SATURDAY'S town centre carnival of stalls and activities in Corringham organised by Morrisosn store community champion Samantha Ralph and her colleagues raised £570 for the Young Lives vs Cancer (formerly CLIC Sargent).

The event featured many stall run by local people and organisations and here were performances by the Sutherland Pipes & Drums, music and entertainment provided by DJ Steve Henderson, Perry Entertainment and Kaleo Music Studios.

Among the visitors was borough mayor Cllr Sue Shinnick who took the opportunity to pelt local ward councillor Shane Ralph with wet sponges when he was in the stocks!

Samantha said afterwards: "It was a great success. Thank-you to the wonderful people of SS17 who came and supported the whole event. Thank-you you all for being there for me today. It's taken 6 weeks of planning and numerous phone calls, emails, licensing queries and arrangements but we got there in the end and a great day was had by all.

"I just want to say some thank-yous....

"Firstly to all the stallholders and the food stalls who came along, I can't thank you enough for being there today, it meant so much to me.

"To the Corringham, Fobbing and Homesteads Forum for your support.

"To The Sutherland Pipes & Drums, you were all so incredible, as usual.

"To Madam Mayor for coming along and supporting our event.

"To Stevie May Heagren for the wo fabulous balloon displays.

"To D.J. Steve Henderson and Haydon Perry Entertainment, thank-you so much.

"To Kaleo Music Studios for the entertainment.

"To Janine White and Darren Abbott for your help and support today.

"To Louise Gibbons for running the games stalls and selling a crazy amount of drinks lol, you are a superstar! And to Eathan for running the stocks game.

"To our amazing facepainter, Rebecca Gower.

"To Councillor Ralph for going into the stocks!

"To Harvey Powell for being awesome Spiderman.

"To Jules Bird for my pink ensemble today lol.

"To the Dry Cleaners and Turkish Barbers for supplying the electric for the Entertainment.

"And to the town's residents and shop owners, thank-you for supporting us."