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YOU THINK YOU KNOW BRITAIN? CHEESE ROLLING involves chasing a bounding Double Gloucester down a grassy cliff. The hill is so steep that the runners don't start the race standing; instead, they have to sit at the starting line. |
| SHIN KICKING was once widespread throughout England and Wales and even exported to America. In Lancashire, shin kickers would fight naked-wearing only clunky, metal-trimmed clogs. POPE BURNING used to be common on Bonfire Night. Now, the only place that does it religiously is the Sussex town of Lewes, just an hour outside London, where Ulster politico Ian Paisley owns a chapel. |
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DARKIE DAY is a relic of American blackface minstrelsy-surviving in the UK, of all places! MAY DAY in the West Country involves drinking, singing, dancing and-occasionally-fighting. More trivia will be added in coming weeks. For updates, send an email to update@truebrits.tv! |
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