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Há 1 dia · About 20 miles (32 kilometers) away in the town of Tetbury, competitors carried sacks of wool weighing up to 60 pounds (27 kilograms) over a 240-yard (220-meter) course up and down steep Gumstool Hill. The Tetbury Woolsack Races have been held since 1972, drawing on a local tradition dating back to the 17th century in the historic wool-trading ...
Há 1 dia · The Tetbury Woolsack Races have been held since 1972, drawing on a local tradition dating back to the 17th century in the historic wool-trading town. Share. Comments. Sign up. TOP STORIES.
Há 1 dia · Bumper crowds watched on as the ancient tradition of Woolsack racing returned to Tetbury after a four-year break on Bank Holiday Monday.. On a sun-kissed afternoon, the event, which is believed to have originated in the 17th century, saw more than 5,000 spectators gathered to watch competitors hoist heavy sacks weighing up to 60lb over their shoulders and trudge up and down the steep one in ...
Há 15 horas · Dozens chased wheels of cheese down the steep Cooper’s Hill in England as part of an annual tradition. In nearby Tetbury, competitors carried sacks of wool up and down Gumstool Hill.
Há 5 dias · Tetbury 1974 Tetbury town occupies a low but clearly defined hill, bounded on the east side by the river Avon and on the south by a tributary brook. On the south-east the hill is emphasized by manmade ramparts and much of the rest of its circumference has a sharp though apparently naturally formed ridge, parts of which were adopted as the outer boundary of properties.
Há 3 dias · Tetbury: Protestant nonconformity A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 11, Bisley and Longtree Hundreds . Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1976.
Há 3 dias · The rural parish of Cherington lies four miles NNE. of Tetbury. It covered an area of 2,267 a. until 1935 when a detached part of Avening parish on the north boundary, comprising 1,157 a. and a population in 1931 of 47, was added to it.
