Maldon's century-old carnival has been saved thanks to a late surge of volunteers.
Residents desperate to keep the carnival afloat stepped in at the last minute at Maldon Carnival Association’s AGM and offered to take over the reins.
Members had feared that 2013 would be the last year of the carnival after not a single person answered an earlier appeal for prospective volunteers.
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