Sujet

St Briavel's Castle, Forest of Dean, c1955. Creator: Arthur Charles Kirby Ware.

Légende

St Briavel's Castle, Forest of Dean, c1955. Ceremony of cheese-rolling - play on castle walls. The St Briavels Bread and Cheese Dole (or Scramble) tradition is said to date back to the 12th century. Each year on Whit Sunday bread and cheese is thrown from the wall of the castle to local 'Dole Claimers' dressed in medieval costume. Audience watching from battlements. St Briavel's is a moated Norman castle in Gloucestershire, originally built between 1075 and 1129.

Date

1955

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Ware in the World

Notre référence

HRM26A36_228

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

84.1Mo (3.7Mo) / 45.5cm x 46.3cm / 5379 x 5465 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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