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Philip Taylor tells me that John called for the Bidford-on-Avon dances from soon after their inception, that they are now in their 48th year(!) and that the 500th anniversary dance has already been passed. Wow - what staminer! He also says that a replacement caller has been drafted in for the April dance in order to keep the tradition going, for the time being at least ...

No doubt a proper obituary will appear in a future edition of the EFDSS magazine.

"Dancing and singing, bell ringing ...!"
Alan