by Philip Martin Williams & David L. Williams.
with a Foreword by ’Last of the Summer Wine’ star Kathy Staff.
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Read of Sir Ralph de Assheton's connection, of his evil deeds upon landworkers and townsfolk; and how the townspeople destroyed his effigy every Eastertide.
Read of the drunken street parades and of Victorian pub-crawls, all done in the name of the Black Knight, and how from these evolved the famous pageants.
Three full chapters are devoted to the grand spectacular pageants. At their peak they rivalled London's Lord Mayor's Show, with over 100,000 people at one time filling the town's streets to witness the splendour.
Read of the many characters that took part in the parades. From the regal Cotton and Pageant Queens to those in fancy dress.
Illustrated throughout with many photographs 'The Knight Rides Out' is the first publication to solely document the legend of the Black Knight and the pageants.
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