World record smashed!! Amazing effort, Fantastic Farsley strikes again!! #whoop pic.twitter.com/3CjXaKtSi3
— farsley festival (@farsleyfestival) May 25, 2015
Thousands of people flooded onto the streets of Farsley today for the annual Farsley Festival – and helped to set a world record at the same time!
A total of 838 people were counted wearing knotted hankies on Town Street at 1pm to set a new world record. Organisers will now submit the numbers to Guinness World Records.
Here are some tweets and photos from the event, which is run solely by volunteers and this year was run on a seaside theme. The event saw several tonnes of sand delivered to Town Street.
Early morning sand shovelling to the sound of seagulls, just how we roll on a bank holiday Monday! #seaside pic.twitter.com/gzhQgp3RIR
— farsley festival (@farsleyfestival) May 25, 2015
We created a new world record in Farsley today. #farsleyfestival pic.twitter.com/PH7ymuSawa
— Lisa Holdsworth (@WorksWithWords) May 25, 2015
Fantastic turnout and atmosphere at the Farsley Festival which included the handkerchief World Record attempt. pic.twitter.com/2COmOrgzYt
— Stuart Andrew MP (@StuartAndrew) May 25, 2015
Ready for the world record attempt for most people wearing knotted hankies! #FarsleyFestival pic.twitter.com/a2lgkRH6gH
— Lucy A. Wilcock (@sevensideddice) May 25, 2015
#farsleyfestival couldn't be busier! #Leeds pic.twitter.com/aAbYNmRADT
— Chris Cooke (@cookidj) May 25, 2015
#FarsleyFestival
Looking good, people of #Farsley pic.twitter.com/SoAwqTVxcs
— Philip Morris (@PhilipJMorris) May 25, 2015
Kids enjoying the sand @farsleyfestival great display by the volunteers of the festival. pic.twitter.com/ZNxXdnOL2Z
— Gibbs & Dandy Pudsey (@ganddpudsey) May 25, 2015
thousands out for #Farsleyfestival 2015. Amazing day. Great atmosphere and heroic efforts from all involved. pic.twitter.com/gDyIlBdBm1
— @farsley village (@farsleyvillage) May 25, 2015
Farsley Festival needs your support for next year – it’s put together by a small team of volunteers and needs people to help put ther event together and also financial sponsorship to keep going. The festival team can be contacted here.
