Does Anyone Here Remember The Star Walk?

[viking]

Actually it was always held on Whit Tuesday during the years I watched it (1950 to 1966).

And later than that.

The last Tuesday I saw it was around 1984.

Later on it was changed to a Sunday and just dwindled off after that.

[yummyyumyum]

i remember star walk in mid to late 80s.

my grandmother used to make us all get ready and stand along halifax road/ wadsleybridge wmc! seemed to be stood there for ages before wede see anything but i do remember it was quite a big event as there was always loads of peple there.

[peterw]

There was also a marathon run from Doncaster to Sheffield, does anyone remember that? All I can remember is that it attracted most of Britain’s top marathon runners of the time, and at least one Olympic finalists.

[boosh]

Does anyone enter the isle of man parish walk?......85 miles in 24 hrs!!!!

[bushbaby 3]

i can remember going to hillsborough park when i was a little girl to see the finish with my mum and my grandmother

[roy marriott]

I was in the star walk in june 11/1946. It was the 20th annual

whitsuntide walk I was 16 years old and completed the course

of 12 miles in 2hours 11minutes. I still have my certificate signed

by the editor. I also played the last post at the unvailing of the

1939-1945 war plaque at barkers pool with the eccelsfield army

cadets before I went into the army REME. 1947.

[arrodbo]

As a kid growing up in the seventies, I always thought the term 'star walk' was the actual name for that style of race walking. In fact, it was only quite recently when my wife and I were reminiscing about it, that it dawned on us that it was presumably sponsored or supported by The Star newspaper, hence the name.

 

Join the club, i thought for years that distance walking WAS star walking

[arrodbo]

am i right in thinking that a star walker went on to represent GB in one of the Olympics?

[poppins]

We use to watch the Star Walkers on West street , they walked like they had rubber arms and legs...now it seems thats the healthiest way to walk.

[Krammers]

I did the star walk in 89/90 with a friend in fancy dress, we did all 9 miles, finishing it with a lap of the stadium.

It was 9 miles for the ladies and 12 miles for the men I think.

We did it in good time too, still got photo's of us setting off and finishing it.