CROWDS gathered in Carlisle city centre for this year's puppet pageant.

Scores of people watched as the parade, which set off from the Old Fire Station at midday on Saturday, made its way up to the Farmers' Market, before ending in front of the Old Town Hall.

The parade was filled with large scale bright puppets, all of which were created by local community groups, organisations and schools.

The community event was produced by Prism Arts with support by Carlisle City Council and The National Lottery Community Fund.

This year’s theme was ‘A Kaleidoscope of Carlisle Life’, which celebrated people from all walks of life from weavers, coffee merchants, to astronomers, to fishermen.

The parade included a sheep made out of over 300 pom-poms, a four-metre salmon, a flying cow, a boat sailing through the stars and a man sitting in a giant teapot.

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