Couple dance known from oral tradition in the southern Lake District and Lancashire
Known to have been taught by the following dancing masters:
Richard Allen of Langwathby
Mr Blackburn
Dizzy Bryden of Workington.
Tommy Cannon of Underbarrow and Crosthwaite
Oliver Cowper of Workington
Mr Grudgeon in Clitheroe
Jack Iveson of Penrith
“Pop” John Mason in Dent
Alfred Threlfall Robinson
Joseph William Robinson (Old Jos)
Stainton Robinson of Windermere
Billy Urquhart in Bleamoor, Ribblehead
Information derived from interviews by Tom Flett with
- Airey, Mrs George
- Akrigg, Mr & Mrs Jack
- Barnes, Tom
- Baynes, Mr & Mrs William
- Beresford, Peter
- Birbeck, Mrs
- Burrow, William Edward
- Chapman, Brian
- Clay, Miss N. I.
- Cowper, Arthur C.
- Cowper, Beatrice
- Cowper, Elsie
- Cowper, Roland
- Dixon, B
- Hales, Mr Charles
- Holgate, Tom J.
- Keith, Gertrude
- Middleton, Dick
- Oversby, Miss Mary
- Parkinson, Chris
- Pedder, Jack
- Percy, Tom
- Pye, Mrs Jessie
- Raw, Mrs
- Ridding, Mrs S.E.
- Riley, Emma C.
- Miss Lucy Short
- Storey, Mrs W
- Thompson, Mrs H
- Thwaite, Mr & Mrs
- Wannop, Mr & Mrs
- Whittle, Mr and Mrs John
and from correspondence from Tom Barnes to Tom Flett dated 12 August 1962.