OTLEY Chevin Cross was raised on the morning of Saturday by a number of volunteers.
The cross will stand over Otley during the Easter period 2024.
Organised by Churches Together in Otley the 30ft cross was raised on Otley Chevin, as has happened every year since 1969, apart from a two-year hiatus in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The cross is in three separate pieces, one of which is partially clad with metal, and they are transported to the Chevin, from their storage place in the town, on a lorry.
The cross is put up two weeks before Easter Sunday and taken down again two weeks afterward. This year the cross will be taken down on Saturday, April 13, at 9am - weather permitting.
All are welcome for the early Easter Sunday morning service at the cross at 7am.
The current version is made from wood salvaged after the IRA’s Manchester bomb attack on June 15, 1996.
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