Dated: 01/01/2019 Whilst most were raising a glass this New Years Eve, 45 men in a small Northumberland town were raising burning barrels above their heads in an age old tradition. The Tar Bar'l fire festival in Allendale, Northumberland got underway just before midnight, when 45 local men called 'Guisers' carried whiskey barrels filled with burning hot tar in a colourful procession through the town's street which has been celebrated since the Middle Ages.
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