The streets of Hanley were a sea of nerds and beauty’s last night as thousands of students from across the region descended upon the city centre for a night of Carnage. Yes that’s right the nationwide bar crawl returned once again to the bars and nightclubs of Stoke-on-Trent, the second time within a month.
Armed with their carnage t-shirts, glasses and knee high socks students from Staffordshire, Keele and Manchester Metropolitan Universities braved the rain to enjoy the event.
The event organised by Carnage UK has been hailed as one of the UK’s number one students night out, but the event has been criticised in the past by numerous student unions and has been condemned by the National Union of Students.
A call for a crackdown on Carnage came after student, Philip Laing, was filmed urinating on a war memorial in Sheffield.
However despite these concerns last night’s event was hailed as a success and trouble free, with no incidents or arrests made.
Revellers were in high spirits and made the most of the student only event.
Nicola Smith aged 20 a student from MMU said: “Carnage is a great event, I have attended two of this year’s events, it’s a great idea for students from all different universities to meet and basically have a good night.”
The sold out event charges £8 for the iconic Carnage t-shirt which gained clubbers entry into several of the town’s bars including Walkabout, Revolution and Liquid nightclub.
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