Willaston Worm Charming
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Willaston Worm Charming
Image: © Graham Shaw Taken: 24 Jun 2006
On Saturday 5th July 1980 local Willaston farmer's son, Tom Shufflebotham amazed a disbelieving world by charming a total of 511 worms out of the ground in half an hour. True, there had been rather dubious unsubstantiated reports of a similar activity in Florida, USA some 10 years previous, but this was the first time a true competition with strict rules had been held. The village of Willaston, near Nantwich, Cheshire has been the venue for the annual World Championships ever since. source: www.wormcharming.com
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Image Location
Latitude
53.070539
Longitude
-2.486507