| ALL THROUGH THE TOWN Traditional crazy football match in Chester le Street | ||
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| Catalog #: | 513101 | |
| Clip Number: | 513101-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1377 | |
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| Location: | Chester Le Street, Durham | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Shrove Tuesday LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England RECREATION: Games, unusual | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/5/2007 All through the town. Advent of Lent celebrated with Centuries-old Shrovetide Football Game. The tradespeople take no risk. Chester Le Street, Durham M/S street scene with shopkeepers boarding up their shops with wooden batons to protect windows. There is a high angle shot of a very crowded street and there seems to be a charge forward (as the game begins?) We then see a group of young men in winter coats and jackets, running along a stream chasing a ball to and fro in a mass free for all football match. Crowds watch from the sides and from a bridge. | |
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