http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/02/lets-get-festive/ Celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/02/lets-get-festive/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Angie Macdonald Fri, 02 May 2008 14:33:52 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-123 Sounds like you had the childhood I dreamed of, Anna. And as for mucking up the ribbon design.... I am convinced that I first developed my strong aversion to team sports while on the Maypole dancing team. The stress of potentially letting the whole side down was just too much for me and so my brilliant 'sporting career' was thwarted before it had really begun. I took up reading instead and have found that to be a lot less traumatic. Sounds like you had the childhood I dreamed of, Anna. And as for mucking up the ribbon design…. I am convinced that I first developed my strong aversion to team sports while on the Maypole dancing team. The stress of potentially letting the whole side down was just too much for me and so my brilliant ’sporting career’ was thwarted before it had really begun. I took up reading instead and have found that to be a lot less traumatic.

]]> http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/02/lets-get-festive/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Anna Fri, 02 May 2008 07:43:30 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=281#comment-122 My family lived in Cambridge in the 70s, which was big on beards. folk singers, macrame, morris dancers and Merrie Englande celebrations generally. I remember being ecstatic to be chosen for the Maypole dance troupe at my infants' school one May Day. There's a photo of me somewhere dressed in a mob cap and long dress, big smile, happily going the wrong way round the pole and mucking up the ribbon design... story of my life, but at least I enjoyed myself! My family lived in Cambridge in the 70s, which was big on beards. folk singers, macrame, morris dancers and Merrie Englande celebrations generally. I remember being ecstatic to be chosen for the Maypole dance troupe at my infants’ school one May Day. There’s a photo of me somewhere dressed in a mob cap and long dress, big smile, happily going the wrong way round the pole and mucking up the ribbon design… story of my life, but at least I enjoyed myself!

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