Fleetwood Carnival date clarified amid confusing rumours - but fire has forced one change
‘ Fleetwood Carnival is this Saturday.’
Fleetwood Carnival will be going ahead on Saturday - and not today as some rumours suggested.
Cheryl Wilkinson, who organises the big Fleetwood event, said there was no truth that the carnival would be staged on any day other than Saturday June 20.
The clarification came amid rumours on a radio station that it was happening earlier today because of the partial closure of Lord Street.
Cheryl said: “I think people get mixed up sometimes, there are a lot of events and galas happening but Fleetwood Carnival is this Saturday.
There has been a change to the route however.
The former Marks and Spencer shop in Lord Street, devastated by fire on June 3, remains a danger to the public and the road is still closed off.
However, the 115th carnival can still go ahead but the route will be diverted from Lord Street, along Kemp Street and down London Street, back to Lord Street.
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She said: “It’s all signed and sealed, the new route is in place and once we are back on Lord Street, it will continue as normal.
“We are looking forward to Saturday. We hope people will make donations to the on-street collection - anything left over from funding the carnival will go to local charities.