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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.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

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.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

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.

bear cambridgeshire dance dancing festival folk mummer mummery.morris straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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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.

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Content Published August 4, 2017

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.

bear cambridgeshire dance dancing festival folk mummer mummery.morris straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

Content Published August 4, 2017

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.

bear cambridgeshire dance dancing festival folk mummer mummery.morris straw strawbear tradition whittlesey

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Guerilla Conservation

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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

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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

boal buildings conservation conserve construction custom customs house kings lynn norfolk preservation preserve purfleet quay renovation repair

Content Published August 4, 2017

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

boal buildings conservation conserve construction custom customs house kings lynn norfolk preservation preserve purfleet quay renovation repair

Content Published August 4, 2017

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

boal buildings conservation conserve construction custom customs house kings lynn norfolk preservation preserve purfleet quay renovation repair

Content Published August 4, 2017

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

boal buildings conservation conserve construction custom customs house kings lynn norfolk preservation preserve purfleet quay renovation repair

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Isleham Carnival 2017

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Fairground signage at Isleham Carnival 2017.

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Isleham Carnival 2017

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Fairground signage at Isleham Carnival 2017.

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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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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.

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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.

blacking up blacked black strange wierd weird odd oddity metaphor england english uk great britain festivities blackface rite rites costume dress dressing up molly morris folk dancers dancing dance tradition clog custom traditional whittlesea whittlsie whittlesey straw bear strawbear festival celebration pagan ritual pagan strawbear

Album Published August 4, 2017

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.

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