Tag Archives: Double Gloucester Cheese

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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Let’s hear it for the cheeeeese!

Posted on May 29, 2014 by janh1

The police and Gloucestershire county council keep trying to make it hard for people to support the annual tradition of cheese rolling on Bank Holiday Monday at Cooper’s Hill, Brockworth. Four years after the event was banned on health and … 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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