{"id":8403,"date":"2020-01-01T10:25:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T09:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=8403"},"modified":"2020-01-01T10:25:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T09:25:14","slug":"pram-race-with-willie-rushton-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/pram-race-with-willie-rushton-1978\/","title":{"rendered":"Pram Race with Willie Rushton: 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in a previous blog about rag events, here is one of only two surviving recordings of a Pram Race. This is from 1978 when comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Willie_Rushton\">Willie Rushton<\/a> <span class=\"st\">(1937 \u2013 1996)<\/span> took part. It started at Southside in Princes Gardens and seemed to work its way down Exhibition Road to South Kensington. STOIC&#8217;s Lunch Break reporter Colin Palmer (a former Felix editor) followed along and interviewed as the procession progressed.<\/p>\n<p>I have also discovered a video of a Raft Race taking part in Hyde Park. These also seemed to start from Princes Gardens, but more of that soon.<\/p>\n<p>First though, here is that 1978 Pram Race, and did YOU take part?<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lEPyJULgf4A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw 1st January 2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we feature one of only two surviving recordings of a Pram Race that used to happen each year. 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