Lynch, Mr & Mrs

Dancers from Calderdale, Lancashire.  Both born c. 1888.

Mr Lynch was born and brought up in Calderdale, Mrs Lynch moved there from Scotland.

Mr Lynch had attended dancing classes in Calderdale held by a Mr Standing.  He first came in 1897 and again after 1904. He taught ballroom dancing, including all the latest dances such as the Veleta.

Mrs Lynch recalled the following dances from a ball she attended in Calderdale in 1900:

Information derived from an interview by Tom Flett with Mr and Mrs Lynch on  1 July 1960.