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Plough Monday 2008


Cambridgeshire Molly Dances in the Villages on 7th January


All Photographs (c) Hilary Blanford 2008
  Comberton Cross Roads
left to right: Robin "Molly" Stokoe, Bellpad, Harry Kitchener, Rick Padfield, Christian Mayne, Mike Jones, David Dolby and Don Church start the mid-winter tradition with Birds-a-Building from Comberton
Dedicated Musicians
left to right: Ollie, Michael Blanford and Helen Strudwick freeze the fingers at the Barton school.
  Polka Round
Rick Padfield waits his turn while Mike Jones, Andrew Dadd, Robin "Molly" Stokoe and Harry Kitchener progress as in a Duple Minor feast dance
Lead Down
Andy Richards tries to keep a straight face while "lord" Harry Kitchener leads Robin "Molly" Stokoe down the set.
  Barton Infant School
Village children enjoy a break from schoolwork and watch all the men making fools of themselves.
  The Special
left to right: David Dolby, Simon Threlfall, Mike Jones and Andrew Dadd in the only linked-handkerchief Molly dance.
Gipsies in the Wood
left to right: "lord" Harry Kitchener, Andy "Mafioso" Richards and Robin "Molly" Stokoe drive a vigorous hands-three.
(Not quite decorous, Molly!)
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