In which small Pennine town could you see the Britannia Coconut dancers on Easter Saturday?
"the music used for the dancing, recorded in 1972, is included on the album ""The Voice of the People, Volume 16: You Lazy Lot of Bone Shakers – Songs & Dance Tunes of Seasonal Events"", issued by Topic Records. Topic included this recording as Track One on the second CD in their 70-year anniversary boxed set ""Three Score and Ten"". Britannia Coco-nut Dancers The Britannia Coco-nut Dancers or Nutters are a troupe of Lancastrian clog dancers who perform every Easter in Bacup, dancing across the town. There are eight dancers and a whipper-in, who controls the proceedings. Some say the"
"Whitworth Vale & Healey Band, Whitworth Youth Band, Haslingden Concert Band and the Whitworth Veterans' Band. Rossendale is home to a unique dancing troup, the Britannia Coco-nut Dancers, formed in the mid-19th century, and who traditionally dance along the local roads every Easter. There has been a long tradition of dialect poetry and writing in Rossendale. Local poets have included Andrew Houston (""The Rossendale Bard""), Walter Hargreaves (""Shepster"") and Clifford Heyworth (""Bill o' Bows""). Waugh's Well, above Edenfield and Cowpe, marks the spot where Edwin Waugh wrote many of his poems, and is a favourite spot for walkers - a"
"dances – the ""Danse des Coco"" – are performed in Provence. This troupe was formed as the Tunstead Mill Nutters in 1857 when it was one of a group of five which performed in the Rossendale valley. According to the ""Burnley Gazette"", a man named Abraham Spencer (1842–1918) was one of the founders back in 1857, at only 15. They passed on their tradition to workers at the Britannia Mill in the 1920s. Their dances feature floral hoops or garlands; the musical accompaniment is provided by a concertina or the Stacksteads Silver Band. Their name refers to the wooden nuts"
"in Edinburgh. and on Penshaw Hill in Tyne and Wear at Penshaw Monument. The eggs traditionally were wrapped in onion skins and boiled to give them a mottled gold appearance (although today they usually are painted) and the children competed to see who could roll their egg the farthest. There is an old Lancashire legend that says the broken eggshells should be crushed carefully afterward or, they would be stolen and used as boats by witches. The eggs were eaten on Easter Sunday or given out to pace-eggers – fantastically dressed characters who processed through the streets singing traditional pace-egging"
"Pennance Pennance is a hamlet near Lanner in west Cornwall, England. Pennance Mine lies in the Gwennap Mining District and is situated on the southern slopes of Carn Marth, south of the converted quarry that is now Carn Marth Open Air Theatre. Formerly known as Wheal Amelia, the area was worked by tinners as early as the 17th century. In his 1839 book ""Report on the Geology of Cornwall"", Henry De la Beche describes it as producing copper. Robert Hunt, in his 1857 report the ""Mineral Statistics of the United Kingdom of Great Britain"", described it in the same way."
"has been questioned. In 2006, a small number of dances from a previously unknown tradition was discovered by Barry Care of Moulton Morris Men (Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire)—two of them danceable. Other dances listed by Bacon include Border Morris dances from Brimfield, Bromsberrow Heath, Evesham, Leominster, Much Wenlock, Pershore, Upton-upon-Severn, Upton Snodsbury, White Ladies Aston, and miscellaneous non-Cotswold, non-Border dances from Steeple Claydon and Winster. There are a number of traditions which have been collected since the mid-twentieth century, though few have been widely adopted. Examples are Broadwood, Duns Tew, and Ousington-under-Wash in the Cotswold style, and Upper and Lower Penn in"
"of 4,292. Sturminster Newton is the home of the annual UK Boogie Woogie Festival, which in 2009 saw an appearance from veteran boogie woogie star Little Willie Littlefield. The Exchange, a community arts and conference centre, on Old Market Hill, was built on the site of the old cattle market. It was officially opened, by Julian Fellowes, in December 2007 and provides a venue for music concerts, drama and other events. Sturminster Newton is twinned with: Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It is situated on a low"
"Listless, passed the hour <BR>Of her spirit's speeding, <BR> She had, in her flower, <BR>Sought and loved the places <BR> Much and often pined <BR>For their lonely faces <BR> When in towns confined. Why did not Vallency <BR> In his purl deplore <BR>One whose haunts were whence he <BR> Drew his limpid store? <BR>Why did Bos not thunder, <BR> Targan apprehend <BR>Body and Breath were sunder <BR> Of their former friend? Beeny Beeny is a hamlet in north Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated on the coast two miles (3 km) north-east of Boscastle. According to the Post Office the"
"singing faintly on the breeze. The legend is the subject of the 1980 song ""Mermaid"" by Cornish folk singer Brenda Wootton. At the parish church of St. Senara, visitors to Zennor may see a carved pew-end, over 600 years old, showing an image of the legendary mermaid. British abstract sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth, who lived in Cornwall, produced ""Pendour"" between 1947 and 1948. It is now in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington D.C. Pendour Cove Pendour Cove () is a beach in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is about 1 mile northwest of the village of Zennor,"
"his family's 1,500-acre estate. He became a decorated explorer in Africa and the Middle East and was a navy commander. Rory O'Neill, a drag queen who performs as ""Panti Bliss"", is from Ballinrobe. He has performed all over the world, appeared on television, hosted Alternative Miss Ireland, and runs a nightclub in Dublin called Pantibar. James Joseph O'Shaughnessy was a medical student, born in Ballinrobe. He was awarded the Henry Hutchinson Stewart Scholarship in Physiology in November 1941. Ballinrobe lies some 48 km north of Galway, on the N84 road which connects Galway to Castlebar. The town is awaiting a"
"probably the last recorded piece of traditional Late Cornish verse. The hamlet contains Boswednack Manor and Treen Manor which in 1814 were both owned by William Arundell Harris. Treen Manor, in the nearby hamlet of Treen is now a pub and Boswednack Manor is now run as a bed & breakfast, with a ""slight Bohemian-style"". Boswednack Boswednack is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor near the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located along the B3306 road southwest of Zennor. Boswednack was home to a small community of Cornish speakers during the"
"Pontoon, County Mayo Pontoon ( lit. ""River pont"") is a lakeside village on the R310 regional road in County Mayo in Ireland, situated between Lough Conn and Lough Cullin, and near the town of Foxford. The area is scenic. The dance hall in Pontoon attracted large numbers of enthusiasts to its week-end dances from a large catchment area of County Mayo and further afield. The suggestion that it was the location of a BBC film ""The Ballroom of Romance"" set in the 1950s is incorrect. The actual location of the ballroom featured in the film, starring Brenda Fricker, Cyril Cusack,"
"Easter Bunny, were taken to the New World by European settlers. In the United Kingdom the tradition of rolling decorated eggs down grassy hills goes back hundreds of years and is known as ""pace-egging"", from the Old English ""Pasch"" meaning Pesach or Passover. In Lancashire there are annual egg rolling competitions at Holcombe Hill near Ramsbottom and Avenham Park in Preston. Egg rolling has been a tradition at Avenham Park for hundreds of years, but in recent years chocolate eggs have been used. Other traditional egg rolling sites are the castle moat at Penrith, Bunkers Hill in Derby, Arthur's Seat"
"interested in such things, but ex-pupils maintain the tradition, performing in the original Midgley, West Yorkshire location as well as at the tourist magnet, Heptonstall. The plays enjoyed a renaissance in Heptonstall, West Yorkshire in recent decades. The origins are uncertain, but appear to be based on the Midgley tradition. Some versions of the plays have undoubtedly been performed over many hundreds of years. It has become an established Good Friday tradition, and hundreds come to Weavers Square to watch. Pace Egg play The Pace Egg Plays are an Easter tradition in rural English culture in the tradition of the"
"gentry. In Bacup, Lancashire, the Britannia Coco-nut Dancers, wear black faces. Some believe the origin of this dance can be traced back to the influx of Cornish miners to northern England, and the black face relates to the dirty blackened faces associated with mining. In Cornwall, several Mummer's Day celebrations are still held; these used to be sometimes known as ""Darkie Day"" (a corruption of the original ""Darking Day"", referring to the darkening or painting of the faces) and involved local residents dancing through the streets in blackface to musical accompaniment. Although the origins of blacking-up for Mummer's Day have"
"the front of the building. It is not to be confused with the larger village of Treen on the south coast of the Penwith peninsula, less than 10 miles away. Treen (Zennor) Treen () is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor, on the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road. At Gurnard's Head nearby on the coast is one of the many cliff castles on the Cornish coast which was formerly a Coastguard Lookout. To the east of Gurnard's Head is"
"those age 65 or over. Cornish, Maine Cornish is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,403 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area. Cornish has a number of antique shops near historic Thompson Park. In 1665, a trading post was established by Francis Small in the vicinity of Cornish village, not far from the confluence of the Ossipee River with the Saco River. Here converged three major Abenaki Indian paths—the Sokokis Trail (Route 5), the Ossipee Trail (Route 25) and the Pequawket Trail (Route 113), making it"
"and all sorts of fireworks"". Allantide, a Cornish version of Halloween, was also a popular activity in the town. Many of these customs were recorded by local antiquarian M. A. Courtney and have influenced historical views of traditional Cornish cultural activities. In October 2010 the first full festival of music and the arts - the Penzance Proms - was held (23–31 October) Every December Penzance holds the Montol Festival a community arts event reviving many of the Cornish customs of Christmas, including traditional costumes, masks and guise dancing. Penzance is the home of the pirates in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic"
"widespread—a whole village processing behind a band of musicians leading them to a picnic site, where ""Tea Treat Buns"" (made with smuggled saffron) were distributed. This left a legacy of marches and polkas. Records exist of dancing in farmhouse kitchens, and in fish cellars Cornish ceilidhs called troyls were common, they are analogous to the fest-noz of the Bretons. Some community events survived, such as at Padstow and at Helston, where to this day, on 8 May, the townspeople dance the Furry Dance through the streets, in and out of shops, even through private houses. Thousands converge on Helston to"
"Ballynoe, County Down Ballynoe () is a small settlement and townland (of 205 acres) south of Downpatrick in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Bright and historic barony of Lecale Upper. The main feature in the hamlet is Ballynoe Stone Circle, a late Neolithic to early Bronze age large circle of over 50 closely spaced upright stones, surrounding a mound which, when excavated, was found to contain two cists in which cremated bones were found. The site is near the disused railway station, reached by a long footpath off the main road, at grid"
"the Penwith Heritage Coast, and is the largest coastal feature in the United Kingdom that begins with the letter ""Z"". It gets its name from a local saint, Senara. Zennor Head was mined for copper and tin in the Victorian Era. There is no longer any residential or commercial occupancy on the headland, but it is occupied by a variety of coastal animals and plants, such as kestrels and gorse. The name ""Zennor Head"" originates from the name of a local saint, Senara. According to local legend, Senara was thrown off a headland in Brittany in a barrel after being"
"wash upon the three first Wednesdays in May. Children suffering from mesenteric disease should be dipped three times in Chapel Uny widderschynnes, and widderschynnes dragged three times round the well."""" It is also referred to as St. Eurinus' or Uny's Well and may be confused with Saint Euny's Well at Carn Brea. Carn Euny Carn Euny (from ) is an archaeological site near Sancreed, on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom with considerable evidence of both Iron Age and post-Iron Age settlement. Excavations on this site have shown that there was activity at Carn Euny as early as"
"Helston Helston () is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately east of Penzance and south-west of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town on the island of Great Britain and is around farther south than Penzance. The population in 2011 was 11,700. The former stannary and cattle market town is best known for the annual Furry Dance (known locally as the Flora Dance), said to originate from the medieval period. However, the Hal-an-Tow is reputed to be of Celtic origin. The song, and music,"
"Allenheads Allenheads is a village in Northumberland, England, situated in the Pennines to the north of Weardale. Allenheads is situated further along the river East Allen from Allendale. Being a former lead mining community, it is widely believed that it would not have existed if it wasn't for the industry, it being too high for other types of settlement. The village currently hosts The Hemmel (café), Allenheads Contemporary Arts (www.acart.org.uk) The Allenheads Inn and the Heritage Centre. In October 2017 the North Pennines Observatory was opened at the Old School House. The Highforest Show is held on the first Saturday"
"small church. It and was founded in 1991 according to meet the growing demands for various types of worship on the island. The 2006 film ""Stormbreaker"" (starring Ewan McGregor) was filmed on Port Erin beach; the town has also been used by various production companies including the BBC whose serialised drama ""The Ginger Tree"" was filmed at the railway station in 1989, and the cinematic adaptation of ""Five Children & It"". An episode of the BBC documentary marking 20 years since the end of steam trains in the U.K. ""The Train Now Departing"" filmed extensive scenes in and around the"
"Edwin Muir, a famous poet Copinsay Copinsay () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay is called the Horse of Copinsay and lies to the north east to the main island. The island is now uninhabited and managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to a lighthouse. Myths about the island include the story of the Copinsay Brownie. For many generations, prior to the final inhabitants moving to the Mainland in 1958, Copinsay was full of life; the large, double storey farmhouse"
"Tremaine, Cornwall Tremaine or Tremain () is a small village and a rural civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston and the population in the 2001 census was 87. It had decreased to 53 at the 2011 census. The parish is bounded to the north by Warbstow and Jacobstow parishes, to the east by North Petherwin parish, and to the west by Tresmeer and Treneglos parishes. Tremaine village is 10 miles (16 km) north-west of the town of Launceston near the River Ottery. The parish church, St Winwallo's, stands in the"
"writing in about 1880, mentions a circle dance in Mounts Bay on the feasts of St. John and St. Peter. A 'snake-walk' dance at a tea treat c1900 was described in the ""Cornish Tales"" of Charles Lee, possibly the composer of the song Lamorna. Gorseth Kernow piper Merv. Davey’s grandfather, Edward Veale, remembered seeing the step dance, Lattapuch, in the Unity Fish Cellars, Newquay in the 1880s. These reports are born out by dance collection. In 1997 set, linear and step dances were still in living memory. Geese dancing ‘Geese dancing’ (pronounced geeze) was also popular. Margaret Courtney mentions geese"
"the area. It is owned by the National Trust. Carter's Steam Fair stops at Pinkneys Green each year in the Spring. Scouts have been in Pinkneys Green since 1909. Pinkneys Green Scouts on Winter Hill Road has over 135 members. The first Girl Guide Company in the world was the 1st Pinkneys Green Guides (Miss Baden-Powell's Own). Ellington Morris - Maidenhead's Morris Dance side are based in Pinkneys Green. Formed in 1972 the side practices throughout the winter at the Scout hut and perform their traditional Mummers play on Boxing day followed by dancing out from May 1 at pubs,"
"Bosporthennis Bosporthennis is a hamlet south of Treen in the civil parish of Zennor (where the 2011 census population was included ) on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. There is a scattered settlement of at least three courtyard houses dating from the Late Iron Age at the eastern foot of Hannibal's Carn. The best preserved has walls up to 1.5 metres high, with an adjoining paddock. Another has a late medieval cowhouse built inside its walls. Within the settlement there is a feature called the Bosporthennis Beehive Hut (), which has been identified as an above"
"on Sundays. Shrine Mont also hosts the annual Shenandoah Valley Music Festival, from July until Labor Day. Orkney Springs, Virginia Orkney Springs is an unincorporated community in western Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The reason for the name ""Orkney"" is unknown, but believed to be tied to either the Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland or to the Earl of Orkney, since one of the earliest European landowners was Dr. John McDonald, a Scottish physician. The ""Springs"" part of the name comes from the numerous underground mineral springs in the area. Major Peter Higgins laid out the town in"
"Downings Downings or Downies () is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Rosguill peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. As the village is in a Gaeltacht district, its official name is the Irish ""Na Dúnaibh"". The name is ambiguous and could refer to the wealth of hill forts in the area, or it could be a hibernicisation of the English name, to describe the sandy dunes connecting the peninsula to the mainland. Downings used to be a significant fishing port with a substantial herring fleet. Today, however, the economy survives on tourism, and only three crab boats make a traditional"
"The Pogues song ""The Fairy Tale of New York"". A local landmark is ""Paddy Kennedy's Pub"". Ireland's 2015 Eurovision entrant Molly Sterling hails from Puckane. It should not be confused with the eponymous fictional village in Spike Milligan's novel ""Puckoon"". Puckane is a stone's throw away from many beautiful places such as Dromineer and Garrykennedy. Self-catering apartments and traditional Irish cottages are available for hire. Bus Éireann route 322 provides a service to and from Nenagh on Fridays. Rail services can be accessed at Nenagh railway station. Puckane Puckane, officially Puckaun (), is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It"