Mummers, Murder and Nonchalance

The weekend saw a lot of sunshine and the fifth annual Settle Folk Gathering - thanks immensely to the initiative of Mike Harding.  The Gathering has grown immensely over the years and attracts stage acts, mummers, cloggers and Morris dancers from all over.

Here are the Prize Old Mummers from Portsmouth rehearsing at the station before strutting their stuff in the Market Place before judges and huge crowds:




I love this picture.   The Kaiser lies dead on the ground, perhaps at the hand of St George while Boris? looks on.   What fascinates me is the body language of the people at the station ticket machine which obviously demands their full concentration despite apparent murder alongside!