Sheringham Carnival Week 2006

These photographs were taken at the Sheringham Carnival Parade in 2006.

Carnival Queen Selection

The Crown disco night in Sheringham was the venue for the Carnival Queen and her two attendants to be chosen. Thirteen young ladies put their names forward for selection; the Carnival committee judges taking nearly three hours to announce the winners. The disco night attracted lots of youngsters to the Crown and most of the entrants had very vocal support, which added to the atmosphere.

The winners were announced as Nicola Fleming, a hairdresser, from Sheringham and Stacy Thomas, a trainee hairdresser, from Weybourne, as the two attendants, and the Carnival Queen herself - a carer for the elderly and a local girl - was the lovely Samantha Carter.   All 13 girls were subjected to interviews with the judges - Tony Nelson, Coral Batchelor and Gill White - and despite the hour, there was still a good crowd of people left to raise the roof when the winners were announced.
They were overjoyed when first, flowers, and then cheques - £150 for the Queen and £75 each for the attendants - which were cut in half for the present; half now and the other half after they have finished their duties, most of which occur during Carnival Week - Saturday, July 29 until Sunday August 6 - which, if as good as the selection process, promises to be a fantastic party time.
The evening was compéred very efficiently by Neil Batchelor and thanks go to him, the landlord of the Crown, Bob Brewster, and the crowds of young people in the audience, who were very courteous to the more elderly members of the committee, and added some zeal to the extraordinary event.




Photographs  'Courtesy of Dave Medhurst'.