"Please stop trying to change history."

Umm, i don't think that's what I'm doing. I've actually pointed to two respected researchers into English calendar custom, one of whom has been good enough to coment here, and their research into blacking up and its connection to minstrelsy.

And as I've said, one of them has actually drawn A DIRECT LINK, supported by photographic evidence, between Darkie Day and minstrelsy.

Now, from what I can tell, it's the people of Padstow (or Cat in particular) who want to pretend that this is not true. that "Darkie" only ever referred to dark nights, and that blacking up in Padstow was only ever a disguise from employers and was NEVER about racial stereotyping.

So tell me again - who's trying to change history?

Denial - it ain't just a river in Egypt.