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Burning The Clocks

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Dec 24 2007

The shortest day of the year was celebrated in Brighton on Friday evening with the ‘Burning The Clocks’ parade. As an antidote to the excesses of commercial Christmas, people gather to make paper and willow lanterns to carry through the city and then burn on the beach as a token to greet the lengthening days. All are unique to each maker, carrying their wishes, hopes and fears.

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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