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Post by John Parry on May 5, 2008 10:39:47 GMT -5
Digital only at the moment I'm afraid - may take a little longer to get back to film...    Regards - John |
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Post by PeterW on May 5, 2008 11:11:57 GMT -5
John: So good to see you're out and about and taking pictures again. Trust you'll soon be back to full health, but don't push it. Let things come naturally.
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2008 13:53:04 GMT -5
John:
And some people think us Yanks are strange. Interesting shots.
Good to hear from you.
Wayne
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Post by Reiska on May 5, 2008 14:42:44 GMT -5
John:
It is rising now, does it go down to the belly too?
Good to see you here again.
Reijo
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Post by mickeyobe on May 5, 2008 15:24:42 GMT -5
John,
What do they do ferment the sap and ................ ?
Welcome home.
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Post by SidW on May 5, 2008 18:12:40 GMT -5
Those were the days. I still have me bells but nothing else, not even any sap to rise.
The usual rule was first man finished would order the beer, last man finished would have to pay for it.
Thanks John, where was it, who were they? I thought they did it with clogs in Lancashire.
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Post by herron on May 5, 2008 22:06:58 GMT -5
John:
Good to have you back.
Mind you, I'm not so sure about the rising of the sap ... but it is good to have you back, my friend.
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Post by John Parry on May 7, 2008 15:58:26 GMT -5
Thanks everyone....
Wayne/SidW
Why do they do it? To make sure that Spring follows Winter. Yes - Lancashire morrismen normally wear clogs, but I'm pretty sure these are Cumbrians - at least, they are outside a Cumbrian pub. Each area has it's own tradition, but they get pretty mixed up. In Bacup, Lancashire, there are a troop of morrismen known as the Brittania Coconut Dancers - fondly abbreviated to the Bacup Nutters. The Nutters are the only morris troop in the North of England that 'black up'. ie they cover themselves with soot (or whatever the equivalent theatrical makeup is nowadays). They are masquerading as Blackamoors, or Morroccans (Moors = Morris = Moorish). The reason that they do it, while none of the other local troops do, is that the troop originated from an immigration of Cornish tin miners who left Cornwall during a mining slump, and came to work in the Lancashire cotton mills. All the Cornish morris troops black up. Long memories over here!
Hey - don't knock it. You wouldn't like it if it was always winter, but never Christmas!
Regards - John
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Post by Rachel on May 9, 2008 13:50:44 GMT -5
Welcome back John ...
Yes, there are many interesting "dancing" groups to be seen here in the UK be they Morrismen or Clog dancers, etc
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