Mardi Gras
A Memory of Andover.
During the late 50's and early 60s, I remember that during Carnival Week there was always a Mardi Gras night. There was a dance floor in front of the Guildhall and many fairground stalls. I always remember being weighed at one of these stalls on a chair contraption. The main activity was throwing confetti at one another and trying to stuff it down strangers necks!! When I got home my mother would not let me in the house until I had undressed at the backdoor and got rid of all the confetti.
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29 December 2014
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To end the fun week was the Mardi Gra ,the last one I went to in my teens I remember dancing to "Shaking all over". by Johnny Kid and the Pirates and confetti everywhere Everyone had so much fun.
I do not think that weeks Carnival that went on for so many years could have been bettered by anywhere else.
Fond Memories of days long gone by. When the world was a more happier, innocent and safer place.