WELCOME to
Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire!
Next event Monday 26th May 2008 - First race 12:00 Midday
The first race of the 2008 event starts in
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We hope you will find all
the information that you need to enable you to come and enjoy the day.
Hot
news - The Cheese Rollers for 2008
(The following guests have been
invited to be the rollers of the cheeses for
2008)
Tony Hanks - Local Postman (Delivering one of the Cheeses)
Keith Morris - Treasurer
Pat Wakeman
David Field
A member of SARAID (Name to be advised)
Media
and Press Information
Met.
Office Spring 2008 Weather Forecast
Cooper's Hill, as viewed from the bottom and from the top.
Will YOU be here this year? -
Who will win? - Will there be a new record?
Rosemary and Bob Henderson
came all the way from New Zealand for the 2007 event!
There will be NO PARKING on the
main A46 road!
Beware, this year it’s the Borough Council’s responsibility, not the
police, to enforce the No Parking Order!
Tewkesbury B.C. is expecting to make lots of money to swell their coffers
from parking fines. You have been warned!
Please use the official car park on the hill (Just £5.00 & including
free entry to the event), this is only 300 Meters from the event.
(Avoid unlicensed, unofficial car parks where your vehicle may be uninsured
and at risk from damage or theft!)
Volunteers
are an essential part of the Cheese Rolling construction team preparing the hill
for your enjoyment!
Would you like to participate as a volunteer?
The Official
Car Parking is only 300 Meters (easy and traffic free walk) from the
event.
Cooper's Hill is just 300 Meters up this lane from the car park, a very easy
walk!
Have you
won the event in the past? - Do we have your details?
Press and media from time to time, ask for competitor details to enable
interviews with past winners, would you like us to have your contact details
to pass on to interested organisations?
Just email your details by
clicking this link - Thank you.
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'Cheese Rolling in
Gloucestershire' by Jean Jefferies
is now available in paperback from all good bookshops. First published in 2007, the
book charts the history of
'Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire' through the generations.
Written and illustrated by Jean
Jefferies. |
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Are you in the book?
Only
£13.00 inc.
P&P (UK only)
Published
in 2007 & available to purchase direct from the Author
A Limited number, of hand signed
copies of the book are available to purchase direct from the author
and illustrator: Jean Jefferies.
Copies will be available to purchase direct from Jean Jefferies at the
event at Cooper's Hill this year
ISBN: 978-0-7524-4302-7
Published By: Tempus Publishing Ltd. |
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Painting depicting the
"Tumblers" by Olive Bushell © |
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'Cheese Rolling in
Gloucestershire - the e-book'
is available to
purchase and download.
(Also available on CD by post)
(Foreword by Mark Cummings of BBC
Radio Gloucestershire)
The book tells the story of Cheese
Rolling, who might have been first to roll a missile down the hill and
how it developed through the years.
View
or download a limited preview of the e-book
Here you will find over 200 photographs,
including those of past winners and 'rollers', from the 1940s to 2005.
For further information, please
email Cheese
Rolling Publications
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For the very latest information about entertainment
throughout Gloucestershire
BBC Gloucestershire have
devoted a section of their web site to
Cheese-Rolling in Gloucestershire, visit:
BBC
Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling
For the latest in news, sport, information and weather
for Gloucestershire, visit:
BBC
Gloucestershire
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For the very latest information on the weather, throughout Gloucestershire
and the UK
BBC
Local Weather Forecast for Gloucester including Coopers Hill
The
Met Office - UK Weather Forecast
The Met Office - Latest Weather Satellite Image (Visible)
The Met Office - Latest Weather Satellite Image (Infra-Red)
The Met Office - Latest Rainfall Radar
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Results,
pictures and report of the 2007, annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill. |
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Floodline
Information for The Midlands Including The River Severn In
Gloucestershire
Search
the Environment Agency web site by Town Name, Postcode or River Name
Floodline
Information for The Midlands Including The River Severn In Gloucestershire
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Audio
Visual Services of Gloucester
(avsglos)
are proud to be associated with the unique
"Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill Gloucestershire", web site,
the e-book and now..... Cheese Rolling in Gloucestershire" - The
Paperback chronicling the event from ancient history to the current
day, providing technical assistance and webmaster
services.
Audio
Visual Services of Gloucester
(avsglos)
are the UK supplier
of the Carebox
Medicine Timer / Dispenser see www.carebox.co.uk
for details.
Audio
Visual Services of Gloucester
(avsglos)
are sponsors of Lushimaging,
specialist photography and image retouching by Naomi
Hudson BA (Hons.). "Naomi has progressed with her photography since studying at the University of Gloucestershire. She now is a dynamic photographer who's passion lies with people photography. Always looking at the alternative composition, her work is leading in this field." |
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