Short, Miss Lucy

Clog and step dancer from Ambleside, England.

She learned from “Old Jos” Robinson who held weekly classes in Ambleside from October to Easter.

She learned the following dances:

She also learned step dancing and remembered the following: Shuffle off, Single Shuffle, Double Shuffle, Treble Shuffle, Crunch, Double Crunch, Hagworm Crawl.

She also learned a children’s dance called the Hoop Dance and a number of solos:

Information derived from and interview by Tom Flett with Lucy Short on 3 January 1960 (interviewed with Clara Boyle.