LED, as usual, by the civic triumvirate of the Portreeve, the president of the Callington Rotary Club and the president of Callington Lions, accompanied majestically by the Callington town crier, this year’s Callington carnival procession had an added twist.

Forging ahead of the parade, albeit at a sedate pace, were some 20 classic vehicles from the Tamar Historic Transport Club.

As the cars approached the town centre, chairman David Fry left his wonderful Austin A40 to take over the microphone and talk the crowd through the variety of passing vehicles: through a magnificent Lamborghini to a 1926 Ford one-ton pick-up — and let’s not forget the iconic 1952 Morris Minor — the vehicles brought back memories of days when motoring really had style.

Entries were slightly down on previous years, but there was no doubting the high quality of the participants.

The prize for Best Adult Walkers was awarded to New Outlook for their ‘60 Years On’ entry depicting ageing skateboarders; Best Junior Float was presented to Ladybirds Playgroup for their ‘Three Little Pigs’, while Best Adult Float was won by Callo Blocco, the Callington Samba Band, with their vibrant, and certainly noisy, contribution.

The entry with the highest accolades was from The Jackson Family, whose ‘The Greatest Showman’ deservedly received both Best Junior Walker and Best in Carnival trophies.

“It’s great to see the community come together on a day like this,” said Rotary president Lesley Dingle.

“A great deal of work goes into an event like this and I would like to thank the Lions Club, the town council, Raynet, the Callington Fire Brigade, Duchy College students and everyone else who came out to support the Rotary Club in this event — especially, of course, those people who took the time and effort to produce such wonderful entries.”