Hundreds line the streets for village carnival

Photo: Laura Wild

Milnrow Carnival Queens

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Hundreds of people lined the streets of Newhey and Milnrow today (Saturday 5 June 2010) to watch the villages’ annual carnival.

The parade began at Haugh Lane close to Huddersfield Road and passed through the centre of Newhey and Milnrow before heading up to Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College for a summer fair.

As temperatures soared towards 24 degrees those watching were treated to musical delights, morris dancers and beautiful carnival queens.

The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Zulfiqar Ali, led the carnival, he said: “It has been a beautiful day, it is not often we get a day such as this for a carnival and it has brought a lot of parents and grandparents out, and of course lots of children.

“I have had a wonderful time. Thanks must go to the organisers, the schools and the pupils.

"I have been speaking to people along the way and they have all had a wonderful day.”

Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Irene Davidson added: “This is absolutely the best carnival we have ever had; the number of people that have turned up is great and we really appreciate that.

“We can already see from the collection buckets that we have raised a lot of money for local charities and we have sold 1,000 ducks for tomorrow’s duck race.”

Each year independent judges are chosen to vote for the winning entries. This year’s Carnival parade results were as follows:

Best Children’s Float:
1st - Milnrow District Guiding Association

Best Walking Display:
1st - Rochdale Youth Band

Spirit of the Carnival:
Little Drummer Boy (Owen Toyne - aged 4 - Oldham Scottish Pipe Band)

Best Adult Fancy Dress:
Orange Lobster (Dennis Whittle - Milnrow Pre-school Playgroup)

Best Child’s Fancy Dress: Crocodile (Milnrow Pre-school Playgroup)

Best Walking Queen: Empress Bianca (Castleton Carnival)

Best Queen’s Car: Petal (Castleton Carnival)


The following groups took park in this year’s Milnrow, Newhey and District Carnival:

• Rochdale Heartbeat
• Milnrow Pre-school
• Warburtons
• LSK Dance Mania
• Prestatyn Queen
• Milnrow Queens
• Castleton Queens
• Champions Taekwondo
• High Crompton Morris Troupe
• St Anns Morris Troupe
• Milnrow Morris Troupe
• Milnrow Districts Guiding Association
• Hornets Rugby League
• United Co-op Band
• Rochdale Intermediate Youth Band
• Oldham Scottish Pipe Band
• Rochdale Labour Party
• Milnrow Cobras ARLFC
• Lisa Jayne Dance Academy