Pinxton (SK4555), Derbyshire
P.T.Millington (1972b)
Peter T. Millington (Auth.)
CORRESPONDENCE CORNER: Local Guysers' Plays
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser,
4th Feb.1972, Vol.75, No.4067, p.8 i
This letter summarises information received following an article published by
the author three weeks earlier. The replies gave information on; Christmas,
Guysers' plays performed at Underwood and Brinsley, Notts., and Heanor and
Pinxton, Derbys., a Christmas, Bull Guysers' play from Selston, Notts., and a
Plough Monday, Plough Bullockers' play from Kimberley, Notts. Information was
also received concerning a Scottish play [Tillicoultry, Clack.].
The form of the name "Plough Bullockers" was probably copied from a respelling
introduced by the newspaper editor into the original article, which in
manuscript used the form "Plough Bullocks".
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Local Guysers' Plays
Sir,- Since my article recently
appealed in the Advertiser, a
number of people have written to
me giving information on the cus-
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P.T.Millington Collection (1972, J.Moran)
Jack Moran (Perf.)
[Xmas Guysers play text from Pinxton, Derbys.]
P.T.Millington Collection,
Com. 20th Jan.1972
Narrative text (44 lines) of an Xmas Guysers play performed about 1909 in
Pinxton, Derbys. The characters are Leader, Bull Guy/Guy, King George's Son,
King George, Doctor and Old Belsey Bud.
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PINXION - GUYSERS PLAY
Written down by Mr. Jack Moran, of 2 Queen Street, South
Normanton, Detbys,
for Peter T. Millington, on the 20/1/1972.
(First move. One goes in pub. Shouts.)
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