THERE will be no fancy dress, dancers, confetti, or floats to mark the 50th birthday of Royal Wootton Bassett carnival next month because it has been cancelled as a result of the pandemic.
Coronavirus restrictions, which will make it illegal for gatherings of more than 30 people, have forced the carnival committee to make the difficult decision to not go ahead with the event.
Instead it wants people who live in the town to decorate their houses, garden, or even work with their neighbours to decorate their street in a carnival theme on May 15.
Committee member Laura Patterson said: “There wasn’t an option at all to go ahead because of the Covid-19 restrictions. We couldn’t do nothing, it’s the 50th anniversary, so we came up with the idea to do a virtual carnival, we wanted to mark the day.