Bexhill Carnival 2023 in East Sussex

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The carnival procession took place on Saturday, July 29. The footage hear shows the carnival getting ready to set off from Turkey Road in Sidley just before 1pm.

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00:00 Carnival traditions are something that's extremely important for the community

00:04 and pulls people together from all walks of life and they just gel.

00:10 You talk to people you would never ordinarily talk to.

00:13 They just rock up and they say, "Oh, hello, who are you?"

00:16 and you laugh and laugh and laugh and stumble.

00:18 That's it.

00:19 And then we're Brexhaw Lions.

00:21 We are very new members actually and thrilled to be part of it all.

00:25 Just enjoyed being here and so pleased the sun's come out.

00:29 Yes, definitely.

00:30 Yes, and I'm new too.

00:31 First time we've ever done the carnival.

00:33 Yes.

00:34 Hopefully we'll do it again.

00:35 I'm Trudie Hampson from Warming Up the Homeless.

00:38 We're a community charity and community is at the heart of what we do

00:44 and of course we take part in the local community Brexhaw Carnival.

00:49 It's an important part of what we do.

00:51 It's all part of our children, of them growing up and being part of a bigger community

00:57 which is sadly lacking in England today.

01:00 Hi, my name's Matt Mitchell.

01:02 I'm the Facilities Manager at May's House, Veterans Home.

01:05 We've decided to join the carnival today.

01:07 We haven't done it for many years.

01:09 All the residents took part in putting all the decorations together

01:12 as well as some of the staff.

01:14 It's taken a long time to get it together as you can see.

01:17 We've been at it first thing this morning and it's been going on until we got down here

01:21 and we're looking forward to enjoying it.

01:23 We have some of our residents, some of our veterans in the vehicle at the moment

01:27 and hopefully they'll have a great day to enjoy the carnival.

01:30 This is the Bexhill 100's entry this year for the Bexhill Carnival.

01:36 The theme is music through the ages and we're doing the sort of the 30s, 40s, that era

01:45 but we've been doing this for many years now.

01:48 It's very important to Bexhill that people come along and support events like this.

01:56 It's a community spirit and we're all volunteers and we all love doing it.

02:01 [Cheering]

02:10 Hi, I'm from Raven Drummers and carnivals are so important

02:13 because it brings the whole community together.

02:16 [Drumming]

02:40 [Music]

02:50 [Carnival sounds]

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