Having been cancelled last year because of the pandemic, Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival made a welcome and triumphant comeback today and yesterday. Dancing and music filled the streets as the rushcart - with the rush maiden on top - made its way around Sowerby Bridge and surrounding villages. Photos by Jim Fitton.
5. PICTURE SPECIAL: See our photos of this year's Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival
Enya Baigent, Lisa Norman and Bekki Hiley at Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Photo: Jim Fitton
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Robbie Lesiak, Matthew Whitaker, Will Rushworth, Eddie Sunter, Chris Speake, Edmund Clay - five - JR Clay, Rob Whitaker, Nathan Aldridge and Oliver Hornsby at Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival Photo: Jim Fitton
7. PICTURE SPECIAL: See our photos of this year's Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival
The rushcart is pulled up the hill to Warley village. Photo: Jim Fitton
8. PICTURE SPECIAL: See our photos of this year's Sowerby Bridge Rushbearing Festival
The rushcart makes its way to Warley Photo: Jim Fitton