Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection (1960, E.L.Brooks)


Source:

Miss E. L. Brooks (Auth.)
UPPER BROUGHTON: MEMORIES OF A VILLAGER [Plough Monday]
Nottinghamshire Local History Council Collection, Written 29th Mar.1960, Ref.DD/121/1/14, 12pp.,letter

Entry to an essay competition on old village life at Upper Broughton, Notts. Includes the following on page 3 [original all written in capital letters];

"Plough Monday, boys used to dress up and black their faces, sing, come to the door and say please remember the Plough Boys. They were pleased with a few pennies in those days."

Index Terms:

Locations: Upper Broughton, Notts. (SK6828)
Years: Col. 1960
Subjects: Essay; Plough Monday; House Visiting; Plough Boys
People: Nottinghamshire Local History Council (Col.)
Archives: TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00426

Last Updated Mar 1992 by Peter Millington.