Heritage Stories Archive - Page 2 of 2 - Manchester Caribbean Carnival

Junior

Junior is a young guy from Barbados who hasn’t been in Britain long. He goes to the carnival every year and gave us a comparison between Manchester and Barbados carnivals.

01 Apr

Dennis

Dennis is a British born Jamaican who is a heritage film maker. He has filmed the carnival over the years and more recently, for social media.

01 Apr

Clair

Clair is of White British heritage and is not from Manchester originally, but when she came to live in Moss Side, she developed a love of the carnival and it even helped heal a family rift.

01 Apr

Butterfly Sue

Butterfly Sue is a regular attendee at carnival and once helped cook food for one of the stalls.

01 Apr

Annette is the daughter of Joe Leader who was one of the founding steel drums men and organised much of the steel band performances. He took her along to the Carnival from a very young age and its only been the last few years since age has caught up with her that she has stopped going.

01 Apr

Anessia

Anessia used to make costumes and she was involved in the background. She explains the spiritual and historical meaning of the carnival.

01 Apr

Alvet

Alvet used to go to the carnival regularly as he lived in Moss Side – he stopped going but came last year for the first time in 30 years as he waned to show his girlfriend what the carnival is about.

01 Apr