Scarva: WATCH video footage of colossal crowds at Sham Fight as police estimate up to 80,000 people may be in attendance

Surrounding those parades, as usual, were various family festivities and the Sham Fight between King Billy and James.

According to some on the ground, the crowds are bigger than usual this year, and asked for an estimate a PSNI spokesman said that whilst it is not a ‘scientific’ measure, the police on the ground say there “could be up to 80,000 people”.

Check out these video clips from the News Letter’s Roderick McMurray and see for yourself.

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