AUGUST bank holiday in Newport means the ever-popular Pill Carnival – which returns today for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Here we dug deep into our archive to find these beautiful images of carnivals past. Do you recognize yourself in any of these photos or have any memories of carnivals past? Tell us.
Blackwood Homestart Mad Hatters Tea Party at Blackwood Carnival in 2005. Photo: Pete Dash
A vintage car rolling past Agincourt Square in Monmouth for the 2003 carnival
Members of Wyesham Social Club as characters from the Harry Potter books at Monmouth Carnival 2003. Photo: Andy Sherwill
Newport Carnival Queen Katie Wyatt (centre) in 1988
Crowds lining the streets for the Newport Carnival in 1978
The first Bettws Communities Parade in 2011
Pontypool Carnival Queen and Court in 2003
Some of the attendees at Pill Carnival in 1983
