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Charity Events
New Mills Carnival,
2004 By 10.30am the disco and
the participants for the float had arrived. There were many characters such as
Austin Powers, Marilyn Monroe and the Bee Gees. Our Fancy Dress Prize went to
the hippy “peace Man”. Every-one looked great. The procession started at 1.00pm. By that time the sun was trying to come out and we were raring to go. Along the route we handed out sweets to the children and adults. At time it was like being the “Pied Piper”. We didn’t win a prize but we had a fantastic time putting it all together and taking part.
Swizzels Matlow Silver Trophy
New
Mills Carnival, 2002 We had Queen Guinevere, Queen of Hearts, Anne Berlin, Henry VIII, Elvis – the King of Pop, King Arthur, Cleopatra and many more. We really got into the “royal swing” of it – with beheadings and Thrones, Knights and Majestic music. Once again great fun was had by and the crowds that followed us just loved the sweets.
Swizzels Matlow sponsors of the
Children In Need Appeal, 2001. This year we had Cowboys and Indians.
New Mills Carnival, 2001
Grey skies did not prevent over forty employees dressing themselves up and a delivery lorry to create a float which represented Swizzels Matlow Limited.
This was the first float for many years
that the
Comic Relief, 2001 The Swizzels Matlow team
had a "Red Hat Day" to raise money for Comic Relief.
Children In Need Appeal, 2000 We had the Spice Girls, Sporty, Baby, Scary and Posh. Nora Batty and Compo brought a smile to everyone's face.
Children In Need Appeal, 1999 We had the Three Degrees singers, an
Angel and a Devil, a Baseball Player, one Sheep Farmer, Ms Bet Lynch, and a Deep
Sea Diver. Mr Jenkinson (yes I did say 'MR' !!) explained how to train dogs the Woodhouse Way.
Children In Need Appeal, 1998 Nici Matlow and Andrew Matlow delivered a bucket full of Pudsey Love Hearts sweets, and looking at the smile on Pudsey's face, it would appear that Pudsey loves them. The 'Swizzels Matlow Fund Raising Team' used their charms to collect loads of cash for the Children in Need Appeal. |
The
day started at 6.00am on a damp and windy morning. An enthusiastic team of
dedicated helpers were getting “stuck in” to make our float the “Swizzelling
Sixties”. Spirits were very high and the banter was one of fun, fun, fun.
Many
schools and age groups from under eleven to under eighteen were represented and
Mr Andrew Matlow from the New Mills based sweet manufacturer was delighted to
attend and present the numerous trophies to the successful players and schools.
Seeing
as it was the year of the Royal Jubilee, we thought that it would be very apt to
theme our float – Kings and Queens. 
The
New Mills Carnival took place on Saturday, 9th June, 2001. 
Their
efforts were rewarded when carnival
judges gave them an award and the company judges gave top accolade to "POP" and
"CORN" and the rest of the Popcorn team; although everybody present deserved
praise for the effort that they had so obviously put in to represent the
Company's products
