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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

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Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

©Si Barber. MOral rights asserted.

Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

©Si Barber. MOral rights asserted.

Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

©Si Barber. MOral rights asserted.

Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking blacking up blacked black strange wierd weird odd oddity metaphor england english uk great britain festivities blackface rite rites costume dress dressing up boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival molly molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan ritual pagan morris plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

©Si Barber. MOral rights asserted.

Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival molly molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan ritual pagan morris plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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Content Published January 23, 2020

Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival

©Si Barber. MOral rights asserted.

Molly dancers at the Straw Bear festival, Whittlesea, Cambs. The festival is a revival of a centuries old tradition when it is thought unemployed agricultural labourers dressed up in rags and came into the villages to entertain the population for money. Forbidden by law in the early 20th Century, the highlight of the event is when the straw 'bear' who is paraded through the town by his keeper and then set on fire in a nearby field. The modern event attracts Morris and Molly dancer from across the county.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking blacking up blacked black strange wierd weird odd oddity metaphor england english uk great britain festivities blackface rite rites costume dress dressing up boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival molly molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan ritual pagan morris plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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Content Published November 25, 2019

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Roy Burnett on his stall on Peterborough market, Cambs,UK

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Content Published November 25, 2019

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Roy Burnett on his stall on Peterborough market, Cambs,UK

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Content Published November 23, 2019

Shippea Hill Railway Station.

Shippea Hill station in Cambridgeshire. The request-only stop is the least used in Britain

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Content Published November 23, 2019

Shippea Hill Railway Station.

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward with Shaz Nawaz for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough shaz nawaz si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward with Shaz Nawaz for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough shaz nawaz si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward with Shaz Nawaz for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough shaz nawaz si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Candidate Anwar Ali canvassing in North Ward for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 anwar ali cambs candidate canvass canvassing council elections labour north ward peterborough si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

Boys on bikes in North Ward for Labour in Peterborough, Cambs,UK.

2019 bike bikes boys cambs candidate council elections kids labour north ward peterborough si barber uk www.sibarber.co.uk

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

West Front of Peterborough Cathedral,Cambs, UK.

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Content Published April 17, 2019

Peterborough Council Elections 2019

West Front of Peterborough Cathedral,Cambs, UK.

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