But people in the town still managed to summon up some carnival spirit by decorating their homes. Committee member Laura Patterson and her neighbours in Tennyson Road were among those who were determined not to let the pandemic stop them marking the event. She said: “There were a lot of shops and businesses that got involved along the High Street, and residents put up pictures on social media of their houses and tagging us in them. In our street we had a pirate theme, we made a pirate ship out of cardboard and we put up some bunting, it was great.
But people in the town still managed to summon up some carnival spirit by decorating their homes. Committee member Laura Patterson and her neighbours in Tennyson Road were among those who were determined not to let the pandemic stop them marking the event. She said: “There were a lot of shops and businesses that got involved along the High Street, and residents put up pictures on social media of their houses and tagging us in them. In our street we had a pirate theme, we made a pirate ship out of cardboard and we put up some bunting, it was great.