Shrove Tuesday Football. Village Custom at Chester-Le-Street in Which All Join

Series

Series Name: Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1352

Date Released

6 Mar 1924

Stories in this Issue:

1. Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle Presents the Cup to Portsmouth Who Defeated Chatham in Final of Interport Competition
2. Cyclists V Harriers. Runners Badly Beaten by Wheelmen in Novel Cross-Country Race at Walsall
3. The Nice Battle of Flowers
4. St David’s Day. Trooping the Colour and Parade of Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Pembroke Dock
5. Shrove Tuesday Football. Village Custom at Chester-Le-Street in Which All Join
6. Shrove Tuesday Football at Ashbourne Derbyshire, the Game is Half Football, Half Water Polo

Story

Story No. within this Issue: 5 / 6
Summary: LV 2 shops, tilt down to crowd milling about. MLVs, shallow stream with crowds on banks. Men in water passing ball hand to hand.
Keywords: Sport; Customs and traditions
Locations: England; Chester-le-Street
Library number GR: 7366 neg 27ft
Length of story (in feet): 44

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'Shrove Tuesday Football. Village Custom at Chester-Le-Street in Which All Join', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1352, 6 Mar 1924. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/79655 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

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