Straw Bear Festival
? Si Barber 07739 472 922 The Old Glory molly dancers from Rumburgh, Suffolk 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. Picture shows a Molly Dancer waiting in the rain 170110.
Straw Bear Festival
? 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.Picture shows a Morris Dancer waiting in the rain. 170110.
Straw Bear Festival
? 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.
Image by Si Barber
©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Amorris dancer with the emblem of the Sutton Hoo helmet on her costume
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
© 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.
?Si Barber
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.
?Si Barber
© 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.