After a three-year hiatus, the World Gravy Wrestling Championships made its comeback in Lancashire on Sunday (August 29). The traditional Bank Holiday celebration of the Sunday tea staple - and hand-to-hand combat - had been absent from the region's calendar due to coronavirus.
Two years of the pandemic had delayed the 12th year of “one of the world’s craziest culinary competitions," held in Rossendale. There were huge queues down Stacksteads' Newchurch Road as the Rose 'n' Bowl pub threw open its doors shortly after lunch.
Competitors were ready and waiting to do battle in a huge vat of the brown stuff - grappling for two minutes to be marked on wrestling ability, fancy dress and the entertainment it brought the crowd. Taking part in the event, which was raising funds for East Lancashire Hospice, was LancsLive's own Rebecca Lockwood.
