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Waterloo Carnival 2007 in pictures

London SE1 website team

The biggest ever Waterloo Carnival filled the streets with sound and colour on Friday.

Blackfriars Settlement older people's clubs
Blackfriars Settlement older people's clubs
Blackfriars Settlement older people's clubs
Blackfriars Settlement older people's clubs
Juggling in Lower Marsh
Juggling in Lower Marsh
Stiltwalker in Westminster Bridge Road
Stiltwalker in Westminster Bridge Road
WCDG's Parents and Providers Forum
WCDG's Parents and Providers Forum took part in the carnival
Samba band
Samba band
Waterloo Carnival 2007 in pictures
The carnival procession ended on Waterloo Millenni
The carnival procession ended on Waterloo Millennium Green
Balloons were released from the Millennium Green a
Balloons were released from the Millennium Green at the end of the carnival

The carnival procession followed an extended route this year from Johanna School along Lower Marsh, Westminster Bridge Road, Baylis Road and Frazier Street before heading through the Tanswell Estate to Waterloo Millennium Green.

Waterloo locals of all ages took part in the parade – from babies in colourful prams decorated by members of Waterloo Community Development Group's Parents & Providers Forum to Blackfriars Settlement's older people's clubs.

As ever the pupils of Johanna Primary School had put many hours' work into their costumes, and this year pupils from Southwark's Charles Dickens Primary School took part in the carnival for the first time.

This year's theme was 'Under the Sea' and many of the costumes had been inspired by visits to the London Aquarium which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year.

There was a bigger than usual market in Lower Marsh with music outside Cubana throughout the afternoon and outside Scooterworks UK during the evening.

• Waterloo Quarter Business Alliance is promoting an enhanced market in Lower Marsh every Wednesday

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