During an interval between races, spectators were treated to a Carnival spectacular
Crowds of more than 18,000 thronged in the streets of Accrington as the popular Soapbox Challenge returned to town last weekend.
The 170-metre-long Soapbox track runs from Property Shop on Blackburn Road, down into Town Square in Accrington Town Centre, and gives a great view for spectators to line the streets. The track included jumps, water jumps, chicanes, and competitors being squirted with water pistols! All profits made from entry fees will go to Maundy Relief, with the Soapbox having raised over £5,000 to date for them.
The tills were also ringing in Accrington Market Hall with an indoor and outdoor market laid on for the occasion, plus the great free attraction The Code Show, celebrating how 1980’s Britain embraced the home computer. A Sinclair C5 was on display and 1980s technology, such as a dial up telephone and video recorder, plus vintage computers, games consoles and free gaming machines!
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