Otley marks the onset of Easter with 50 year long local tradition
More than 50 people gathered to install a 36-feet high cross ahead of Easter on Surprise View at the top of Otley Chevin yesterday (Saturday).
The Chevin cross was first installed in 1969, has now become a well-known Easter symbol. It is put up each year, two weeks before Easter and removed two weeks after.
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Hide AdThe current cross is made from wood that was salvaged after the Manchester IRA bomb on June 15 1996.
Now a local tradition organised by Churches Together, the cross has been installed every year apart from 2001 because of restrictions caused by foot and mouth disease.