Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England. It was traditionally held by and for the people who live in the local village of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, but now people from all over the world take part. "The Guardian" newspaper called it a "world-famous event", with winners from the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Nepal. The event is traditional and takes its name from the steep hill on which it occurs. Until recent years, it was managed in a quasi-official
Coopers' Federation of Great Britain Coopers' Federation of Great Britain The Coopers' Federation of Great Britain was a trade union representing coopers in the United Kingdom and, initially, also in Ireland. The union was founded in 1926 as the Coopers' Federation of Great Britain and Ireland. It brought together a large number of local unions which still retained a high level of independence. With the long-term decline of the industry, its affiliates gradually merged, and by the 1960s, there were just four: the Amalgamated Society of Coopers, the National Trade Union of Coopers, the Manchester Coopers Association Trade and Friendly Society and the Philanthropic Society