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1929 QUIRKY: Hungerford 'Hocktide' ancient festival
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0:57Now PlayingDate: 11th April 1929
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: EMPIRE NEWS NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Hocktide at Hungerford. 'Tutti men' claim their rights of 'Kisses for the Misses' at ancient festival
ENGLAND: Berkshire: Hungerford:
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Man blowing horn
Tutti men being given floral poles (Tutti Poles - bunches of flowers on wooden staffs)
Tutti man climbing ladder
Tutti man kissing woman through window
Tutti man kissing woman through window on roof
SLATE INFORMATION: Oranges for the youngsters
Man throwing oranges to children in street
More shots of Tutti men kissing women and children running about in street
Two men kissing elderly woman on the cheek
SLATE INFORMATION: 'Shoe-ing the Colt' - new inhabitants are initiated by the Tutti men
Tutti men trying to grab man's foot
Tutti men grabbing woman's foot
Two men holding floral poles
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