‘For the Romans bread and circuses sufficed to keep the population happy. For Neyland folks I think the return of the annual carnival, and the centenary carnival at that, went a great way to meet the same public need. The sheer creativity of the entries, whether floats or walking characters were uniformly of a really high standard and the entries were widely considered the best for many years. Along the route and on the field thousands watched the annual spectacle bathed under a hot July sun. It was the perfect day for community celebration. Enormous thanks are due to the participants, sponsors and the hard-working carnival committee under the dedicated leadership of Malcom Hawkins. The day could not have been bettered.’
