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2017 marks our celebration of 50 consecutive years with our Golden Carnival.

As you may know the Carnival dates back many years before this and there is actually some debate as to whether 1967 was in fact a Carnival or not so, as Tony Nash (the chairman at the time) decided to celebrate the ‘Silver Carnival’ back in 1992, we are following his lead and celebrating the Golden Carnival in 2017.

As part of our discussions at meetings last year we thought it would be great to try to track down as many past Carnival Queens as possible and invite them back as our guests, so we are asking for your help.

We should mention that we are aware that sadly not all of the last 50 years’ Queens will still be with us, but we felt it was an appropriate time to celebrate and remember all of our past Carnival Queens and we sincerely hope that this does not cause offence to anyone.

carnival queenHow you can help

If you, or someone you know, is a past Carnival Queen, please get in touch with us as we would like to identify and invite as many past Queens as possible to the Carnival. We are having a float and will be having sashes made, so if you are a past Queen, please take part and help us celebrate this special day.

You can contact us by email, by commenting below, or by contacting Mandi Collins on 07803 789706. Thanks in advance for your help.

A special thank-you to Colin Green, our village historian, for supplying details of the missing queens.

Past Carnival Queens

  • 1968 – Pauline Stanton
  • 1969 – Linda Gough
  • 1970 – Delia Morrison
  • 1971 – Gillian Smith
  • 1972 – Diane Lazarus
  • 1973 – Susan Morrall
  • 1974 – Louise Greensall
  • 1975 – Janet Haywood
  • 1976 – Denise Brooke
  • 1977 – Sue Sidwell
  • 1978 – Judith Nicholls
  • 1979 – Lindsey Slowley
  • 1980 – Carol House
  • 1981 – Lisa Dunn
  • 1982 – Julie Bonsall
  • 1983 – Elizabeth Watts
  • 1984 – Samantha Kettle
  • 1985 – No queen, 6 princesses
  • 1986 – Claire Pratt
  • 1987 – Jeannine Burbidge
  • 1988 – Sarah Scrivens
  • 1989 – Julie Roberts
  • 1990 – Louise Roberts
  • 1991 – Lisa Alderwick
  • 1992 – Cheryl Deeley
  • 1993 – Anita Adams
  • 1994 – Rebecca Charles
  • 1995 – Claire Morgan
  • 1996 – Sarah Griffiths
  • 1997 – Joanne Busst
  • 1998 – Joanne Busst
  • 1999 – Pamela Danks
  • 2000 – Hayley Selway
  • 2001 – Emma Green
  • 2002 – Laura Mowatt
  • 2003 – Charlotte Fox
  • 2004 – Lorna Bamford
  • 2005 – Claire Wakelam
  • 2006 – Leanne Palmer
  • 2007 – Stella Hinsley
  • 2008 – Jamie Lee Price
  • 2009 – Queen withdrew
  • 2010 – Georgia Stocker
  • 2011 – Sophie Penfold
  • 2012 – Lucy Hewlett
  • 2013 – Joanna Vizor
  • 2014 – Jessica Collins
  • 2015 – Abbie Forbes
  • 2016 – Georgia Barker