Tag Archives: Brockworth

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, keep those cheeses rollin’

Posted on May 26, 2015 by janh1

  Bonkers dare-devils chased Double Gloucester cheeses down the 1 in 4 slope of Cooper’s Hill continuing the ancient Spring Bank Holiday tradition at Brockworth, Gloucestershire on Spring Bank Holiday Monday. Police closed one of the major roads close to … Continue reading →

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1 to be ready… 2 to be steady….3 for the CHEESE!!

Posted on June 2, 2013 by janh1

For the first time EVER, no cheeses were bowled at the centuries-old cheese rolling ceremony at Brockworth this year. Instead, rounds of weighted foam were wrapped up in white plastic and sent bouncing down the 1 in 3 slope of … Continue reading →

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Rollin’, rollin’ rollin’, keep those cheeses rolling

Posted on May 30, 2011 by janh1

It wasn’t supposed to take place at all this year but the great Brockworth tradition of rolling a cheese down a 1 in 2 hill and then running after it, survives. It survives the massive over-hyping of it and the … Continue reading →

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