Jerry to win?

Ha ha....How strange. You'd need a lot of cider to watch that!
Did someone have too much before writing 'bere' ;-)

Very probably …

:~)

with agreat smile ;-))

Glad it made you smile - I nearly had hysterics when I had a quick visualisation of Jerry being chased by Tom …

Bonsall in Derbyshire hold the World Championship Hen Races usually the first Saturday in August

Do chickens from outside the UK actually enter?!

I was told that it is the only place that has hen racing it was decided to call them the world championship. Google it and you will find some videos of the races

it must be a funny race

I'll let you know (if I'm bored enough on Sunday to go!)

Ha, ha.........sounds fun. Is that mice racing each other or humans racing against mice?

The mind boggles ...

:)

LOL. You sure do! I wish I could be there and watch. I'd definitely make time for this event, if I'd live in the vicinity!
Oh, pleeeease do go there, Maggs, and take some photos of the racing mice. Or even better make a video ;-)

P.S. What's a bere? If they mean beer by any chance, then their spelling is as funny as the mouse race ;-))

Bere - is the name of the hamlet and there's a cider shop there!

Oh, thanks for the explanation! My faith has returned in the spelling abilities of the local population :-)

Brilliant, mouse racing in the dark!!
You have got to go and report back!

I'll give it some consideration ... no promises!!

Goodness, I didn't know they still did that Maggs
It used to be very popular around the county but then other things like TV came along,
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Oh this made me laugh Maggs. So the mice need cider before they will race?!!!!!
My imagination is in overdrive, - how do they get them to race, - by dragging peice of cheese in front of them or maybe they send in the big cats to chase them!!!!

Splendid capture! Stay well!

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Mouse racing was fun until the big gambling syndicates got involved. Now it's all drugs and "special" cheese, if you know what I mean.

Thanks for preserving this, though. It's quite the piece of ephemera.

I thought this sort of thing only happened in country areas here! :-) Great find.