The annual event was rescheduled to September 12 this year after initially being cancelled due to Covid last year.
Jim Cunliffe, the organiser of the event, said: “It was sad to have to cancel it last year, but it’s great it was able to go ahead this year.
“After the year everyone has had, it’s great to see crowds back and people having a good time. Due to Covid and travel restrictions, we haven’t got the usual international visitors we get, but we’ve got people coming from around the country.”
1. World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
A woman in the crowd attempts to throw a black pudding. The tradition dates back to the War of the Roses and a 1455 battle in Stubbins, Lancashire. Photo: SWNS
2. World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
A man hurls a black pudding in the air. The event was brought back in the 1980s and has now garnered an impressive crowd to the market town of Ramsbottom, near Bury. Photo: SWNS
3. World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
As a man chucked the black pudding in the air, the crowd was visibly entertained as they got out their camera phones. Photo: SWNS
4. World Black Pudding Throwing Championships
The competition involved knocking over Yorkshire puddings on a 20-foot-high plinth with black puddings. Photo: SWNS