Mardi Gras: A memory of Andover

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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I used to spend a lot of time with my Grandparents who lived in Andover maybe you knew my Grandfather Mr Newton James who was a dentist there. I have many happy memories of Andover but the best had to be Carnival week. I remember watching the carnival procession go by from my grandparents house in Charlton Rd. How I wished the Carnival Queen could have been me. However I did manage to achieve that ambition in very recent years. I also remember the dances that were held in the old hall over the years. The last one I went to was when I was in my late teens and I managed to dance with the film actor Jack Hedley who was famous in those days
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.

By Christyne Remnant on Sat Oct 22nd 2016, at 4:31 pm

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