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Originally Posted by garinda

Victorian Swimming Gala on the streets of Accrington
The final event for Accrington is a Victorian Swimming Gala on Broadway on the 27th November. Accrington and Rossendale College are working in partnership with MarkMark Productions to produce a piece of street theatre which will amuse and surprise passers by as they see people 'swimming' up the main street in Victorian costume.
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Put on by these people...
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I'm pretty sure this is the same mob I saw up at Ryddings Park last year when they had the Jazz Bash. They tried to be funny then, but they weren't.

I simply cannot see what the point is of bringing over a bunch of Yorkshire men (no doubt trained at great public expense in France) to lie on their belly and fool around on Broadway on a damp, autumn saturday afternoon. If people do want to watch this sort of caper, then it's available at no cost to the public purse, every friday and saturday evening in the town centre, as various locals swim up the gutters in a sea of Calder and Bees Knees vomit.