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About Stilton - Cheese Rolling 2006 Pictures
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Celebrities and 'the Management'

Warwick 'strong man' Davis Patriotic Adam Vickers Delivering the liquid prizes The media frenzy

Warwick Davis and Adam Vickers: comperes without compare Warwick takes a cheese Adam also takes a cheese Warwick with Olive Main
A worrying obstruction in the Bell Lane... ...is eventually pushed off the course

Arrival of the May King and Queen by Mail Coach
The arrival of the Mail Coach The coach and coachman Adam and the coachman The coachman tells the history of the mail coach Horses beneath the Bell Inn sign
Horses close up The Mail Coach outside the Bell Inn Turning the coach by hand The horses rejoin the coach
The Mail Coach ready for to depart All the best jobs...clearing up after the Mail Coach The newly crowned May King and Queen, and their retinue

The Fancy Dress Competition
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Maypole and Country Dancing by the pupils of Holme School and Stilton School, and the Choir
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The Stilton School Choir

Traditional Fenland Molly Dancing by the Pig Dyke Molly
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The Molly Band

"George and the Dragon", a traditional Mummers' Play by The Players at Stilton (dir: Annie Blair)
The arrival of the Mummers A rousing intro sets the scene... ...of Merrye England But who is this scoundrel?
George to the Rescue... ...and a battle ensues... ...it's a close-run fight... ...but the scoundrel is defeated. What's this big green mouse? Oh no - the mouse has a dragon, but George and his steed are equal to it.
But now to battle the mouse... ...and the mouse is winning... ...oh, no - George, look-out... ...but a sharp knife separates the mouse from its tail... ...and we all live Happily Ever After.

Around the village, and a charity cyclist wheels in
The Cafe Royale at the Memorial Hall The Crowds in North Street On a 60 mile circuit of local villages to raise money for Yaxley Group Practice The Cheese waits... Grandstand view
Warwick rolls a cheese of his own

Parade of the teams for the award of the Talbot Trophy for Best Costume
The Peterborough Pheonix Basketball Team The Molly Dancers The Rock Rebels The Sleep Walkers The Can Can team
The Golden Girls La Beer Ladies Mice! The SuperMums' Team The Reluctant Rollers
The Talbot TA Turpin's Molls Golden Balls Lakjonic - last year's champions The Leon time...I recognise that roller!
The Librarians The Lime Tords The Monks The Talbot Mafia The Hoboes Return

The Junior Stilton Cheese Rolling Competition, for the Stilton Parish Council Shield
The Hoboes Hoboes victorious! The Molly Dancers Mollies victorious The Rock Rebels ready to roll
Scratch The Sleep Walkers The Sleep Walkers The Sleep Walkers Unknown team 1
Unknown team 2 Unknown team 3 The Hoboes rolling to victory The Hoboes - Junior Champions again

The Wheelchair Cheese Rolling Competition
Ready to roll with custom 'foam' cheeses Determined No way to treat cheese! Pre-roll interview with Warwick
Ready to roll Discussing race tactics Tumbling cheese Cheese carrier
Roll it, don't throw it (basketball habits!) The winners of the wheelchair competition

The Ladies' Stilton Cheese Rolling Competition for the WI Cup
The Can Can team Unknown team The Mice - pre-roll interview The Reluctant Rollers?

Reluctant rollers victorious Golden Girls on a roll Rolling Mice Rolling... The Golden Girls are the champions

The Mens' Stilton Cheese Rolling Competition for the Bell Cup
Lacjonic - defending champions The Lime Tords Lime Tords rolling Unknown
Unknown Lovejoys Unknown Unknown
Unknown Crucial line-up: Lacjonic vs Time Lords Monks ready to roll Monks rolling Monks victorious!
So what's the secret? The Professionals The Final Golden Balls: Runners Up
The Lime Tords: Mens Champions The Mixed Roll

The Twinning Roll (between Stilton and St Christol les Ales)
Rolling in a kilt - brave! French rivalry St Christol rolling Tout amis en le fin
Les Champions

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