Planting of the Penny Hedge mb-code 1618908 In the foreground figures are

In the foreground figures are selling their goods on the street

John Rich moved his playhouse at Lincoln's Inn Fields to Covent Garden

Belle Sauvage Yard

15th September 1963

during a fire on the evening of April 11th

Planting of the Penny Hedge mb-code 1618908 In the foreground figures areThe annual ceremony of planting the Penny Hedge which dates back 800 years seen here being carried out in Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. For centuries, the people of Whitby have witnessed the ancient tradition of the Penny Hedge where crowds gather to watch the construction of a hedge made from hazel sticks on the banks of Whitby harbour. Legend has it that if the hedge is unable to withstand three tides then bad luck will be cast upon the