I.T.Jones Collection (1981, Steemson - c)
Source:
Mr. Steemson (Inf.)
Oxton, Notts: Typed transcript of tape of converstaion with Mr Steemson 30/1/81
I.T.Jones Collection,
Col. 30th January 1981, Ref.K4-4
Typed transcript of tape of visit to Mr Steemson, Doncaster Farm, Halloughton
on 30th January 1981. His uncle had taken part in the Plough Monday play
in Oxton in the 1890's. His father had seen the play many times and taught
the lines to Mr Steemson when he was a boy. Characters in the play were:
Man in Charge, Tom Fool, Eezum Squeezum, Farmer's Man, Lady, Doctor, Policeman
and Recruiting Sergeant. He thought the play was performed up to the time
of the Boer War. He remembers lads with blackened faces going round Oxton
asking 'Please remember the Plough Boys' up to about 1910. He wrote out
some pieces of the play for the Vicar of Thurgaton about 2 or 3 years
previously. He suggested Bob Stubb in Oxton might know something about
the play.
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Oxton, Notts. (SK6351)
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| Years: |
Col. 1981; Perf. 1890s; Perf. about 1910
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| Subjects: |
Plough Monday; Play; Man in Charge; Tom Fool; Eezum Squeezum; Farmer's Man; Lady; Doctor; Policeman; Recruiting Sergeant; Costumes
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| People: |
Mr. Idwal Tudor Jones (Col.); Bob Stubb (Inf.)
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00634;
I.T.Jones Collection, Ref.K4-4
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Last Updated Oct 2004 by Idwal Jones.
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