OLD YORK PHOTOS: 19 of Copmanthorpe Carnival in the 1980s & 90s

This is part of a series of galleries featuring archive photographs from areas around York, which featured in The Press over the years. For more galleries, visit our history section.

1) The Fun Run in 1994

2) 1993 - Carnival Queen Melissa Drake, centre, with attendants Kate Henderson and Vicky Charles

3) 1992  - The 1st Copmanthorpe Brownies Float. Alison Grossett as Sleeping Beauty, watched by fairies Emily Cuthbert, Louise Quick and Dominique Jozefowicz

4) 1990 - The Fun Run

5) 1996 - Carnival princess Clare Coates between attendants Emily Potter and Rachel Bailey

6) 1993 - Lindsey Allanson, 12, playing the human fly game

7) 1990 - Queen Katie Glenn with David Dunning from Radio York

8) 1987 - Battle games

9) 1988 - The 2nd Copmanthorpe Brownies Float, which won 3rd prize in the parade

10) 1995 - Daniel and Samantha Laverack

11) 1986 - Paint Your Wagon parade float by Copmanthorpe Ramblers Club. From left: David Wood, Roy Jones, Eric Jackson, Ron Dukes

12) 1995 - Natlie Wilson receives her Carnival Queen Cup and crown from her princesses - her sister Rachel, left, and Hayley Jones

13) 1982 - David Wood as King Kong on the Copmanthorpe Ramblers Float

14) 1988 - Copmanthorpe Rambling Parade. Pat White (rear left), Margaret Cook, Ron Dukes (front right) and Erik Jackson

15) 1990 - The Fun run

16) 1994 - Queen Kathryn Seastron (centre) with Jane Evershaw and Dominique Jozefowicz

17) 1991 - Battle games

18) 1995 - Snow White and her dwarves, played by village scouts

19) 1993 - Ata Yousof tries conducting the Copmanthorpe Junior School Mandolins

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