Thousands line the streets for Colchester Carnival (From Essex County Standard)

• "I too was spoilt for good carnivals when i was a child (90's). This years was dissapointing for me... the different floats and people took too long between themselves to appear, i was watching at the bottom of the high street near the Castle pub, It was a little confusing too as the walking parties went into the castle but the floats went down the hill.... the kids got restless waiting for the floats because of the big gap. We then decided to walk down to the fun fair... Now i appreciate we got there at nearly 5pm.. Was there more than the 3 bouncy castles, the couple of little kids rides, the over priced bungee trampolines and the 'roller coaster' that looks like a shopping trolley on a runner thats been made in someones shed?!? I'd rather have saved the bus fair into town and taken them to the fair on the Rec. When i was a kid we used to take handfuls of coppers for the different floats, and come back with handfuls of sweets, balloons, goodie bags and them silly cardboard spiral hats! Very disapointed. We too were forced to pay a pound to someone for a balloon!! Im not pointing a finger at the people who organized this, its a very hard thing to do, and im pleased that after a couple of years of not having a carnival someone has sorted it out... But their just not like they used to be!!"
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