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Title: The Start of a Walking Match at Thwaites near Keighley - ALC01303
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Title
The Start of a Walking Match at Thwaites near Keighley - ALC01303
Description
From Pennine Magazine, Vol 2, No 5, June-July 1981:
In 1903 as part of the Keighley Gala a walking match took place. It was a robust occasion with publicans of the vicinity donating something to nearly everybody: H. Town of the Star of Steeton giving a bottle of whiskey for “the first past his house on the homeward journey”; E. Feather of the Worth Valley Hotel, a box of cigars for “the first married man” to reach the finishing post. Nor did all the prizes go to the vanguard – F. Dewhirst of the Grouse Inn, Silsden, offered a box of cigars for “the twelfth man past the post”.
In 1903 as part of the Keighley Gala a walking match took place. It was a robust occasion with publicans of the vicinity donating something to nearly everybody: H. Town of the Star of Steeton giving a bottle of whiskey for “the first past his house on the homeward journey”; E. Feather of the Worth Valley Hotel, a box of cigars for “the first married man” to reach the finishing post. Nor did all the prizes go to the vanguard – F. Dewhirst of the Grouse Inn, Silsden, offered a box of cigars for “the twelfth man past the post”.
Source
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Date
1903, 1900s
Rights
PHDA - Alice Longstaff Collection
Relation
Pennine Horizons Digital Archive
Identifier
ALC01303.tif
Collection
Citation
“The Start of a Walking Match at Thwaites near Keighley - ALC01303,” Pennine Horizons Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, https://penninehorizons.org/items/show/13962.
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