Carnival Stall
A Name the Doll Stall at the 1981 Balsall Heath carnival where participants could win a number of much sort after prizes
Carnival Stall
This appears to be a stall supporting the Elderly of the area.
City Farm Carnival Float
A float for Balsall Heath Carnival by Malvern Street Farm (now Balsall heath City Farm)
Custard Pie Wall 1987
Raising funds for a good cause and fun for, at least, some of the participants.
Dick Atkinson Says
Political Statement or Gardening advice?
Fantastic Balsall Heath
This banner was made for the 1994 carnival but was a regular feature of several other carnivals after that.
Fantastic Balsall Heath Banner 2001
The "Fantastic Balsall Heath" Banner 7 years on.
Find your key
Run by St Paul's School. We had a key box with a glass front & a £1 note inside. People paid for 3 keys. What was shocking about this was that the week before carnival I went round to lots of friends ...
Flags & Trumpets 1991
Marchers with flags and trumpets.
Flags of all nations
But why have just one flag leading the parade? This is the front end of the 1988 parade.
Flower Girl at Balsall Heath Carnival
This gallery is a selection of photographs taken at Balsall Heath Carnival by Mick Turner.
Gladiator Duel 1997
A sideshow for the children
Hackitoff Hospital 1995
"My best memory was when we doing that Hackett Hospital, which was a skit on the Health Service. We had this bed and it was only kept on the float by these bricks and as we were going down Belgrave Middleway ...
I love a parade
The Balsall Heath Carnival has been running since 1977 and the parade has always been a major part of it. The parade winds it way around the local streets and finishes at the carnival show ground. It ...
In the Stocks at the 1980 Carnival
"Tony (Stokes) and I thought we would have a cool-off because it was a nice hot day and so we went in the stocks. Not known to us was someone has gone in The Railway (Clifton Road) and told people we ...
Kabaddi Tournament at the Carnival
There was a kabaddi tournament held almost every year between 1983 and 1989. This is from the last of them.
Kabaddi is a team contact sport that originated in South Asia BCE, as a form of recreational ...
Large Paper Heads 1994
There have been all kinds of paper sculptures in the parade. These are made for one person to hold.
Malvern Street Easter Fair
Children enjoying activities on a site which three years later saw the development of Malvern Street Farm. In years gone by this was a terraced street.