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Thread #87981   Message #1942312
Posted By: Ruth Archer
20-Jan-07 - 05:51 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: Padstow 'Darkie Days'
Subject: RE: Folklore: Padstow 'Darkie Days'
I'm certainly not slating the good people of Wigan - it's just that all the panto dames I've seen (and I've seen quite a few this year, for my sins) seem to have the same accent. Even Ian McKellan - put him in a frock, he's from Wigan.

[/OT] so, do the dames black up in Cornwall?