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1948: Cheese Rolling on Cooper's Hill is a painting by Charles March Gere, is part of the Museum of Gloucester Collection, and depicts a live action scene of the event. [1] The Cheese Rollers Pub & Restaurant, Shurdington 2019. Early 1970s: The New Inn pub was renamed 'The Cheese Rollers Bar & Restaurant' in the early 1970s. [74]
Chris Anderson is a former light infantryman in the 1st Battalion, The Rifles of the British Army. [2] He comes from Brockworth, the village in Gloucestershire at the foot of Cooper's Hill, venue for the cheese rolling races. [3] Anderson first competed in the annual cheese rolling in 2004 at the age of 17 and came second.
The annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, 2013. Cooper's Hill (grid reference) is a local landmark within the parish of Brockworth, which is 200 yards (180 m) long, and with a slope of around 50 per cent (26.6 degrees). [13] [14] It is known in Britain [15] and beyond [16] for its annual cheese rolling contest. A large round cheese is ...
The traditional spectacle involves chasing a wheel-shaped Double Gloucester cheese weighing 3.6 kilograms (eights pounds) down Cooper's Hill.
A wheel of Double Gloucester cheese is also used every spring for the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, in which competitors chase the cheese down a steep Gloucestershire hillside; the first person to reach the bottom of the 50% gradient, 200 yards (180 m) slope wins the cheese. [12] The wheel has a one-second head start. During its roll ...
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The first annual event was held in 2000 [1] in Oxfordshire, and was founded by Juliet Harbutt. [2] Each year it is preceded by the British Cheese Awards, a ceremony which Harbutt created in 1994, [3] judged by food experts and farmers, in which the best cheeses are awarded bronze, silver and gold medals.
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