Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks

Subject: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST,CJB
Date: 09 Oct 16 - 01:53 PM

Penelope Keiths Hidden Villages - S03E03 - Channel 4 / More4

Featured amongst other delights Goathland performing in full costume in the pouring rain. Well the musicians were in the local bus shelter!! Finished with a sword lock around Keith's neck.

Apparently they only go out about 10 times a year. Great to see a real ancient tradition on the box - but thousands of years' old???!!!

Can be viewed in 4OD (4 on demand) for the next 21 days or so.

If overseas you might be able to view it with a UK VPN. Or it might eventually get uploaded to YouTube or as a torrent - try MVGroup.org

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/penelope-keiths-hidden-villages

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 10 Oct 16 - 03:47 AM

Yes saw it on tv ~ has one or two well known folkies and one or two who are imports from the likes of Spen valley sword team ~ Wendy Price on melodeon in bus shelter (now lives in Whitby) rumoured Eliza Carthy plays for them on occasion!

Ray

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST
Date: 10 Oct 16 - 04:26 AM

Saw Eliza with them at Bampton this year.

Picked out two people from outside North Yorkshire without even paying attention. Can they field a fully local side?

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: Mr Red
Date: 10 Oct 16 - 05:44 AM

We are talking Morris I presume, not the Goathland Square 8 that ceilidhnauts would know.

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST,In good company
Date: 10 Oct 16 - 07:09 AM

Good programme overall I thought. Funnily enough we passed through Goathland a couple of weeks back and I was thinking about the Plough Stots.

D.

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: Wheatman
Date: 11 Oct 16 - 05:07 AM

Mr Red Goathland Plough Stots are a longsword team one of the very few traditional teams left in the country. At the SDU longsword tournament held in the village last week end they did field a side made up of village lads but in the main they dance out with a mixture of locals and adoptees. I was adopted by them some 10 years ago, I don't dance but play the mouthie for them. They also field a ladies side now.
A canny seta lads and lasses.
Brian

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 02:51 AM

Thanks for the info - I managed to get it on catch-up yesterday. I thought I caught a brief glimpse of Jim Eldon playing fiddle for the Plough Stots.....?

Kitty

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 07:43 AM

Very possible he does play for them, was a team at Saltburn ff 2016 with Wendy Price and Jim Eldon and mebbe Lynnette dancing clog too ~

Val Russell was on too and she I think ran Scarborough or Bridlington folk club for some years

Ray

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST,Dave Hunt
Date: 15 Oct 16 - 08:53 AM

Both Eliza and Jim were playing for them at Bampton this year....

great

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: Manitas_at_home
Date: 16 Oct 16 - 02:39 AM

It's interesting that we consider Goathland Plough Stots to be a traditional team when they were revived in 1922 after a lapse of 40 years. Is continuity important or not?

Subject: RE: Penelope Keith's Hidden Villages - Yorks
From: GUEST
Date: 16 Oct 16 - 05:12 AM

[quote]
I thought I caught a brief glimpse of Jim Eldon playing fiddle for the Plough Stots
[/quote]
You did.