IanWorld Face Pulling Championship
September 9th 2009 08:10
Gurning, also commonly called face-pulling is a rural English tradition. The World Gurning Championship takes place annually in Egremont, Cumbria with contestants traditionally framing their faces through a horse collar — known as "gurnin' through a braffin'. Below are some images from a recent world championship, sourced form BBC.com here.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Gurn.
Tommy Mattinson from Aspatria.
Gordon Blacklock, from Thornhill, Cumbria.
Kath Taylor, also from Cumbria.
Anne Woods, from Egremont.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Gurn.
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