Gurning Info
One of the best places to find Gurning info on the internet is hardgurningnrg.co.uk. Gurning is the process of pulling the lower jaw as far over the face as possible, in order to pull the most grotesque face. Another interesting read, for people interested in gurning, is the Gurning info community page on Facebook.
At the Egremont Crab Fair, in Cumbria, gurners are framed in a braffin (a horse collar), before performing their gurn for the audience. In fact, the large audience are the judges of the contest, with the winning prize being awarded to the loudest cheers. The gurning contest at the Egremont Crab Fair is the most important contest on the world gurning calendar.
The Egremont Crab Fair has been running since 1267, when the then King Henry III gave the three-day event the royal seal of approval. However, the public’s appetite for gurning and other strange British folk games has now been satisfied by a single-day event.
Nowadays, some of the more barbaric events at the Egremont Crab Fair, such as cockfighting, have been made illegal. However, the honour of being the world gurning champion remains to this day. A far cry from the past when the winner at the Egremont Crab Fair had to make do with a prize of only tobacco.
Some winners, such as Gordon Mattinson, have been made world champions on no less than 10 occasions. He is considered a legend of gurning around the world. Apart from the websites that are mentioned at the start, there is a whole host of Gurning info on the internet. Readers with a further interest in the topic are well-advised to do some research, the topic of gurning is one that is truly fascinating.