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WEST YORKSHIRE PACE-EGGERS

Pace-Eggers, Mrs Midgley & Mrs Rowe, from the village of Dent, West Yorkshire, describe their custom and costumes, then we hear their play, with songs, rec by Peter Kennedy in 1954 109Midgley(ShuelColour).JPG
 
Mytholmroyd Schoolboys perform the Pace-egg Play from Midgley

Tom Horner, Preston-under-Scar, gives his version & talks about 'The Vessel Cup Singers' in 1959 - then, boys of Calder High School, Mytholmroyd, record their radio version of the play they learned from the neighbouring village of Midgley

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