This is verbatim, how Terry Dix introduces the dance : "This is a dance of our golden lady of the Fens - Saint Joanna - she was horribly slaughtered in the 14th century by Fenland boggits. They've even got boggits down this way they were a rare creature. She was horribly slaughtered as I said. She was a lonely reed cutter, out cutting reeds. The boggits caught her, took her back to their cave and ate her. And it so upset the people of Wisbech, which is the local town, that they hunted the boggits down, hung em in the town square, and then cut them into four pieces and flung them to the four winds of East Anglia. And if you go past Wisbech today, just outside Waitrose, which is very similar to that Waitrose (pointing to the one opposite the street in Bridport), there is a picture of Saint Joanna pointing east out to the open sea. A little bit of history." As to why 'Lumley'. You'll have to ask him. ;-)
Ok, so someone's got to ask - great dance - but why's it called Joanna Lumley?
This is verbatim, how Terry Dix introduces the dance : "This is a dance of our golden lady of the Fens - Saint Joanna - she was horribly slaughtered in the 14th century by Fenland boggits. They've even got boggits down this way they were a rare creature. She was horribly slaughtered as I said. She was a lonely reed cutter, out cutting reeds. The boggits caught her, took her back to their cave and ate her. And it so upset the people of Wisbech, which is the local town, that they hunted the boggits down, hung em in the town square, and then cut them into four pieces and flung them to the four winds of East Anglia. And if you go past Wisbech today, just outside Waitrose, which is very similar to that Waitrose (pointing to the one opposite the street in Bridport), there is a picture of Saint Joanna pointing east out to the open sea. A little bit of history." As to why 'Lumley'. You'll have to ask him. ;-)
Honestly not sure which I enjoyed the most - the video or the explanation!
@@morrisarchivefootage Thank you, Steve!