World Black Pudding Throwing Championships

The 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. 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.