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    On Thu 18 Feb 2010 at: 21:19 Tarquin wrote:
    My name is Tarquin Whitmore and I am a student at the University Of The Trent in Nottingham.
    I am currently trying to write the definative word on Carnivals in the UK.
    One of my researchers has informed me of an organisation in Lewes called the Commercial Square Carnival Society that holds a winter carnival in November, Based around fire. (presumably to keep themselves warm)
    I have been told that the society has many members that parade around the town dressed as either cowboys, indians or bumble bees (I don't quite get the bumble bee conection) There are Various floats within the ranks including one built to resemble a totem pole.
    At the end of the evening all the members gather around a fire which is built in the road outside a shop called Carnival in the Commercial Square district of Lewes and recite, word for word the lyrics to The Seekers epic " The Carnival Is Over"
    Can anyone on this forum tell me if these facts are correct and if so when in November is this Carnival supreme?

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    On Thu 18 Feb 2010 at: 22:37 Busy Bee wrote:
    Quite correct Tarquin, in fact the Busy Bees deliver all the christmas cards in Lewes too.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 01:22 Smiler wrote:
    Tarquin Witless is probably more fitting.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 10:19 Sherlock wrote:
    Tarquin: two things you should know.
    1. Your university in not called 'University of the Trent' but is called 'Nottingham Trent University'.

    2. You need a dictionary and then you may learn that 'definative' is wrong.

    Now p*ss off and stop wasting people's time.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 10:26 Old cynic wrote:
    Do you mean you are a student at the University of Trent, Nottingham? Prety poor if you can't even get the name of your university right?! I do hope you are not a post grad student, if you are I don't hold out much hope for the quality of your research if you haven't found google or the excellent web pages devoted to Lewes! And, I presume your "researchers' are mates from the uni bar!

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 11:51 'ere be monsters wrote:
    Nobody else think it's a wind up? I think he'd be talking about Waterloo if it was serious!!

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 12:05 Rookie wrote:
    I was hoping no-one would bite.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 13:05 Prick Stein wrote:
    It made my morning, although i'm waiting for Rupert from Islington to request details about Southover DFL Society!

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 13:26 Bongo. wrote:
    "Say goodbye my own true lover
    As we sing a lovers song
    How it breaks my heart to leave you
    Now the carnival is gone
    What shall we do with him... Burn him"
    I will have to propose this at the AGM. Its fantasic!

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 13:54 Heather wrote:
    Strange that you describe SBS as a DFL zone - the society was reformed by two locals and 'mans' the bar at Lewes FC...

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 15:30 Unaware wrote:
    I always thought the "CS" in CSBS stood for Chav Scum.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 16:37 Geronimo wrote:
    Close, Unaware, very close. But its CBS not CSBS.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 16:53 Crazy Horse wrote:
    Bad form Geronimo. There is no animosity between CSBS and CBS, except for when stupid people make comments like that. If you are a Bonfire Boy you should know better.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 17:18 Sitting Bull wrote:
    and unaware wouldnt be a bonfire boy either I suppose?

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 17:59 To Be Fair wrote:
    The only time I've ever seen CSBS members at outmeetings is in the pubs, never in the processions. I always assumed they were some kind of deliquent drinking club, rather than a bonfire society.

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    On Fri 19 Feb 2010 at: 18:27 Bumble Bee wrote:
    We are in the pub, you are walking in the p1ssing rain. Now who exactly is the delinquent?

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    On Sat 20 Feb 2010 at: 14:32 Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
    Actually, Tarquin's university is the Combined University of Nottingham & Trent. At least, those are the letters he's got after his name.

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    On Sat 20 Feb 2010 at: 18:37 Brixtonbelle wrote:
    ACT, I'm shocked ! It's so obviously a wind up.

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    On Sun 21 Feb 2010 at: 10:27 jonnyboy wrote:
    ACT,brilliant!!

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    On Sun 21 Feb 2010 at: 18:24 'ere be monsters wrote:
    Good shot ACT
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