in my hometown and a few other towns in the north of england, we celebrate something called “rushbearing”. the tradition used to be something bigger but it fell out of favour by the beginning of the 19th century. my town is one of the only towns in england to still celebrate rushbearing and keep it alive and it’s sad most of england doesn’t celebrate it. the image below is a rushcart. we have morris dancers, a special type of dancer, involved in the celebration. it’s celebrated in the summer (june!) and is a massive tradition in my town. we have stalls open in our park where we can buy things during the event (my sister got some awesome cassette tape earings that she loves wearing). overall, it’s a really fun tradition and i hope that more towns celebrate it in the future!
