tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post9127535468239852251..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Hallaton bottle kickingJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-49439140049097682342009-04-20T09:51:00.000+01:002009-04-20T09:51:00.000+01:00I was hoping to make it to the bottle-kicking this...I was hoping to make it to the bottle-kicking this year, I'm in my last year at the University of Leicester and the block I lived in in 1st year was named for Medbourne. Lack of time and transport stopped me. Hopefully I'll remember about it some future Easter when I have a car.Eben Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618960426450640137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-58174091252713346692009-04-17T06:56:00.000+01:002009-04-17T06:56:00.000+01:00Know anything about any recent raids on neighbouri...Know anything about any recent raids on neighbouring villages to steal the Maypole? A story passed down in my family is of one such raid, to the east of Leeds, probably in the 1920s, and the suggestion is that my father was involved. Material on the web focuses on the Barwick-in-Elmet Maypole being the target.dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.com