NEXT ISSUE: AUTUMN 2018 Copy deadline: Mon 30 July Publication: Tues 28 August Contact us at: Issue 183
[email protected] or 07768 583010 Summer 2018 FREE – Or at: Not The Antique Please take one Shoppe, 7 Coldwell Street, Wirksworth DE4 4FB Get ready for the Carnival! THERE’S LOTS to look forward be maypole dancing around the the event and on the door – if there to at this year’s Carnival and lovingly restored Wirksworth are any left, that is. Well dressings weekend. maypole in the churchyard, and later Sunday is a quieter day. A It all starts on Saturday 26 May, on Kal’s Kats will be performing on walking treasure hunt at teatime with the Blessing of the Wells the Market Place and showing us sees families searching for clues ceremony and the crowning of how to jump, jive and swing! around our historic town. Down at the May Queen, Natasha Kinder. Teatime sees the return of the the Recreation Ground, there is the She and Princess Molly Repton, wheelbarrow race, when teams traditional five-a-side football; it’s Rosebuds Caitlin Butler and Nicole compete for the fastest lap of town, an all-day event, so why not stroll Wilmot, Petals Sylvie Hunter and stopping for a beer at each pub. It’s down and cheer them on? Olivia Vinall and Pageboys Taylor a challenge, and great fun to watch. And of course Monday sees the Davies and Max White, will be Teams of two can be entered before carnival parade, with decorated joined by local clergy and the BMW the event or on the day, at any of floats, vintage vehicles, families in band.