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It is good to see that the Addiscombe Carnival will take place again this year. Although the procession last year was beyond pathetic the events in Ashburton Park coinciding with the presence of a funfair did seem quite successful.

Looking back at the website for information on last year's event, the organisers seem to refer to 'walking floats', which seems to be participants on foot, and 'mobile floats', which seems to mean cars or vans with or without trailers (and in last year's case the trikes).  In other words proper carnival floats, which would mostly be based on lorries, don't seem to have ever been an option.

The chosen day is again a Sunday, rather than the Saturday chosen for every other carnival I've experienced.  This seems likely to again have a negative effect on the procession.