Image ID
FOT878672
Rights
RM Rights Managed
Image Details
7.9 MB
JPEG
JPEG
4096×6144px
347×520mm
13.7×20.5in
13.7×20.5in
Visual Size @300ppi
Keywords
TAR BARRELS; TAR; BARRELS; FLAMING; CARNIVAL; COMMITTEE; TRADITION; HUNDRED'S OF YEAR; GUNPOWDER PLOT; PROCESSION; 5TH NOVEMBER; FLAMES; HOT; WOOD; WOODEN; CROWD; BURNT; MALE; Fire; Flame; Inferno; Charred; 878670; 917422
Description
The tradition of the Tar Barrel goes back hundreds of years,How exectly it started is unknown, but it is thought to of started after the Gun powder plot of 1605. Some alternative idea suggest barrels where burnt to fumigate cottages. Another is as a warning of the approach of the Spanish Armada- This annuel tradition where barrels are rolled in the streets on November 5th each year has been followed by many town's in the west country, but the town of Ottery St Mary is thought to be the only one that decided a long the line That rolling was tame so the tradition of carring the barrels on your shoulder was born. On the day seventeen barrels are carried through the town, ranging in size from small (boy's barrels)mediam for the women and youth to "gert big umz" for the men!
Uploader
ANTHONY ROWE
Contributor
Date Taken
Uploaded On
2011-07-31
Collection
Category
Sub Category
Setting
Outdoor
Point Of View
Looking away from camera
People
With people
Number Of People
many
Gender
Male
Seven Ages
Adult
Mood
Serious
Dress
Clothed
Dominant Colour
