Thousands gathered in Mansfield Market Place on Saturday for a Caribbean themed carnival. Samuel worked at Welbeck Colliery after leaving Jamaica as a young man and later became first ever black man elected as a Deacon by a 120-strong congregation at Mansfield’s Baptist Church, the highest honour the church can bestow on a person. "Black history and decolonisation will continue to be a major theme for Mansfield District Council in future years