Felley Priory (SK4851), Nottinghamshire
P.T.Millington Collection (1971, T.Thorpe)
Mr. Tom Thorpe (Perf.)
BAGTHORPE/UNDERWOOD - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. 30th Jan.1971
Brief text (41 lines) of a Christmas play performed by Guysers in Bagthorpe
and Underwood, Notts. The itinerary included Felley Priory, Notts. The
characters were Opener In, Saint George, Slasher, Doctor, Beelzebub and Devil
Dout. Text recorded on audio cassette.
Main variant
Transcript
BAGTHORPE/UNDERWOOD - CHRISTMAS GUYSERS PLAY
Collected 3Oth Jan. 1971 from Mr. Tom Thorpe of Brinsley Notts,
by Norman
Couldry and Peter T. Millington.
OPENER IN I open the door, I enter in,
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P.T.Millington Collection (1972, K.Smith)
Mr. K. Smith (Inf.)
[Christmas, Guysers play from Underwood, Notts.]
P.T.Millington Collection,
Com. 15th Jan. 1972
Text of a Christmas Guysers play from Underwood, Notts. performed about 1943.
This was also performed at Felley Priory, Bagthorpe and Annesley, Notts. The
characters are Opener, St. George, Slasher, Doctor, Belzebub and Little Devil
Doubt.
Main variant
Transcript
UNDERWOOD - GUYSERS PLAY
Written down by Mr. K. Smith, of 102 Mansfield Rd., Underwood,
Notts., on
the 15/1/l972, for Peter T. Millington.
OPENER I open the door I enter in,
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Variant: a
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P.T.Millington Collection (1991, T.Thorpe)
Tom Thorpe (Perf.)
[Guysers Play from Bagthorpe, Notts.]
P.T.Millington Collection,
Written 21st Jan.1991
Full text (37 lines) of a Guysers play performed in the 1930s in Bagthorpe,
Notts. The characters are; Opener In, Saint George, Slasher, Doctor, Belzibub
and Devildowt. The itinerary included Felley Priory.
Variant: a
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Transcript
PLAY FROM BAGTHORPE, NOTTS
Notes from a telephone conversation with Tom Thorpe of Brinsley,
Notts.,
following an appeal for information "Do Guysers StiII
Exist?" - by Peter
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P.T.Millington Collection (1991, G.S.Bennieston)
Mr. G. S. Bennieston (Perf.)
UNDERWOOD GUYSERS PLAY
P.T.Millington Collection,
Col. Feb.1991
Information about a Guysers play performed in Underwood, Notts., between
1953 and 1958 or 1959. The characters were; Opener, Little Devil Doubt, Saint
George, Doctor Brown and Beelzebub. The fight was between Little Devil Doubt
and Saint George, and Saint George lost. There were three teams operating in
Underwood at the time. The itinerary (on foot) covered Underwood, Annesley,
Moorgreen, Newthorpe, Kimberley, Eastwood, Jacksdale and Selston. They
performed Christmas Eve, Christmas Night and Boxing Night. They had a standing
engagement on Christmas Night at Felley Priory.
P.Millington (1991b)
Peter Millington (Auth.)
Do Guysers still exist? [West Notts., plays]
Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser,
20th Dec.1991, Vol.94, No.5099, p.14 a-b
Description of accounts communicated following an appeal for information
on Christmas Guysers earlier in 1991. There is a description of the play
performed by Mr. Tom Thorpe in Bagthorpe in the 1930s. This had the
characters; Opener In, St. George, Slasher, Doctor, Belzibub and
Devildowt. Belzibub's speech is quoted. In the 1950s, Mr.G.S.Bennieston
performed in a team in Underwood. They also went to Annesley, Moorgreen,
Newthorpe, Kimberley, Eastwood, Jacksdale, Selston and Felley Priory. There is
a long description of Mrs. Barbara Faulconbridge's experiences with Bullguysers
in Selston, in which she also mentions one of her sons seeing Guysers
performing in Awsworth in 1990. The Selston teams eventually took to
going to Somercotes, Derbys. Finally, there is a mention of the annual
Guysing performed by the Ripley Morris Men in Ripley, Derbys. Syd Barber
collected their play from Mr. Percy Cook of Ripley.
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Transcript
DO GUYSERS STILL EXIST?
by Peter Millington
Earlier this year, I asked if anyone had seen any
Guysers during Christmas 1990. I only received
four replies, but the answer seems to be yes.
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P.Millington (1991c)
Peter Millington (Auth.)
*Do Guysers still exist? [West Notts., plays]
*Ripley & Heanor News,
21st Dec.1991, Vol.102
Syndicated article - see P.Millington (1991b).
* indicates data that not yet been validated against the original source and/or has yet to be completely indexed.
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