U.K.: “Cheese-rolling race axed after 200 years”

by Walter Olson on March 17, 2010

It’s seen as too risky [Daily Mail, UK] Local authorities will try to bring the event back next year; we covered an earlier suspension in 2003.

P.S. Commenter Peter Eipers: “They can’t handle crowd control for a cheese race, and they are about to host the Olympics?” More: Zincavage.

{ 3 comments }

1 KDP 03.17.10 at 9:18 am: It looks like the sun is finally setting on the British Empire.

It’s becoming harder to believe that these people once ruled across the globe.
2 Peter Eipers 03.17.10 at 9:53 am: They can’t handle crowd control for a cheese race, and they are about to host the Olympics?
3 Jim Collins 03.17.10 at 11:13 am: They don’t want the expense of handling the crowd control for this event and are using safety as an excuse.

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