Families enjoy day on beach as town gets seaside spirit
Those people who were worried about getting stuck in the August bank holiday traffic to the coast, instead took their buckets and spades to the West Yorkshire town instead.
The annual Dewsbury-on-Sea extravaganza kicked off in the morning when the beach, sponsored by Ponderosa Centre, was opened at Market Place by the Mayor of Kirklees, Eric Firth.
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Hide AdAmong the activities taking place, families enjoyed a traditional Punch and Judy show at Dewsbury Market, donkey rides and a funfair, while keeping their eyes peeled for the giant lobster riding in a cart pulled by a human slave.
And who could fail to be charmed by the Van Dunk Brothers’ dry-land synchronized swimming display?
Other performances included a seafaring musical comedy and an amphibious pedalo which had been cunningly adapted to reach the places normal pedalos cannot reach.
A traditional singer and a traditional tea dance ensured that Dewsbury was the “in” place to be at the weekend. John Rufus, a father-of-four from Halifax said: “We’ve had a wonderful time.”