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Thread #41057   Message #591388
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
13-Nov-01 - 01:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: They are taking the !'£$ again!
Subject: RE: BS: They are taking the !'£$ again!
If you can't laugh at yourselves, you have no right to laugh at others.

I, on the other hand, snigger myself sick every time I see it!!! Manitas is determined to identify the team, and the London Borough of Newham denies that Morris Dancers actually exist!

(This is because LBN has the highest number of CCTV cameras trained on streets. A TV presenter called Mark Thomas got a team of Morris Dancers, got them to dance in front of a camera for an hour or so, and then went to the town hall to request a copy of the footage they were in. You are allowed to do this under the Data Protection act. They applied properly, gave very clear descriptions about where they came from (Channel 4) and what they were doing (dancing in a public place, at a certain time, on a certain day, wearing full Morris kit) and waited. They waited a long time. They re-applied. They waited some more. Eventually, they were told that the fully kitted Morris dancers, dancing at a certain place, on a certain day COULD NOT BE RECOGNISED!!)

LTS