Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection (1960, M.E.Greasley)
Source:
Miss Mildred E. Greasley (Auth.)
Memories of a Villager [Plough Monday play at Whatton, Notts.]
Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection,
Written 29th Mar.1960, Ref.DD/121/1/67, 5pp.
Entry to an essay competition on old village life at Whatton, Notts. On
page 2 it states;
"The Pancake Bell rung at eleven O'clock on Shrove Tuesday was discontinued
during World War I."
"An old mummers play was acted in the houses on Plough Monday. This has died
out."
Main variant
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Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Whatton, Notts. (SK7439)
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| Years: |
Col. 1960
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| Subjects: |
Essay; Mummers; Play; Plough Monday; Shrove Tuesday; Pancake Bell
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| People: |
Nottinghamshire Local History Council (Col.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00427
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Last Updated Mar 1992 by Peter Millington.
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