Crowds in Bridgwater High Street waiting for the start of the squibbing

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The photograph on this page of Crowds in Bridgwater High Street waiting for the start of the squibbing by Rod Allday as part of the Geograph project.

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Crowds in Bridgwater High Street waiting for the start of the squibbing

Image: © Rod Allday Taken: 1 Nov 2014

Squibbing is unique to Bridgwater. It involves the simultaneous firing of lots of large fireworks ("squibs") and takes place at about 11.00pm, after the carnival procession has finished http://visitbridgwater.org/listings/view/45/Squibbing.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.128132
Longitude
-3.005274