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Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival © Richard Humphrey

The ancient Fenland tradition of plough boys collecting money and gifts in the streets on the Tuesday following Plough Monday has now evolved into a week-long festival in the market town of Whittlesey (Whittlesea) in Cambridgeshire. On the second Saturday in January each year, a Straw Bear and a couple of smaller bears parade around the market square and streets on a route that encompasses many of the public houses in the town. Numerous and diverse folk dance teams and entertainers fill the streets and vast quantities of drink are consumed, causing many of the eccentric merrymakers to be even more eccentric. See the official web site here LinkExternal link
Assorted videos of this annual festival can be found in these pages LinkExternal link
by Richard Humphrey

Created: Wed, 18 Jan 2017, Updated: Sun, 16 Jan 2022


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TL2797 : Summertown Morris dancing on The Market - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2014 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : The modern face of Molly Dancing - The Whittlesey Straw Bear Festival 2017 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : The big bass drum - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Straw Bear and keeper - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Old Glory Molly ladies - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2014 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : Pig Dyke Molly "Team Photo" - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2018 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Pig Dyke Molly musicians - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2024 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Mortimer's Morris, Nottingham - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : The Hero of Aliwal - Pub sign in Whittlesey by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Pig Dyke Molly, the final dance - Whittlesea Straw bear Festival 2019 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Sharing a hip flask - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2018 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : Musician with Slack Ma Girgle Morris  - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2019 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Crosskey Clog Dancers - The Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Old Glory Molly on Market Street - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2017 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Old Glory Molly dancers - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2020 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Black and white faces - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2020 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Dancers near the war memorial - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2020 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : Old Glory Molly dance round straw bear - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2014 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Plough boys - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Morris dancers - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2013 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : A large crowd - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2020 by Richard Humphrey
TL2797 : Assorted molly dancers - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2024 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Fascinated children - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2017 by Richard Humphrey
TL2696 : Crowd at The Boat Inn - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2014 by Richard Humphrey
TL2697 : Slack Ma Girgle Border Morris on Market Street - Whittlesea Straw Bear Festival 2020 by Richard Humphrey

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