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7th June We danced in the City Centre of Brighton last night, quite a contrast to the sleepy villages we normally dance at. Parking, wow I am glad we don't have to do it every week. Still we had a large and interested audience and who knows, some of them may wish to come along and join us. While I was going round with our collecting trug I was accosted by an ex reporter who thought it may be a great idea to do a semi spoof article in the local newspaper about suddenly waking up one morning and discovering you were a Morris dancer. Well that was the sort of wacky idea that went around during the 80's & 90's fortunately these days most people enjoy the spectacle of dance without thinking it strange. Morris dancers are after all number 7 in the list of English Icons as published in the Daily Telegraph, so somebody must like us. Incidentally, the photograph they published is one of me taken way back in 1968!!! I looked a bit thinner and younger in those days. We had our dragon out with us and it caused a bit of a stir when it poked its nose into the pub, however with beer at over 2.60 a pint nobody offered it a pint to sooth its burning throat. Dragons as some of you may know were roaming through deepest Sussex way after St George had killed them off elsewhere and if you ever get to Lyminsterr you should be able to find the grave of the young man who killed the dragon that used to live in the nearby knucker hole (not quite sure I've spelt that right).
