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A race on 27 May 2013. This ceremony originally took place each Whit Monday, but was later moved to the Spring Bank Holiday.The first written evidence of cheese rolling is found in a message written to the Gloucester town crier in 1826; [1] even then it was apparent that the event was an old tradition, and it is believed to be at least six hundred years old.
Chris Anderson is a groundworker and a British Army veteran, best known for winning the annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire a record 23 times. Chris is sponsored by Spa Security Ltd. He now spends his spare time training with Severn AC running club and entering local races. [1]
A cheese roll (occasionally known by the older name of cheese roll-up) is a New Zealand snack food similar to Welsh rarebit, but created by covering a slice of bread in a prepared filling consisting mainly of grated or sliced cheese, and then rolling it into a tube shape before toasting.
The Cheese Rolling tradition is said to date back at least 200 years (Getty Images) This Gloucestershire tradition takes place annually on Cooper’s Hill, near the village of Brockworth, on the ...
The traditional spectacle involves chasing a wheel-shaped Double Gloucester cheese weighing 3.6 kilograms (eights pounds) down Cooper's Hill.
The cheese-rolling tradition is thought to date back hundreds of years to mark the return of spring, according to the Independent. The event got so big it was officially canceled after 15,000 ...
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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