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#845 Mary and Beryl The Kippax Pram Race

Mary and Beryl

We had this great pram race in Kippax. Started in the 60s. Mostly men involved. One man in a pram and one to push. Round the roads of the town. They started to make the prams into different things. One was made like a ship. But it stopped ages ago now. And now we don’t have the carnival or the Rose Queen.

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The speaker recalls the Kippax Pram Race, a community event that started in the 60s and involved men pushing prams made into different things, but which has now been discontinued along with the carnival and the Rose Queen.