More photos from the St Budeaux Carnival, 1919

 

Here's two more photos of the St Budeaux Carnival from the Western Weekly Mercury of Saturday, 9th August, 1919. Please click on the pictures to see them larger. The first photo shows the group of officials who organised the carnival, which took place on the previous Monday. The picture shows two policemen, the ferryman, local businessmen and men and women from the community. There is also a schoolboy in the front row. Lots of fancy hats were worn by the women. In the second picture, local people are dressed up for a procession through the town which, the paper states, caused roars of laughter from the crowds that had gathered to see them. Amongst the group are several clowns, minstrels, pixies, farmers, a policeman, a brick layer, a cavalier, a labourer and a banjo player. It looks like it was quite an event. I wish I had more photos from newspapers of the years after this carnival but it seems that most have long since been thrown away. There would have been a happier outlook to the Carnival of 1919 as the First World War would have recently ended though there would also have been much sadness at the loss of so many young men from the area. The carnival of this year was also known as the Peace Carnival.