QUIRKY: Rush-bearing celebrations (1930)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The old practice of rushbearing dating from the time of Normans is still continued in Ambleside on the first Saturday in July. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION It’s an old English Custom ENGLAND: Cumbria: Ambleside: EXT Crowd gatherd on street / Procession of people carrying rushes and flowers to St Mary’s Church Background: The old practice of rushbearing dating from the time of Normans is still continued in Ambleside on the first Saturday in July. FILM ID: VLVAC1T32HJBBL5ECB1T15959H2GX To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé