart Disorders float. Patrick said:- "As many
readers know, we entered last years Carnival. Our float was easy to
erect compared to some of them. I decided, when we were asked for
advice, to pop along and see just how the other groups built their
floats. The Association for Children with Hart Disorders team
started building their float on Friday and then came back on
Saturday to finish off the float. By the time I got to them on
Saturday at 8:00am they were well under way again. I found out they
started at 7:00am on the float. That was just finishing it off. I
fitted a PA on the truck for them and then all of us had to quickly
run for cover as the heavens opened. By 10:00am the truck was
covered with plastic sheets as the rain lashed down. Sadly the PA
got drenched and failed on the way down. Thanks Andy for coming from
Formby to try and fix it. Sadly it was to wet to fix. This did not
dampen the atmosphere on the float though and they did not need it
as the float looked fantastic. I left them to go and take
photographs of the parade and then later met up with them at the end
of the parade. The kids were cold and wet, but all of them had fun.
Most importantly the efforts of that charity's team paid off, as
they got awarded the Parade Champions Trophy. After seeing all the
hard work they put in the Saturday, I was pleased they got it. It is
hard to appreciate the amount of work some groups do, until you see
it for your self."
Well done to the Champion newspaper and to all who took part, for
delivering a fantastic show and not giving in to the weather.
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