A video was posted on the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Facebook page this week showing the Knaresborough Bed Race from 1977.
The Bed Race is a pageant of decorated beds, passengers and runners, combined with a 2.4-mile race through the town. Thousands of pounds are raised for charity every year and it’s been a fixture in the calendar of Knaresborians since 1966.
Watch the video below — do you recognise anybody?
The Bed Race was cancelled in 2020 and again in 2021 due to the covid pandemic.
The video is owned by charity the Yorkshire Film Archive. Its website hosts several other videos from the past from around the Harrogate district.
Read more:
- Knaresborough Bed Race: A look back at the first event in 1966
- Knaresborough Bed Race 2021 cancelled
