Huge crowds turn out for Marsden’s Imbolc Festival - amazing picture special
Feb 8 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Huge crowds turn out for Marsden’s Imbolc Festival
MARSDEN erupted into a spectacular fire show as the village staged the annual Imbolc Festival.
Jack Frost and winter chills were sent packing at the stunning festival, attended by hundreds of people.
The event attracted more than 3,500 people – one of the biggest crowds for years – to watch performances by fire jugglers, fire-swingers and “human fireworks”.
Visitors kept themselves warm on a bitterly cold evening as they watched spectacular displays at the annual festival, held at the Tunnel End Centre, next to the Standedge Tunnel entrance, on Saturday night.
Many in the huge crowd had taken part in the festival procession, led by the fire-bearers, to Tunnel End from the railway station.
Many more were at Tunnel End itself to see the celebration of the 2,000-year-old festival.
They enjoyed a stunning firework display, fire sculptures, a fire circus and a battle between Jack Frost, representing winter, and the Green Man, representing spring, which is the traditional finale to the festival.
Click on the image below for more pictures from this year's festival.
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