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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

Content Published August 4, 2017

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Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

Content Published August 4, 2017

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©Si Barber 07739 472 922

Whittlesey Strawbear Festival 2013 which takes place each year on the weekend prior to Plough Monday in January.

english festival folk monday plough straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

Content Published August 4, 2017

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival folk molly monday morris mummers mummery plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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

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Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival folk molly monday morris mummers mummery plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

2020 agricultural alms barber bear begin beginning black blacking boy cambridgeshire cambs dance dancers dancing disguise disguised face farm farming festival folk molly monday morris mummers mummery plough si staw straw strawbear tradition traditional up whittlesey www.sibarber.co.uk year

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© Si Barber 07739 472 922 Molly and Morris dancers parading through the town of Whittlesea in Cambs in celebration of Plough Monday - a Medieval tradition in which unemployed agricultural labourers begged for alms. Participants went in disguise to avoid prosecution from the authorities and caused mischief for those who would not pay them. 170110.

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

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Straw Bear Festival 2008

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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 August 4, 2017

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PHOTOGRAPHER - Si Barber

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 August 4, 2017

Si Barber

PHOTOGRAPHER - Si Barber

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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