World Black Pudding Throwing Championships 2007
September 6th, 2007The annual World Black Pudding Throwing Championships take place this Sunday at the Royal Oak Pub in Ramsbottom. Contestants from all over the world will throw black puddings at a pile of Yorkshire puddings set on a 20ft high plinth. The winner is the one who knocks over the most Yorkshire puddings.
The popular theory is that the contest dates from the Wars of the Roses when both armies ran out of ammunition and started a food fight.
Bridge Street will be closed to traffic for the day, and there will be live music from local bands, children’s rides, and food stalls. The event begins at midday and the winner announced at 4pm.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
What a fantatic day, nearly nine hundred people took part this year, with thousands of visitors from all over the world. Live music was played throughout the day with ten local bands creating their own Pud Stock.
All proceeds went to Stubbins Community Trust.