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.Picture shows a Morris Dancer taking his own picture 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.
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.
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.
Guerilla Conservation
©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted.
Guerilla conservationists in Kings Lynn taking direct action against a property owner who they accuse of allowing a historic building to become dilapidated. to improve the appearance of the building they are erecting paintings
Guerilla Conservation
©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted.
Guerilla conservationists in Kings Lynn taking direct action against a property owner who they accuse of allowing a historic building to become dilapidated. to improve the appearance of the building they are erecting paintings
Guerilla Conservation
©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted.
Guerilla conservationists in Kings Lynn taking direct action against a property owner who they accuse of allowing a historic building to become dilapidated. to improve the appearance of the building they are erecting paintings
Guerilla Conservation
©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted.
Guerilla conservationists in Kings Lynn taking direct action against a property owner who they accuse of allowing a historic building to become dilapidated. to improve the appearance of the building they are erecting paintings
Guerilla Conservation
©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted.
Guerilla conservationists in Kings Lynn taking direct action against a property owner who they accuse of allowing a historic building to become dilapidated. to improve the appearance of the building they are erecting paintings
Isleham Carnival 2017
©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Fairground signage at Isleham Carnival 2017.
Isleham Carnival 2017
©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Fairground signage at Isleham Carnival 2017.
?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.
Straw Bear Festival 2008
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.
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.
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.
Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival
Celebrating the beginning of the agricultural year the Strawbear commemorates the times when unemployed agricultural workers danced and sang in return for alms.