Carnival Committee is reviving a favourite event from yesteryear – the bed race.
The race will take place on July 16 and a prize will also be given to the best decorated bed taking part.
The race was a regular and popular part of summer carnival week from the 1960s through to the 1990s and even featured on a Pathe newsreel in 1969.
The race will start from Alma Road car park and proceed along Love Lane, The Hundred, The Cornmarket, Bell Street, Market Place, under the arch towards the Park, The Abbey, front of the Abbey, Abbey Approach, Church Street, Market Place, The Hundred, Latimer Street, Love Lane and finish back in the car park. At two points on the course the beds will be required to negotiate an obstacle.
Each team will consist of five members, all must be over 16 and there must be at least one female.
Road closures will take effect from 7pm and last until either the race has finished or 8.30pm whichever is the earlier. On the evening of the race Alma Road car park will be closed to non event vehicles from 6.30pm until 9pm.
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