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  • 2 years ago
Hundreds of people from two villages on the border of Yorkshire took part in one of the country’s oldest traditions.

Haxey Hood sees crowds from the villages of Haxey and Westwoodside compete in a 14th century game by piling in to push a leather tube, known as a hood, back to their favourite local pub.

It takes place in fields in the Isle of Axholme, between Doncaster and Scunthorpe, on the twelfth day of Christmas (January 6) each year.

Teams from all four pubs on the route were involved this year, after The Duke William in Haxey re-opened under new management in November.

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