This shows the opening of the Keaw-yed Fair in Westhoughton.
This shows the opening of the Keaw-yed Fair in Westhoughton.
It was taken in August 1962 and the event was marked at the Red Lion Hotel by a re-enactment of the incident, in which a farmer is said to have sawn off the head of a cow which had been caught in a gate.
Do you remember it email robert.kelly@nqnw.co.uk
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