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01 Jun 10 - 12:32 PM (#2918314) Subject: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Fred McCormick A couple of months ago, it was reported that the powers that be had decided to ban the annual cheese rolling competition at Coppers Hill, Gloucestershire. The reason given was that after 400 years of broken bones and cracked heads, the event was no longer deemed safe. Anyway, as this Sky News commentary shows, it takes more than a few daft regulations to keep a cheese roller down. On May 30th, a few hardy souls turned out to make sure that, health and safety or no health and safety, the ancient custom would not be allowed to lapse. Good on yer lads. |
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01 Jun 10 - 02:50 PM (#2918403) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Rob Naylor Glad to see that the peasants are revolting!!!! |
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01 Jun 10 - 02:58 PM (#2918412) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: GUEST,Hootenanny I understand that the rebels used a French Cheese this year in place of the traditional Double Gloucester. Was this in order to put the authorities off the scent? Hoot |
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02 Jun 10 - 12:26 PM (#2919073) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: GUEST,MadauntieCat Double Gloucester IIRC. Good on yer, lads (and the two ladies who made up the ladies' race!). They had to get past a police presence at the bottom of Cooper's Hill first, but the photos show about 30 people. I'm so proud. |
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02 Jun 10 - 01:16 PM (#2919116) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: TopcatBanjo "A couple of months ago, it was reported that the powers that be had decided to ban the annual cheese rolling competition at Coppers Hill, Gloucestershire. The reason given was that after 400 years of broken bones and cracked heads, the event was no longer deemed safe." To be fair, I thought that the reason for cancellation was nothing to do with H&S fears about the event itself but because it had got so popular and well-known that many thousands of people (and vehicles) were turning up from all over the country and beyond, which had become a headache for the committee organising this previously small local event. Nowt to do with stopping the actual runners from cracking their own heads open. |
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13 Jan 11 - 03:53 PM (#3073890) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: RTim The BBC news today has a story on how the event is going to be "Saved" for the future. What is your view? Tim Radford http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-12185315 |
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13 Jan 11 - 04:22 PM (#3073905) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Old Vermin "Whatever the format, we are determined not to lose the atmosphere, heritage and tradition which have made this such a special event. "So we have brought in Cheltenham-based Events and Management Services to organize a completely new event to include elements of the old Coopers Hill Wake." Proposals would also see the date of the event changed from Spring Bank Holiday to the weekend of 11/12 June." - BBC Right, that's obvious. Have the Events and Management Services widely advertised fake event on the 11/12 and just quietly get on with the real one one the Spring Bank Holiday. |
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07 Aug 18 - 03:21 AM (#3942116) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: GUEST,Guest Interesting documentary on Gloucester Cheese Rolling last night on BBC: The Great Cheese Chase |
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07 Aug 18 - 07:29 AM (#3942205) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: FreddyHeadey & BBC radio, more about the cheese & cows than the rolling On Your Farm - Gloucestershire Cheese-Rolling - @bbcradio4 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbnlyq ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bbc iPlayer Radio app http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3yvdp3zQJWLtl204z9nxgRt/download-the-iplayer-radio-app (then click the '+' on the programme's web page then on the app click Menu > My Radio > Listen Later) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC latest "folk" radio broadcasts (though not some documentary type programmes) https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/categories/music-folk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BBC scheduled "folk" programmes TV & radio (but doesn't have some, eg proms) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/music/folk/schedules ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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07 Aug 18 - 10:49 AM (#3942241) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: EBarnacle When I acted in Richard III, I made sure our snacks area was stocked with Double Gloucester in honor of his role as Duke of Gloucester. No injuries occurred. |
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07 Aug 18 - 09:54 PM (#3942355) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: leeneia I often hear that something was banned, then it turns out that economic or other reasons were the cause. It's getting to the point where "banned" is a signal for fake news. |
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08 Aug 18 - 04:56 AM (#3942399) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Nigel Parsons Rolling cheese on Coppers Hill Rolling cheese on Coppers Hill We chase our cheese, and we bruise our knees Rolling cheese on Coppers Hill Chorus only (Rolling down to old Maui). But put here in case I start coming up with verses. Or in case someone else does! |
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08 Aug 18 - 05:41 AM (#3942404) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Jos For "Coppers" read "Cooper's" ... |
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08 Aug 18 - 05:55 AM (#3942410) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: Nigel Parsons ah! Yes, I thought 'Coopers', but double checked with the opening post. |
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08 Aug 18 - 06:06 AM (#3942415) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: GUEST,FloraG I think the problem was parking and traffic management. There was a problem getting an ambulance through if needed. My sister in law was the kill joy. I think the committee have taken this on board now. FloraG. |
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08 Aug 18 - 06:38 AM (#3942422) Subject: RE: Folklore: Cheese Rolling Back on the Menu From: GUEST,henryp The Guardian reported this in 2010; But it emerged today that the annual cheese-rolling event at Cooper's Hill above Brockworth has become the latest victim of health and safety concerns. This year's event has been cancelled, not because organisers fear that those taking part will hurt themselves, but because the competition has become too popular and is attracting unmanageable crowds. The organisers said: "The attendance at the event has far outgrown the location where it has traditionally been held for several hundred years: last year, more than 15,000 people tried to attend, which is more than three times the capacity of the site." It goes on to reassure disappointed competitors that the committee is working with local authorities and the police to try to find better ways of controlling the crowds, stop the roads from getting clogged up and make sure that ambulances can get through when, almost inevitably, a competitor is injured. This is what The Independent had to say this year; Some competitors travelled from across the world to take part in the series of madcap races, which attracted TV crews from around Europe, while thousands of people lined the course to watch. Rebel cheese rollers have been staging their own unofficial event after health and safety fears caused the official competition to be cancelled in 2010. The cheese is chased 200 yards down the 1:2 gradient Cooper’s Hill at Brockworth. After a year’s hiatus, when police warned against the use of a real cheese, the imitation lightweight foam cheese was replaced with the genuine article. The official event was cancelled after more than 15,000 people turned up as spectators to watch the 2009 competition. Since then it has been held unofficially with the police keeping a watchful eye. |