Akrigg, Mr & Mrs Jack

Dancers from Dentdale.  Mr Akrigg born 1884, Mrs Akrigg 1889. Mr Akrigg was born in Ribblehead and had been a very keen […]

Thwaite, Mr & Mrs

Dancers from Hawes, Wensleydale, Yorkshire.  Mr Thwaite born c. 1880 and Mrs Thwaite c.1877. They both attended dancing classed held in Hawes […]

Cowper, Oliver

Dancing master who learned from his uncle Robert Cowper of York.

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 […]

Robinson, Stainton Battersby

Clog, step and social dance teacher from Windermere, England. Born 1863, married Jane Smith 18th October 1883, died October 1902 (buried Finsthwaite 13 […]

Robinson, Joseph (Young Jos)

Clog, step and social dance teacher from Windermere, England. Born 1887.  Son of Stainton Robinson. Known as “Young Jos” he carried on […]

Middleton, Dick

Dancers from Dentdale, Yorkshire. Mr Middleton born c.1883 and Mrs Middleton in c. 1889. They were tauught by “Pop” John Mason at […]

Keith, Gertrude

Informant from Grange-Over-Sands, Lancashire. Born c. 1895. Mrs Keith was Norman Robinson‘s mother and Stainton Robinson’s daughter, thus being Young Jos Robinson’s […]

Hewitson, Tommy

Dance teacher and MC operating at Lowick Bridge, Cumbria in the late 1800s. Really an MC rather than a dancing master.  He […]

Cook, Mr John

Dancer from Symondsbury, Dorset. Born at Broadoak c.1895. Saw four hand reels danced inside and outside pubs and at school and was […]