Hastings Carnival 2023 in East Sussex

The carnival procession took place on August 5 in Hastings Old Town.

Transcript

00:00 Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah!

00:05 Welcome to the Old Town Carnival!

00:09 Here we are then, it's carnival.

00:12 People have been thinking it's going to rain.

00:14 Of course it's not going to rain, it's Hastings.

00:16 And if it is, who cares?

00:18 It rained at Pram Race.

00:20 This is a fantastic community.

00:22 Everybody's going to come out and have a good time

00:24 because that's what Hastings is all about.

00:26 Let's dress up, let's have a few beers afterwards.

00:28 Let's enjoy ourselves.

00:30 Hello everyone and welcome to Hastings Day.

00:32 This is the Mayor of Hastings speaking, Margo Callaghan.

00:34 And what a town we've got.

00:36 Look at the rain and there's still people here

00:38 coming out to have fun and having a good time.

00:40 And it means so much to the community.

00:42 So much community effort goes into this.

00:44 It makes people really proud of their town.

00:46 And I'm really proud of the town and proud to be Mayor.

00:48 I mean we've got our businesses booming at the moment,

00:51 even though the rain's in.

00:53 I mean people just run to the pubs, don't they, and have a drink.

00:55 Or they'll go buy something in the shop while they wait for the rain to stop.

00:57 I was out at 12 o'clock today during the fancy dress competition.

01:00 People still rocked up in all the rain.

01:02 The rain doesn't stop us at all.

01:04 And I'm so proud to be a part of this.

01:06 Carnival's fantastic and you can really see the resilience in this whole town.

01:09 And I'm really pleased to be here.

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