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Excerpt taken from records of Nuneaton Manor Hospital - reproduced by kind permission of Nuneaton Hospitals Museum
£2,950 raised in three years !!!. That is the proud record on the
Nuneaton Hospital Carnival since its inception in 1930. As a means of providing Nuneaton with an eventful day and at the same time raising funds for the Hospital, the Carnival has proved a tremendous and popular success. Long may it so continue ! The origin of the Carnival was a meeting called by Mr Eli Deeming on the evening of July 23rd, 1930 in a room at the Cock & Bear Inn. There, six people under the chairmanship of Mr W White, met together to put into practical form the various suggestions which had been floating around the town all the year. With great enthusiasm they presented to the Nuneaton public the infant Carnival - a babe that was soon to grow to astounding
proportions, and which was to shock the district out of its nearly traditional lethargy The people present at the far reaching meeting were; Mr W White, Mr Eli Deeming, Mr A Jacques, Mr J H Smith, Mr A Keiser, Mr C Orton, Mr H Wood and the press, all of whom were formed into a committee, with the unlimited power to add. The following resolution was passed; "That we hold a Carnival on Saturday,
September 13th, 1930 in aid of the Nuneaton General Hospital with a small percentage to go to St John Ambulance and the Red Cross
Society"
You can see the full report by clicking HERE
Further information about our history can be found on our 75th
Anniversary website
Order Carnival Remembered DVD - some rare cine film rescued from the rubbish dump saved onto DVD showing Carnival 1932 to 1938 click HERE for more details
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