Photo -Nigel Sture
Although never formally taught to dance, he picked up material from a number of relatives and entered his first competition at the age of 7 in 1919. In particular he recalled learning material from his uncles John and Albert Crocker. The latter was reputedly a particularly fine step dancer and Les was proud of his “Albert Crocker’s Double Backstep” which, although he rarely performed it, features in the published notations and on one of the films below and which he considered to be a competition winner.