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WORLD COAL CARRYING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Gawthorpe Maypole Wakefield

The village of Gawthorpe plays host to the World Coal Carrying Championships on Easter Monday every year, in which runners carry coal sacks over a distance of 1.1km.

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