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Jun 2021
Knaresborough Bed Race: A look back at the first event in 1966
This weekend was supposed to see one of the biggest events of the Harrogate district calendar — the Knaresborough bed race.
Sadly, covid forced the event's cancellation for the second year running.
So here's a look back at how it all started in 1966, courtesy of some photos by Knaresborough amateur photographer, the late Bill Hardacre, whose son Roy sent them.
The puppeteer Harry Corbett, who created children's TV character Sooty, fired the gun to start the race.
Acker Bilk, the jazz musician, started the 1967 race. Does anyone know how they were tempted to Knaresborough?
Do you recognise any of the people seen in the photos, or have favourite memories of the madcap event that grew so big?
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