Thousands celebrate West Indian Carnival in Leeds
TENS of thousands of people took to the streets of Leeds today for the city’s annual West Indian Carnival.
The carnival parade wound through the Chapeltown and Harehills areas as the local communities put on a display of dance, colour and music.
Founded in 1967, the annual event was the brainchild of Arthur France, who had arrived in Leeds from St Kitts-Nevis 10 years before.
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