COME aboard and have fun at this year's Cleethorpes Carnival which will be the biggest and best yet!
The parade will launch this Saturday (20th) with a bang, with local community, businesses and charities all coming together to entertain the thousands of people who will line the four and a half mile route.
With just three days to go, we can reveal that there are 75 floats now taking part – with new ones being added all the time.
It has been many years since the carnival saw that many entries, says organiser Leanor Pidgden.
And if you can't wait, here, for the first time, is a running order for the 2013 parade, sponsored by Young's.
The route which begins at Sidney Park to the Meridian Park Arena, will see hundreds of people dressed in their most silliest outfit, but for an important cause.
The carnival has been a calendar highlight for the resort since it started in 1976 and last year brought 25,000 people into the resort and raised thousands of pounds for the local economy.
However, it was soon to be a thing of the past until Young's Seafood stepped in to save it. It was threatened this year when North East Lincolnshire Council withdrew funding from the £30,000 event.
Laura Mummery, executive assistant for Young's Seafood's chief executive Leendert den Hollander, said: "We are really looking forward to this huge summer event and we are currently preparing frantically to finish off the final touches.
"We're excited about working with the community to make this year's Cleethorpes Carnival a fun-filled day out for all the family."
Laura is also a Guide Leader for Second Humberston Guides, who will be parading on the day for the first time.
"The girls will be dressed up as a fish finger army so it should be fun!" Laura added.
Some of the groups who will be parading in Cleethorpes on Saturday include...
Globel Twirlers Majorettes
Halloween Experience
Lincs Inspire
Havelock United Group
The Pink Berets
Zoogle Theatre School
The Entertainer Toy Shop
Bluebird Care
The Grange Together
Coopers Tours
Viking FM...and many more
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Above: The route the parade will take through Cleethorpes starting at 3.30pm from Sidney Park. It will then go down Ward Street to Grimsby Road, up Issac's Hill through the High Street.
Then to Alexander Road down Sea Road, on to the central promenade and then to Brighton Slipway.
Finally it will go on to the Kingsway, on down to Kings Road to the finsih point of Meridian Park.
Carnival news, pictures and video will appear on www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk over the weekend
Above: The route the parade will take through Cleethorpes starting at 3.30pm from Sidney Park. It will then go down Ward Street to Grimsby Road, up Issac's Hill through the High Street.
Then to Alexander Road down Sea Road, on to the central promenade and then to Brighton Slipway.
Finally it will go on to the Kingsway, on down to Kings Road to the finsih point of Meridian Park.Carnival news, pictures and video will appear on www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk over the weekend
