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Chester midsummer watch parade

Wikipedia tells me - "In 1564 the midsummer watch parade included: 4 gyants, 1 unikorne, 1 dromodarye, 1 luce, 1 camell, 1 dragon, 6 hobbyhorses and 16 naked boys". This is the midsummer watch parade at Chester, a ritual believed to have begun in 1498, with the outstanding features of the show (being) the Giants - enormous structures made of buckram and pasteboard and carried by two or more men.

Chester is a pretty town on the Wales border, full of original Tudor style buildings and Roman ruins. And a lovely river Dee on which to cruise on a warm Saturday afternoon...

read more about Chester and the midsummer watch parade on my travel blog Itchy Feet here...
A clown in the audience
A clown in the audience
The fire-eater of Chester
The fire-eater of Chester
Drumming away to glory
Drumming away to glory
On top of the world
On top of the world
The little drummer girl
The little drummer girl
Many things in the air
Many things in the air
March of the dragon!
March of the dragon!
My idea of a weekend home
My idea of a weekend home