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Music stage helped to bring peace
Daily Mirror UK
|August 23, 2025
Wilf Walker OBE was the brains behind the first live stage that transformed the Carnival from a beleaguered event, tainted by crime, to a musical spectacular.
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Riots at the 1976 event - sparked by accusations that a small group were picking pockets - left around 250 people hospitalised, including 120 police officers, with 60 arrested.
This story is from the August 23, 2025 edition of Daily Mirror UK.
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