Carnival Day Success
The Rothwell & District Carnival Committee would like to thank everyone who helped make their fi rst summer carnival a great success. The event held on Saturday 10th July was attended by 1000's of local residents who enjoyed a wide range of entertainment including circus skills presented by Surefire Circus, pupils from Royds singing songs from the shows, dance displays and a dog show presented by Walkabou t Hounds. Following the traditional fancy dress parade which this year included the West Yorkshire Fire Service Pipers, stilt walkers and over 100 local children the Carnival was officially opened by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Jim McKenna, who awarded Rothwell Fun Music Group first prize in the fancy dress parade. In addition to the arena entertainment, community stalls, go-karts, a bouncy castle, a market area along with the traditional fun fair help provide a fun filled afternoon. The event came to a close following the grand prize draw where the lucky first prize winner of £150.00 was Mrs D Smith from Stanley with the second prize of £75.00 been won by Mr Crabtree of Rothwell. Third prize - a £50 voucher for Salutes was won by Luke Willey from Woodlesford. A full list of all the prizes and winners will be displayed in  Blackburn Hall from Friday 23rd June or you can request an emailed copy of the winners list from Debra at
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. The Carnival Committee would also like to thank all the local businesses who donated raffle prizes and thank Morrisons supermarket who supported the event by donating a large amount of strawberries which were sold by the committee to help raise funds. Following the success of the Carnival the R&DCC are now planning their next event - watch this space for further updates! In the meantime if you have any suggestions or ideas please email Debra at the above email address or come along to the Carnival Committee meetings held on the first Monday in every month at the One Stop Shop, Rothwell.
Meetings :
Regular meetings take place in the one stop shop (the old council offices next to the library on Marsh St, Rothwell.
These meetings are to mainly arranged to keep members of the R&DCC updated with what action is taking place in preparation for the events, anyone is welcome to attend : the meetings are open to all so if you wish to come along and find out what we are doing, ask any questions, etc., please do so. If you have any questions about the R&DCCC and what we do, please e-mail us and we will reply as soon as I can. We are always happy to welcome new members to our team so if you'd like to join us, please e-mail or attend a meeting and make yourself known. (email the secretary )
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 July 2010 )
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Committee Officers
Chair: Deryck Thorp
Treasurer: Dianne Chapman
Secretary: Debra Charlton
(email )
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 22 October 2009 )
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A History of Rothwell Entertainments |
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Rothwell has a long history of fine entertainment.
In 1408, King Henry
IV (son of John O'Gaunt of Rothwell) decreed that
Rothwell should have two fairs per year, one in the month
of July. Almost 600 years later, this still happens. May
Day celebrations are held every May Day bank holiday and
the Rothwell Carnival always takes place on the second
Saturday in July.
 1939
The picture on the right
(supplied by Mrs Homer) shows the Queen, Janet Homer (nee
Edwards) being crowned by Mrs Gwen Turner at the Gala in 1939.
Maid of Honour was Joyce Brooksbank and the Page Boy with
the blonde hair is Ronald Whitehead. The previous Queen in
the top right is Evelyn Nunns. Janet and some of the
others were from the Church School whilst the others were
from the Council School.
 1956
This picture (courtesy of Dennis Carver), dates back to 1956.
Dennis is the Page Boy in front of the Queen.
 1957
The Children's Day Queen of 1957 was Margaret Bateman (nee
Marshall) who is pictured here with her attendents,
Susan Taylor, Susan Dickinson, Jean Beckwith and Yvonne
Speake. (Picture courtesy of Margaret Bateman).
1990 to 2009
The "Rothwell Entertainments committee" was in operation between
1990 and 2009. The Rothwell Gala as the current carnival is
commonly known has been in happening for at least a
century in or around Springhead Park in Rothwell.
Todays Carnival
In October 2009 the old entertainments committee having stood down there was a hand over of responsibilities to a new reconstituted group called "Rothwell & District Carnival Committee.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 05 October 2009 )
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