Big pie fight

Big pie fight

1,186 people broke the world record for the largest shaving-cream pie fight at the annual Another Fine Fest in Ulverston, held in honour of comic actor Stan Laurel, who was born in...

Big pie fight

1,186 people broke the world record for the largest shaving-cream pie fight at the annual Another Fine Fest in Ulverston, held in honour of comic actor Stan Laurel, who was born in the town. Ceri Hutton, from Team Pie, said it was "a moment of pure joy when the pies started to fly". Organisers have to send evidence to Guinness to confirm the new world record, but they said they were confident of validation having followed official counting protocol with a "huge electronic turnstile" and thrown nearly 3,000 pies of the regulation size of 16.5cm for one minute. The previous record was set in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 2015.

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