[ollie]

well all you black pudding fans will be delighted to hear that the annual black pudding festival will be held at the Crown, Bacup there will also be a guest appearance by the fabulous coconutters, a mini market selling tripe, cowheels, dripping, rag puddings, local black pudding and sausages, black pudding and apple burgers, black pudding bread and black pudding pies, and of course the black pudding ice cream! Stacksteads siver band will be performing and there will be folk music and local poetry readings, i will be on hand serving "tatty hash" to all black pudding haters, all proceeds from the day to Derion House Childrens Hospice