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This Rushbearing Festival takes place in and around the [[Yorkshire]] Pennine town of Sowerby Bridge during the first full weekend in September. | This Rushbearing Festival takes place in and around the [[Yorkshire]] Pennine town of Sowerby Bridge during the first full weekend in September. | ||
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[http://www.rushbearing.co.uk/ Sowerby Bridge Rushcart web site] | [http://www.rushbearing.co.uk/ Sowerby Bridge Rushcart web site] | ||
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Who needs a road? Photo ©John Adams | |||
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Old and new cultures juxtaposed. Photo ©John Adams | |||
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Revision as of 20:59, 28 June 2008
This Rushbearing Festival takes place in and around the Yorkshire Pennine town of Sowerby Bridge during the first full weekend in September.
Starting off at St John's Church, Warley, the cart visits village churches and inns on route that takes it to Sowerby Bridge and after a night of celebrations, via a moorland route to the village of Ripponden in the Ryburn Valley.
Sowerby Bridge Rushcart web site
Who needs a road? Photo ©John Adams
Old and new cultures juxtaposed. Photo ©John Adams