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Sunday, 15 July 2001

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Face painting at the Friends of Cravenwood Primary School stall
Face painting at the Friends of Cravenwood Primary School stall
L rain put the dampers on this year's Crumpsall Carnival which failed to recover from early downpours despite improvements as the afternoon wore on.

Organisers were disappointed when many stall holders who had booked pitches failed to show up and the promised fairground turned out to be a single ride and a couple of side shows.

A parade of children in fancy dress from Herristone Park to the Crumpsall Park carnival site went ahead even though a pipe band and police horses booked to lead the parade failed to appear.


At the fair ground there was no public address system, no quad bikes and no karaoke but the sparse crowds were entertained by Northern Air Hospital Radio, Indonesian dancers and Irish dancing.

Youngsters involved in the one-day football championships barely noticed the rain, and local groups running plant, jumble, book, food and information stalls refused to be downhearted.


It was all over by 4pm as the stalls and canopies were packed away for another year. The sun began to peep from behind the clouds to giving way to a glorious evening - but it was too late.

This year the event clashed with the Asian Mela festival at Heaton Park which may have drawn away some of the families that would normally be expected to attend.


The Friends of Crumpsall Park, who have organised the event for the last six years, must now consider whether all the hard work was worth it. It may be that this year's rain has put a dampener on enthusiasm for good.


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