Miner Dancers (1925)

Item title reads Miner dancers. Newbiggin s team straight from pit s mouth, rehearse for forthcoming National Folk Dancing Display. Durham. L, S as the coal miners walk out of the pit entrance. M, S as they are handed sticks, they take their jackets off and one man get his accordion. M, S as the men stand in a circle with their sticks in the air. Aerial view as they start dancing in the circle then twirl around each other interweaving the sticks in a pattern, they come into the middle and form a circle then spread out into a line. The boy in the middle is holding the sticks which have been interwoven. They start dancing on the spot then jump in the air. Intertitle Full dress rehearsal looks like Merrie England back L, S as they walk along in their costumes, the leader is wearing a patterned suit and black top hat, another man is wearing a dress and hat with the same pattern. M, S of the dancers in dark knee breeches, long white socks and white shirts with cummerbunds around their waist