36ft wooden cross installed on Otley Chevin

Over 50 people gathered to see a 36ft wooden cross installed on Otley Chevin

The Easter tradition has seen the cross erected on Surprise View since 1969.

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Danny Lawson - PA Wire

It is put in place two weeks before Easter and removed a fortnight later. The only time the event has not taken place was in 2001, when foot and mouth disease restrictions prevented the ceremony from going ahead.

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